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May 4, 2018 | 6:15 AM

SOUTHERN CHARM‘S THOMAS RAVENEL ALLEGEDLY PAID ASSAULT ACCUSER $200K: Southern Charm‘s Thomas Ravenel has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on Tinder in 2015, People reports. Ashley Perkins tells People that her mother, Debbie Holloway, met him on Tinder and that when he picked her up, he allegedly offered to give her a tour of his home. Things turned ugly quickly, she alleges.”That’s when he turned on her. He pushes my mom onto the nanny’s bed, grabs her wrist with one hand, then he starts trying to pull her pants off. And she’s like ‘No, no, no, stop.’ He stuck his fingers inside of her vagina as well as her anus. She told me that he held her hands back with one arm and then pulled his penis out and shoved it in her face,” says Ashley. “My mom is very claustrophobic – she screamed at him and said, ‘You’re a rapist.’ He stopped, jumped off of her and was like ‘out of his trance.’ ” She said the next day, her mom’s wrists started to swell up. The mother and daughter eventually got in touch with Gloria Allred, who took their case and settled for $200K. (People Click our Twitter or Facebook buttons to share this link!)

KYLIE JENNER BANKS $1M PER POST: She get’s paid how much for what? Reality star Kylie Jenner‘s social media game is hotter than ever, according to a new report from D’Marie Analytics (per People). The 20-year-old mother of one reportedly banks $1M+ per post across her social media portfolio. The high fee is based on her strong following and serious engagement levels. Do you play attention to #sponsored #posts on Instagram and Snapchat?

SANDRA BULLOCK’S STALKER DIES AFTER CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE: Joshua James Corbett, the man convicted of breaking into Sandra Bullock‘s home in 2014, killed himself Wednesday in his L.A. home after an hours-long standoff with police. No one else was injured. Police were seeking his arrest in connection to the Bullock case. Police found a letter in his home which read, in part: “You could of (sic) had me today however you choose other people over me. I’ll be around as you know. I love you.”

TINA FEY CRIED AT THE GYM OVER TONY NOM: Tina Fey learned that her Mean Girls musical was nominated for 12 Tonys in the middle of a workout. “I was at the gym, because fitness is my life,” Fey joked on the Today show Thursday. “I was afraid to watch [the nominations] on TV so my friend was with me and he was scrolling through the internet and as all this good news was raining down on us, I starting crying, I cried in the middle of Equinox.” The remake of the 2004 hit debuted on Broadway April 8th. “I never cried over an Emmy or Golden Globe,” Fey told Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb. “It must have meant more to me than I realized because I’m just so proud of this show and everyone involved.”

LEA MICHELE DISHES ON ENGAGEMENT, ILLITERACY: After bizarre rumors to the contrary, Glee alum Lea Michele is letting fans know that she can, in fact, read. Michele appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, explaining her shock at the rumors: “I woke up one day and all of a sudden all online, someone had made like a conspiracy video-45-minute long video-trying to prove that I can’t read or write,” she explained. “Not only do I have to memorize pages and pages, they said that Ryan Murphy would have to read the lines to me.” The star laughed it off, pointing out that she got accepted to New York University. She also dished on the stunning sparkler fianc Zandy Reich gave her. “I was so surprised, I kept saying, ‘Stop joking around, stop joking around!’” she recalled of the proposal. “I keep thinking [the ring] is borrowed and I have to give it back at some point.”

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