Multiple suspects caught on camera pummeling man in potential antisemitic hate crime
A violent altercation erupted in San Jose over the weekend when multiple men were caught on camera ganging up on an individual and restraining him to the floor, an incident police say is being investigated as a potential antisemitic hate crime.
The fight occurred Sunday afternoon in popular shopping district Santana Row and reportedly escalated from a verbal altercation that may have involved suspects hurling antisemitic language, the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) said.
“The victims alleged that the suspects used antisemitic language during the altercation,” police said. “The incident is currently being investigated by the Assaults Unit as a possible hate crime.”
Officials said the incident began when a group of three men approached two male individuals, both of whom later sustained minor injuries.
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Footage captured part of the altercation unfolding in an outdoor dining area. In the video, one young man can be seen repeatedly beating an individual lying on the ground while another suspect gripped the victim’s foot, restraining him in place.
As onlookers watched, voices were heard in the background yelling, “Knock it off! Stop!” before the suspects were seen fleeing the scene.
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Police confirmed that the suspects fled the scene before their arrival.
Both victims were also evaluated on site by medical personnel for minor injuries.
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According to an X account @TheJewishAlly, the victims were attacked after they were heard speaking Hebrew.
Police said the investigation is active and ongoing.
Federal appeals court makes official ruling on Biden’s SAVE student loan repayment plan
A federal appeals court on Monday officially finalized the termination of the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, the Biden program that significantly lowered repayment rates for millions of student loan borrowers.
The judgment, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, reverses a lower court’s February dismissal of a Republican-led legal challenge against the SAVE plan. That ruling was issued by Judge John Ross of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Originally introduced in 2023 under former President Joe Biden, the SAVE plan was hailed as the “most affordable repayment plan ever created” for federal student loan borrowers. The program was the first and only plan in history that prevented the balance from ever growing by subsidizing 100% of all unpaid monthly interest.
More than 7 million student loan borrowers reportedly remain enrolled in the SAVE plan as of the fourth quarter.
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Student loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan have been urged to explore switching to a new repayment program.
Among alternative options, the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan sets monthly payments at 10% to 15% of discretionary income over a 20 to 25-year period.
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Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed last year under President Donald Trump, the Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) will become available starting July 1, 2026. RAP uses a sliding scale of 1% to 10% of a borrower’s total Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) and requires 30 years of payments for all participants.
Borrowers pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), a federal program that cancels remaining student debt after 10 years of qualifying public service, should verify their eligibility and file an application to reclaim credit for the months when their SAVE plan progress was effectively frozen.
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Monday’s decision has effectively resolved a years-long legal battle between Republican-led states and the federal government. The ruling comes after nearly 8 million borrowers paused payments under “litigation forbearance” following an earlier injunction, and it follows a brief period of confusion when a lower court attempted to dismiss the case after a settlement with the Trump administration.
Sports Illustrated model says she’s broke after trusting team for 30 years
Kathy Ireland accused her former team of fumbling her multimillion-dollar fortune, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
The “Sports Illustrated” cover girl claimed her former business managers betrayed her trust “on a staggering and unconscionable scale” and allegedly stole millions from Ireland and her family.
Ireland’s attorney, Jill Basinger, exclusively told Fox News Digital that Kathy’s faith hasn’t wavered since she discovered the alleged deception from within her inner circle.
“Kathy’s a strong person of faith and her trust in God has really helped her and (her husband) Greg (Olsen) navigate the betrayal and the broken trust, and given her hope for the future,” Basinger said.
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Basinger, Head of Media, Entertainment and Sports for Stris & Maher LLP., added that Ireland’s “faith in God is stronger than anything else.”
“There’s no betrayal that any human being can commit that would shake her foundation,” she continued. “But that being said, people can’t behave like this. And just as a matter of human decency. It’s not right to treat someone like this. Kathy and Greg put all their trust in these folks. Their reward was to be cheated.”
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In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Santa Barbara court, Ireland, 62 – who Forbes once estimated to be worth $420 million through her self-titled brand – claimed her family was targeted by Jason Winters and Erik Sterling, who were allegedly at the helm of a deceptive managing scheme.
“People can’t behave like this. And just as a matter of human decency. It’s not right to treat someone like this.”
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“More than three decades ago, at just twenty-six years old, supermodel Kathy Ireland placed her faith — financial, professional, and personal — in two Hollywood insiders, who promised to ‘take care of everything’ for her,” the suit stated. “Kathy believed (and still does) in values and loyalty.
“At that young age, Kathy was building her career. She was newly married, planning to start a family. She believed in hard work. She believed in doing business with integrity. And, she believed in them, based on their promises to her. Tragically, that belief was misplaced. They were deceiving her, all along.”
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Ireland claimed Winters and Sterling told her “she was extraordinarily wealthy” and that the family would “never need to worry.”
Instead, the model claimed her former team “failed to create wealth and make investments” as promised for their family, leaving Ireland and husband Greg Olsen in extreme debt and forced to sell their family home.
“Kathy and Greg put all their trust in these folks. Their reward was to be cheated.”
It was when the couple attempted to loan money to their son for a down payment on a home when they realized that they had no funds and the defendants used their money, according to documents.
“Kathy and Greg now know there are no substantial retirement accounts,” the lawsuit claimed. “There are no prudently managed investments securing their future, as promised. There is no wealth securing their retirement and their children’s futures, as they were lead to believe.
“Instead, in the wake of Defendants misconduct, there was staggering debt, misused credit, secret loans, and missing funds.”
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She believes that “the Defendants are liable to Plaintiffs for damages in the tens of millions of dollars, if not exceeding $100 million, subject to proof at trial,” documents stated. “Defendants continue to withhold the funds they took from and owe to Plaintiffs.”
The model, Olsen, and her mother, Barbara Ireland, included four former Kathy Ireland Worldwide employees.
Special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s vacant House seat goes to runoff
The special election to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s vacant House seat in Georgia’s solidly red 14th Congressional District is headed to a runoff next month.
The seat in northwestern Georgia was left vacant when Greene stepped down at the beginning of January. Green quit Congress with a year left in her term after a public falling out with President Donald Trump over the Epstein files.
Tuesday’s special election ended in a runoff between Trump-endorsed Republican District Attorney Clay Fuller and retired Army veteran Shawn Harris.
The GOP clings to a razor-thin 218–214 majority in the House. As a result, Republicans cannot afford any surprises and allow the Democrats to pull an upset in a district Trump carried by a whopping 37 points during his 2024 presidential election victory.
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All 17 candidates in Tuesday’s special election in Georgia, regardless of party affiliation, were on the same ballot. Twelve were Republican, three were Democrats.
Since no contender topped 50% of the vote in the primary, the top two candidates are advancing to an April 7 runoff.
Harris, a retired Army brigadier general, got 39.9% of the vote, while Fuller, a district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, got 34.2%.
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With $4.3 million raised, Harris was the fundraising champion among all 17 candidates, but Fuller has a Trump endorsement in a district the president won handily.
Fuller teamed up with the president recently during a stop in the district at an event in Rome, Georgia, during which he described himself as a “MAGA warrior.” In addition to his Trump backing, Fuller is backed by the politically potent and deep-pocketed fiscally conservative group the Club for Growth.
“I think we’ve been very successful in staying with our message discipline that President Trump truly matters in Georgia 14,” Fuller told Fox News Digital. “His support has meant the world to me and meant the world to the voters. So, we’re just going to continue to get that message out about President Trump supporting us, and my experience, being a military officer, an elected district attorney and an America First fighter too.”
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Former Congresswoman Greene, once a top Trump ally in the House, became a vocal critic of his and stayed neutral in the race to succeed her. Fuller told Fox News Digital Tuesday night that he had not gotten a chance to speak with other Republicans in the race, but said he was confident that the Republican Party would embrace him against Harris.
Third place Tuesday evening went to former state Sen. Colton Moore, a vocal Trump backer who enjoyed support from the far right. Moore garnered 10.9% of the vote.
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“Everybody in the field understands that a Democrat cannot represent Georgia 14. It would be a tragedy for Georgia 14, a tragedy for the MAGA movement. And we’re going to rally around as a party and go and win this thing and defeat Sean Harris,” Fuller said Tuesday evening.
High-ranking California church leader accused of living secret double life
A California bishop who allegedly frequented Mexican brothels is facing more than a dozen felony charges stemming from allegations that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his church.
Bishop Emanuel Shaleta of Saint Peter’s Chaldean in San Diego pleaded not guilty to eight counts of embezzlement, eight counts of money laundering and one count of aggravated white collar crime enhancement at a court hearing on Monday, according to KUSI.
Shaleta was arrested at the San Diego International Airport while trying to leave the country on Thursday, March 5, the San Diego Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The outlet’s investigation found that over eight months, rent payments for the church’s social hall were allegedly made to Shaleta in cash. He then allegedly reimbursed the parish using a separate church account intended to help underprivileged individuals with rent assistance.
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According to prosecutors, the monthly rent payments exceeded $30,000, with approximately $272,000 allegedly unaccounted for, NBC 7 reported.
While appearing in court on Monday, prosecutor Joel Madero argued that Shaleta is a flight risk and should be made to wear a GPS monitor if he is released on $125,000 bail.
“When he was arrested last Friday, it was at the San Diego International Airport, and he was on his way to Germany,” Madero told NBC 7 after court.
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“Given his access to funds, the fact that he had over $9,000 in the bag when he was stopped, and the fact that he has these international ties, we’re close to Mexico — I do believe that some bail to ensure he shows up is appropriate.”
However, Shaleta’s attorney argued the trip was previously planned and that he did not intend to flee the charges.
“That money effectively vanished, and the money was going to the bishop, via the secretary,” Madero said. “There is no accounting of that money. The bishop indicated that was given to the needy.”
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The charges come after Catholic news outlet The Pillar reported that Shaleta allegedly made multiple visits to a brothel in Tijuana’s Zona Norte red-light district — an area long scrutinized for human trafficking — while also allegedly misusing church funds.
The outlet also uncovered church documents showing more than $420,000 was allegedly appropriated by Shaleta, while noting the total could be as high as $1 million.
A private investigator told the outlet that Shaleta used a shuttle “exclusive to the club’s patrons” to visit the Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club, The Pillar reported.
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In a report submitted to Vatican authorities, the private investigator also reportedly uncovered evidence that Shaleta shared a personal bank account containing over $40,000 with a woman who previously worked as a parish secretary in Michigan.
The Pillar’s reporting also pointed to allegations that Shaleta routinely visited the home of the woman and would often spend long periods of time inside together. When Shaleta was transferred to Toronto and later San Diego, the woman and her children reportedly followed him.
During a recent mass, Shaleta addressed the allegations made against him to his congregation.
“I have never — in my episcopal life — have I used any penny of the church money,” Shaleta said, according to NBC 7. “On the contrary: I have done my best to preserve and manage the donations,” also saying, “you are the only one who can believe me and defend my integrity in the church financial matters and in life.”
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On Tuesday, the Vatican accepted a letter of resignation from Shaleta that was submitted in January, according to a press release from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Shaleta is due back in court next month and faces up to 15 years behind bars if convicted.
Shaleta’s attorney and the district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
GOP senator issues jaw-dropping criticism after Dem witness accuses Trump admin of purge
David Bier, a Democrat-called witness at a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, drew a sharp rebuke from GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana after accusing the Trump administration of attempting a “population purge” in the U.S.
Earlier in the hearing, Bier, an immigration policy expert at the CATO Institute, argued that both legal and illegal aliens “are a benefit to this country” because they help to reduce the national deficit.
Kennedy ripped into Bier, asking, “What planet did you parachute in from? You trigger my gag reflex.”
Bier had just claimed that federal judges opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations “are much braver” than U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
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“They are much braver. They put their names on their rulings, and they stand behind their constitutional rulings,” said Bier.
He accused the administration of attempting to carry out a “population purge,” saying, “They’re trying to deport U.S.-born citizens, people born here, they are trying to deport them as well. So, it’s not a mass deportation agenda, it is also an agenda intended to reduce the population of the United States, including U.S.-born people.”
Earlier in the hearing, Bier had called for “more” immigrants to help address the soaring national deficit.
While being questioned by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Bier said that there are “clear reasons for believing that they are reducing the deficits and debt, they are a benefit to this country, and we need more people who are going to contribute in the future as our population ages.”
Bier said “it’s easy to understand why” immigrants reduce the deficit “because they work at 12 percentage points higher than the national average, they use less benefits because they’re subject to constraints, unique barriers to applying for those benefits, in particular Social Security and Medicare. Those are by far our largest programs, and they’re not eligible for those at all if they’re here in the country illegally or if they came legally and they don’t have a sufficient work history to qualify.”
After the hearing, Bier later told Fox News Digital that “this exchange had nothing to do with illegal immigration” and that “the question was about immigration generally.”
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Despite testifying in a hearing titled “Sanctuary Cities: The Cost of Undermining Law and Order,” during which members criticized the mass migration under the Biden administration, Bier posited that more immigration is a positive step for the country.
“According to the Social Security Administration, we need about 35 million more workers in order to keep revenues equal to expenses by the middle of the 2030s,” he said. “So, we are at a position right now where immigration is not going to solve it. Obviously, it’s not going to solve it, but it is moving us in the right direction.”
He praised immigrants, saying, “These are people who are showing up, they’re ready to work, they’re often prime age individuals who are ready to enter the labor force.”
“So, it’s a huge benefit fiscally to the United States to have these people who want to contribute to our country,” he added.
Bier was not the only one arguing in the hearing that illegal immigrants can improve communities. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., one of the Trump administration’s most outspoken critics, took a similar line, arguing that sanctuary policies actually lower crime, poverty and unemployment.
“Data shows that sanctuary policies actually make communities safer, healthier and more prosperous. That’s right, the evidence shows, the research shows sanctuary jurisdictions have lower crime rates, higher median household income, less poverty, less reliance on public assistance, higher labor force participation, and lower unemployment,” said Padilla.
“That’s right. It seems like sanctuary cities are helping to make America great, I said it,” he added.
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Likewise, Kennedy was not the only Republican who took issue with Bier. After arguing over whether it was a mistake for Congress to ban people from entering the country illegally, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, slammed Bier as a “smug guy.”
“You haven’t answered my question, but that’s okay. You’re a smug guy, and that’s part of your shtick,” said Moreno.
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After another Democrat-called witness declined to answer the same question, Moreno criticized both, saying, “This is the best that Democrats can come up with.”
“This is the best witnesses you’ve got? A guy who can’t distinguish whether it’s okay to have people enter our country illegally. Of all the millions of people that you could have chosen to testify … the best you have is a guy who has no idea what our immigration law is, and isn’t sure if somebody should enter the country illegally [and] another guy is a smug guy who obviously has an agenda,” said Moreno.
Candace Cameron Bure says she walked into ‘dark and demonic’ adult-themed party
Candace Cameron Bure once found herself at an “S&M sex” party, which quickly became “dark and demonic.”
During the Tuesday episode of her eponymous podcast, the “Full House” star, 49, opened up about the “underground” Hollywood party she accidentally attended with her husband, Val Bure.
“I have some really weird embarrassing moments,” said Bure. “Although I shouldn’t say embarrassing for me, they were more shameful of going to places where I thought, like, ‘Oh, this person’s a friend, and I’m going to be cool and do this.’”
Because of that, Bure found herself at an “S&M sex thing that ended up being so dark and demonic.”
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“We walked in, and my eyeballs were popping out of my head because I saw stuff I’ve never seen before in my life,” she recalled. “I’m looking at Val, going like, ‘How are we here? What is happening?’”
“We made a hard U-turn and walked right out of there. It just was so slimy and weird,” she added. “We just had no idea what we were walking into, and it was so disgusting and gross.”
In November, Bure opened up about why she rejected several Hollywood scripts in her teens and 20s due to her beliefs surrounding sexuality.
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“I was just honestly never the kid that wanted to do the risky thing, that wanted to use my body or my sexuality to get ahead. … My morality meant more to me, and my character has always meant more to me than the success of things. … That’s a part of inherently me — not because I’m trying to be the righteous person, but I just genuinely was not that kid that wanted to do that,” she said on the “Stay True” podcast.
“So, it made for some of those decisions when I would get presented a script that went against my own moral boundaries. … It was an easy decision to say, ‘No, I don’t want to do that,’ because I genuinely didn’t want to do those things.”
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“There were definitely moments where I would get scripts … the sex part of it comes into it, and I was like, ‘I’m just not doing that.’ Maybe it was out of embarrassment, maybe whatever the reason, but I’m like, ‘Nope, not going on that.’ Easy to say no.”
Those decisions eventually helped her lean into her true self.
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“I think that’s where we see a lot of younger stars, when they do transition into that, ‘Oh, I’m 18, I’m 21,’ and they want to prove they’re older now and not seen as a child. That’s where those big, important decisions come in. What do you do with the opportunity?” Bure said.
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“The world is always going to criticize, and you can’t please everyone. Sometimes you just let it roll off,” she remarked. “”And, so, I think you just have to take it with a grain of salt. I know who I am because I know who God tells me that I am, and I have such a loving and wonderful family at home.”
“It’s very easy to stay rooted and planted around the people that I love. … When there are unwanted opinions, you just go, ‘OK, you can have them, you’re welcome to them. I don’t need to look at them or think about them.’”
NBA star ends engagement because daughters can’t join him in US, as fiancé files for custody
Lakers superstar Luka Dončić revealed he is in a custody battle with fiancée Anamaria Goltes over his two daughters and that the couple has separated.
“I love my daughters more than anything, and I’ve been doing everything I can for them to be with me in the U.S. during the season, but that hasn’t been possible, so I recently made the tough decision to end my engagement,” Doncic said in the statement released to ESPN.
“Everything I do is for my daughters’ happiness, and I will always fight to be with them and give them the best life I can.”
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Goltes filed a petition for child support and attorneys’ fees in California, TMZ reported Tuesday.
Dončić then said in a statement he had recently ended his engagement to Goltes because he was unable to have his daughters with him in the U.S. during the season.
The 27-year-old Dončić and Goltes had been dating for a decade after meeting as teenagers in Slovenia. They became engaged in July 2023, and their daughters were born in November 2023 and December 2025, when Dončić left the Lakers to travel to Slovenia when younger daughter Olivia was born.
Dončić moved from Dallas to Los Angeles in a trade for Anthony Davis in February 2025. He agreed to a three-year, $165 million contract extension with the Lakers last summer, cementing his near future in Los Angeles.
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Dončić is the NBA’s leading scorer this season at 32.5 points per game, and he ranks third with 8.4 assists while grabbing 7.8 rebounds.
Melissa Joan Hart poses in bikini as fans gush over her ‘natural beauty’
Melissa Joan Hart has found her “new profile pic.”
The 49-year-old actress took to Instagram to share a photo of herself posing on the shore in a strapless blue bikini with the ocean behind her.
She paired the look with a matching blue wrap tied around her waist and posed with one arm on her hip and the other over her head.
Fans in the comments section could not help but compliment the actress, one calling her a “Natural Beauty.”
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“A true natural beautiful woman 😍,” another fan wrote. A third chimed in with, “So far this is the best thing I’ve seen today.”
Hart got her start in Hollywood at a young age, appearing in a number of commercials and in guest roles on TV before landing her breakout role in Nickelodeon’s “Clarissa Explains It All” in 1991 when she was 15 years old.
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After her time on Nickelodeon, Hart found major success in “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” which she starred in for seven seasons, from 1996 to 2003.
During an appearance on the “Pod Meets World” podcast in August 2023, Hart shared that she almost lost her job on “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” for posing in her underwear in Maxim magazine, saying she got the call while at the premiere of her movie “Drive Me Crazy.”
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“While I’m at the party, my lawyer shows up and goes, ‘You did a photo shoot for Maxim magazine?'” Hart explained. “I’m like, ‘Yes, I did.’ They’re like, ‘Well, you’re being sued and fired from your show, so don’t talk to the press, don’t do anything.'”
Hart was accused of breach of contract, which stated that the character of Sabrina would never appear nude or in a way that implied nudity, and the magazine cover featured Hart in her underwear with the headline, “Sabrina, your favorite witch without a stitch.”
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Hart was able to keep her job on the show after it was made clear that she had no knowledge that Maxim planned to use the popular character’s name and had no control over the publication’s editorial decisions.
Although she called getting the news the “worst day of my life” when speaking on the podcast, she reflected on the difficult period in her life in a September 2023 interview with Fox News Digital, saying she didn’t regret doing the shoot.
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“Everything in retrospect is … in the rearview mirror. Everything looks a little more distant,” she told Fox News Digital while reminiscing on the chaotic time.
“At the time, what felt like panic and, you know, my career ending and all these terrible things works out to turn into really good press around a movie I had launched. It ended up being kind of a bonus in a way.”
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