Blac Chyna’s Company, Lashed, Suspended by State While Kylie Jenner Launches Eyelash Empire
Blac Chyna‘s cosmetics company, Lashed, has been suspended by the State of California for over a month as Kylie Jenner is ramping up to launch her own line of eyelash products.
The Blast can confirm Lashed, LLC was suspended by the Franchise Tax Board on November 1, 2018. While a California-based business can be suspended by either the Secretary of State’s office or the FTB for a handful of different reasons, a spokesperson for the tax board tells us they suspended Lashed for its “failure to file a tax return.”
A company loses the right to conduct business when it is suspended by the FTB, the California tax agency that’s responsible for collecting and enforcing personal and corporate income taxes. On top of being unable to legally run a company, suspended entities such as Lashed can’t sue or defend themselves in court, file a claim for refund, legally close or dissolve the business.
According to the FTB, suspended companies are also subject to a $2,000 penalty. All of these repercussions come after failing to respond to over two months-worth of notices.
Since Rob Kardashian‘s baby mama launched the LLC in late 2014, Lashed has hawked a variety of cosmetics — including eyelashes and lipsticks — both online at LashedComestics.com and through a brick-and-mortar store that provided beauty services, including eyelash extensions, waxing, teeth whitening. among others.
The suspension does not seem to have had much of an effect on Chyna’s business operations because Lashed customers are still able to make purchases online. There are also a number of shipping/customer service complaints made on social media from dissatisfied customers.
Chyna’s physical store, however, is another story. The Encino, California-based location on Ventura Boulevard is practically deserted and, aside from some salon chairs and a computer, there does not appear to be a single beauty product on display inside the beauty shop.
The Blast spoke with a nearby store owner who says Chyna has not opened the doors to Lashed in months. Factoring in some other eyebrow-raising issues — including a disconnected phone number, disabled appointments page, and the fact it is marked as “closed” on Yelp — all signs (aside from the actual sign) point to closed.
The neighboring shop owner says Chyna has appeared sporadically for tapings and special events here and there. Several months ago, it seemed Chyna was gearing up to get back to business and even held a grand re-opening party in September.
The purpose of the re-opening was “to inform all of LA … that LASHED is open for business, accepting new clients and has an upcoming promotional program in place for our loyal customers,” according to information posted on the event page.
However, the owner says they haven’t seen her come back since.
Unfortunately for Chyna, her business issues come at a complicated time.
As The Blast first reported, Chyna’s nemesis, Kylie Jenner, is expanding her makeup empire and venturing into the eyelash game. Jenner filed to trademark the term “KYLASH,” for the purposes of artificial eyelashes, eyelash tint, etc. And if history is any indication, Kylashes will be massively successful – thanks to Kylie Cosmetics, Jenner is on track to become the youngest self-made billionaire of all time.
Aside from the various legal consequences, Blac Chyna also faces the disappearance of the Lashed brand entirely, because business entities also lose the right to use their name, meaning anyone in the state is free to try and swoop in and take ownership of the Lashed name.
A legal representative for Blac Chyna was unreachable for comment.
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Will R. Kelly be banned from entering Australia?
Future of controversial R&B star’s tour Down Under looks uncertain after ’90s battery conviction and allegations of sexual misconduct
Controversial American R&B star R. Kelly announced this week he will tour Australia and New Zealand in February 2019.
The 51-year-old Ignition singer will perform his first show in Brisbane on Friday, February 8.
However, the announcement has led to speculation the scandal-plagued star may be banned from entering Australia due to its strict visa regulations, after he was convicted of battery in the ’90s and also faced allegations of sexual misconduct.
‘Mr Kelly was cleared of all allegations and in our view, you are innocent until proven guilty.’
It comes after the likes of Chris Brown and Snoop Dogg (real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) were banned from entering Australia due to their past convictions.
In 2015, Chris had to cancel his tours of Australia and New Zealand due to being denied a visa over his history of domestic violence.
In 2007, Snoop Dogg was banned due to drug and firearm offences.
It was previously reported by Billboard that R. Kelly was charged with simple battery and sentenced to one year unsupervised probation after a brawl at a health club in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1996.
Meanwhile, just last week R. Kelly made headlines when a New York screening of an upcoming documentary detailing abuse allegations against him was evacuated.
Phone threats were made to the Manhattan location where it was being held.
The documentary examines the singer’s history, and in particular allegations that he has sexually abused women and girls. He has denied any wrongdoing.
In May this year, it was reported that a former teenage girlfriend of R. Kelly – who is suing him for allegedly giving her herpes – claimed he also videotaped himself having non-consensual sex with her.
Faith Rodgers was 19 years old when she started dating R. Kelly, whom she met at a party after his concert in San Antonio, Texas. She claims that the relationship quickly became abusive.
She spoke to CBS News about her relationship with R. Kelly, saying she filed the lawsuit against him in New York for ‘willfully, deliberately and maliciously’ infecting her with herpes to warn other teenage girls who may come into contact with him.
Rodgers added that she believes Kelly was trying to bring her into a group of women that he lives with. Kelly has been accused of running a ‘sex cult’ with several women at his disposal.
The sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Rodgers is the latest in a string of accusations that the musician – whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – made women have sex with him.
The singer, however, recently said he has been left ‘heartbroken’ by the allegations, and has criticised the media for trying to distort and destroy his legacy by reporting allegations that he sexually mistreats women.
He was acquitted of child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008, The Guardian reported – but speculation about his alleged sexual misconduct has continued.
In October, R. Kelly’s ex-wife Andrea Kelly broke down during a TV interview while discussing their marriage, saying she suffers from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of an alleged assault by her then-husband.
‘I remember one time he attacked me in the back of a Hummer, and I do suffer from PTSD because of it,’ Andrea, who was married to the star for 13 years, told The View.
‘I thought I was going to die in the back of the Hummer because of what he had done.’
Andrea Kelly also spoke to The Sister Circle in June about the marriage, saying how it drove her to almost commit suicide and how she feels sorry for the young women who R. Kelly is now accused of keeping as ‘sex slaves’.
The former couple divorced in 2009. It was R. Kelly’s second marriage as he reportedly previously wed late singer Aaliyah when she was aged 15 and he was 27.
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In Venezuelan crisis, families can’t even afford to properly bury the dead
CUCUTA, Colombia – As the crisis in Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship deepens – gripped by mass hunger, starvation and a lack of medical supplies – there is no comfort even for the dead.
“What is happening is medieval. People are ‘renting’ caskets for a service, but giving them back. The same casket is being used over and over again because people cannot afford to buy one,” Venezuelan opposition leader Julio Borges, who has been living in exile in the Colombian capital of Bogota for the past nine months, told Fox News. “And then they have to wrap the body in plastic bags for the burial. Others don’t have money for a land plot, so they are burying loved ones in their back garden.”
Borges said the “really creepy” problem of how to properly bury the dead has become the norm rather than the exception. Other Venezuelans concurred, indicating the use of “common graves,” along with backyard burials, was becoming standard.
One Venezuelan, who asked his name not be published, described the sudden death of his father in the capital Caracas last week, which left the family without a vehicle to take the body to the morgue. It took more than a day for the body to be collected.
Atilio Gonzalez (C), a priest of the Southern Cemetery for the last 24 years, prays during a burial ceremony at the Southern Cemetery in Caracas January 28, 2014. Since then, proper burials have become too expensive for the vast majority of the population.
And even then, the family had to say their goodbyes – they had no money for a funeral, or burial – praying the body would be disposed of in some kind of mass cremation.
For every day a body remains in the morgue, the cost rises, leaving families without the means for collection. In such cases, loved ones are simply left stranded – their relatives in mourning, not knowing what to do, and without closure.
“Funeral services are too expensive. Coffins are expensive, as well as paying for a place in the cemetery and everything that comes with it: the chapel for the service, the plate,” Julett Pineda, a health journalist for Efecto Cocuyo in Caracas, told Fox News. “People cannot have a decent funeral.”
Venezuelan opposition leader Julio Borges, who has been living in exile in the Colombian capital of Bogota.
Pineda recounted stories of parents who have tried to collect and earn money for the funerals of their own children. But as the economy of the cash-strapped nation continues to deteriorate, all they can afford is the cremation, which costs roughly a third of burial costs.
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Santa ripped off beard, told children ‘get the f*** out’ during Christmas festival meltdown – due to a fire alarm
ST. IVES, England – Organizers of a Christmas event have apologized to outraged parents after a fire alarm reportedly prompted Santa Claus to burst out of his grotto, rip off his beard and scream at children to “get the f**k out.”
The incident occurred at an event in the English town of St. Ives, Cambridgeshire on Sunday, when an alarm at a nearby but unconnected event caused an evacuation of the building, organizers said.
While parents and children were already evacuating, Santa Claus tore into the room and started causing havoc, a customer said on Facebook.
“He came changing (sic) in, ripped his hat and beard off in front of 50 odd kids and started shouting and swearing at people to leave,” the post said.
“You should be ashamed of yourself acting like that in front of children. There is no way he should be allowed near a child,” it added.
This nightmare before Christmas prompted an apology from the event’s organizers, who explained that the fire alarm had gone off in an unrelated family-friendly “rave” taking place in the same building, and that Santa had merely been trying to help.
“Santa was upstairs in his grotto… and immediately assisted in the evacuation of the building” upon hearing the fire alarm, Festival Events St. Ives (FESt) said.
“FESt wish to apologize for any offense or distress caused to parents and children by the attempts to ensure all visitors and staff had exited the building and were safe,” they added.
But the incident, which some on social media likened to the 2003 movie “Bad Santa,” left parents furious.
A mother told local news outlet Cambridgeshire Live: “My friend’s little boy was upset as his dad was carrying him when Santa told them ‘to get the f*** out,’” adding that she had to tell her children that the man wasn’t the real Santa but an imposter who would be going on the ‘naughty list.’”
The event is set to go ahead again this weekend. Organizers did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment, and have not confirmed whether the same Santa Claus will return.
7-year-old immigrant girl dies of dehydration, shock after Border Patrol arrest
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Federal immigration authorities have confirmed that a 7-year-old girl who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol.
The Washington Post reports the girl died of dehydration and shock more than eight hours after she was arrested by agents near Lordsburg, New Mexico. The girl was from Guatemala and was traveling with a group of 163 people who approached agents to turn themselves in.
It’s unknown what happened to the girl during those eight hours before she started having seizures and was flown to an El Paso hospital.
In a statement, Customs and Border Protection said the girl had not eaten or consumed water in several days.
The agency did not provide the Associated Press with the statement it gave to the Post, despite repeated requests.
Woman accused of holding housekeeper captive, forcing her into marriage
A New Jersey woman held her Sri Lankan housekeeper against her will for nearly a decade, forcing the victim to marry her and work without pay as a domestic servant, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Alia Imad Faleh Al Hunaity, who also goes by Alia Al Qaterneh, of Secaucus, was indicted last week in the case on charges of forced labor, alien harboring and marriage fraud.
Hunaity, 43, pleaded not guilty to the charges in Camden federal court on Wednesday and she was released on $150,000 bond, according to the office of New Jersey’s US Attorney Craig Carpenito.
Prosecutors charge that Hunaity brought the victim to the US on a temporary visa in 2009 to perform domestic services.
Hunaity caused the Sri Lankan national to overstay her visa and the victim remained in the US illegally, living with Hunaity for more than nine years, federal authorities say.
During that period, Hunaity forced the victim to work without pay “by means of threats of serious harm” and “threatened abuse of law and legal process,” according to an indictment.
Hunaity, according to prosecutors, also limited the victim’s interaction with the outside world.
On April 11 of this year, Hunaity made the victim marry her for the purpose of obtaining legal residence for the victim so that she could continue to work for Hunaity without being paid, the court papers say.
Authorities busted Hunaity on Sept. 19.
Hunaity faces up to 30 years behind bars. The forced labor charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Hunaity also faces a fine of $250,000.