Christa Pike In Critical Condition as Witnesses Offer Details of Failed Execution

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As we previously reported, convicted murderer Christa Pike is currently hospitalized after surviving a botched execution.

Pike received two injections of phenobarbitol on Wednesday after being sentenced to death for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.

Her lawyers say Pike is still in critical condition and unable to communicate.

A mug shot of convicted killer Christa Pike. (Tennessee Department of Correction)

The attempted execution was supposed to be a carefully controlled procedure.

Instead, it quickly became clear to witnesses that something had gone seriously wrong.

Now, one of the few people who witnessed the execution firsthand is describing the moment he realized the situation was anything but routine.

Will Puckett was among just seven media witnesses inside the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on Wednesday night.

According to Puckett, the first warning sign came before witnesses even saw Pike.

“As we’re sitting in this room, and it’s now taking nearly an hour for them to open the curtain from the time that we’re sat,” Puckett told The US Sun, one of his fellow witnesses leaned over and told him, “It should not be taking this long for the curtains to open. Something’s going wrong.”

That assessment proved to be correct.

Puckett described the experience as “surreal” and said he was left “at a loss for words” as the procedure unfolded.

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Rather than receiving an immediate explanation from prison officials, witnesses eventually saw the curtain open.

Pike’s attorneys later provided more details about what had happened behind the scenes.

Attorney Randy Spivey said medical personnel spent approximately an hour attempting to establish IV access, using at least seven needles in Pike’s arm. One needle reportedly came out bent.

Pike ultimately survived the two doses of pentobarbital administered during the failed execution.

Witnesses also reported hearing Pike breathing and snoring after the drugs had been administered. They were eventually escorted from the execution area without knowing exactly what would happen next.

On Thursday, Pike’s legal team confirmed that she was alive and receiving what they described as “life-saving care.” Her current prognosis remains unclear.

Tennessee governor Bill Lee has since suspended executions in the state for the remainder of the year and ordered an independent review of what went wrong.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

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Halle Berry Accused of Attacking, Choking Her 12-Year-Old

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Ex-husband Olivier Martinez accuses Halle Berry of physically attacking and choking their 12-year-old son.

The alleged late September incident began with verbal abuse before it became a physical assault.

Berry’s ex-husband says that it was not an isolated incident — but it was the last straw.

The filing appears to insinuate that alcohol abuse may have played a role in the alleged domestic violence.

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Disturbing allegations have come out against Halle Berry

Olivier Martinez has filed a temporary restraining order against Halle Berry.

In the documents, Page Six reports, he accuses her of physically abusing Maceo, their 12-year-old son.

On September 26, Berry allegedly jumped on their son, placing her hands around his neck and choking him.

This alleged physical assault took place following verbal abuse, during which the actress allegedly told the tween that he looked “stupid” and was “such an idiot” for playing a VR game.

“The situation escalated and Petitioner jumped on our son and started physically fighting with him,” Martinez accused in the filing.

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“She grabbed Maceo by the neck and started choking him,” Martinez described.

He alleged Berry of doing this “while shouting, ‘Who is dominant now?! Who is dominant?!’”

According to the filing, Van Hunt, Berry’s fiance, was present during the attack.

Maceo reportedly called Martinez to pick him up after the attack.

The documents note that he does not want to return to his mother’s home for obvious reasons.

This was allegedly not an isolated incident

In the document, Olivier Martinez alleged that Halle Berry has physically attacked their son on other occasions, meaning that the September 26 assault was not an isolated incident.

“Throughout the last year and a half,” the filing alleged, “Ms. Berry had wrestled Maceo to the ground and forced him to ‘tap out.’”

Martinez wrote that he has “significant concerns” about his ex-wife’s mental health “as well as her alcohol abuse.”

The document expresses his belief that this has “contributed to her abusive conduct” towards their son.

Martinez is requesting sole custody of Maceo. He is also seeking restraining orders to protect both him and his son.

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Speaking through her attorney, Berry denied Martinez’s allegations.

Her lawyer referred to the filing as “entirely meritless and deliberately misleading.”

At this time, there are no reports of Martinez pressing criminal charges against Berry. Though the legal system does little to nothing to protect children from their parents, some would at least try. Others might try to avoid putting the victim through that experience, if they can help it.

Olivier and Berry were married for only two years before their 2015 split, but their contentious divorce lasted for eight long years.

Our thoughts are entirely with Maceo, who presumably is either the victim of monstrous abuse or is being used as a pawn in some sort of custody game. Either way, he’s clearly an innocent party who deserves protection.

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Ken Urker Cause of Death: Father of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Child was 34

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Ken Urker, partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and father of her child, has died.

The two met many years ago, and had been together for two-and-a-half years.

Rose Blanchard is mourning him as a wonderful partner and father to their child.

Though the investigation into the 34-year-old’s death has just begun, she’s sharing the suspected cause of death.

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What was Ken Urker’s cause of death?

October 1, 2026, was Ken Urker’s 34th birthday.

Tragically, it was also the day that he died.

He and Gypsy Rose Blanchard had been in a relationship since April of 2024, welcoming their daughter, Aurora, that December.

(The two had actually engaged in a long-distance relationship, including a 2018 proposal, when she was unjustly imprisoned over Dee Dee Blanchard’s death. However, they broke up, and she ended up marrying Ryan Anderson after her release from prison.)

Urker was found dead inside his Louisiana home on Thursday.

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Hours after Urker’s tragic death, Ms. Rose Blanchard spoke to TMZ about his passing.

She expressed a belief that he overdosed.

The reason, she says, is that there was an unidentified substance where he died.

Unfortunately, Rose Blanchard does not know what that substance might be.

She says that she did not remember seeing Urker abuse any substances or use any drugs.

He will ‘forever’ be her ‘soulmate’

In her mind, Ken Urker was a responsible individual.

She remembers him as being very intentional about his role as a father and as a partner.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating his passing.

As news broke on Thursday, Rose Blanchard praised Urker as an “amazing father.”

She affirmed that he would “forever be my soulmate and my red string.”

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Rose Blanchard mentioned that, through their relationship, Urker had endured years of intense public scrutiny and also cyberbullying.

She believes that this may have had a deep impact upon him — perhaps more than anyone realized.

That does not mean that Urker deliberately took his own life. He is the father of a toddler and no one has come forward to suggest that there was evidence of suicidal ideation. Not yet, anyway.

However, it is conceivable that someone under unexpected public scrutiny might abuse a substance as a coping mechanism. Or someone might overindulge on their birthday.

It is very early — too early to really know anything beyond the clear shock and heartbreak stemming from this tragic death.

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Christa Pike: Awake, ‘Critically Ill’ In Hospital; Lawyers Fight to Have …

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On Wednesday, Christa Pike was set to be executed in Tennessee — the first female put to death by the state in more than 200 years.

Instead, the convicted murderer is currently coalescing in an area hospital, having survived two phenobarbital injections that were administered with the purpose of ending her life.

Pike remained conscious after the first shot, even expressing concern to nearby medical staff and complaining of pain.

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And though the second shot caused her to lose consciousness, witnesses say she continued to breathe and could be heard “snoring.”

Pike was then rushed from Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to a local hospital, where she is currently undergoing treatment.

Now, her attorneys have issued a statement about Pike’s condition as they seek to have her sentence overturned.

“Christa is critically ill but not in a coma as I understand it,” one member of the legal team tells TMZ.

The attorney went on to explain that Pike is unable to communicate at this time.

He added that Pike’s warrant for execution expired at midnight, meaning the Tennessee Supreme Court would have to set a new date before they can try to execute her again.

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Tennessee governor Bill Lee has already ordered that all remaining executions on the state’s schedule be paused indefinitely so that the authorities can ensure that there are no further debacles like Christa’s.

Now, Pike’s legal team is calling upon state prosecutors to commute her sentence following the nightmare situation that unfolded last night.

“Christa has endured punishment greater than any other person in the history of the American death penalty. The governor must commute Krista’s sentence now,” Attorney Randy Spivey told Tennessee’s WVLT.

“Tennessee should not be torturing its citizens in the name of justice,” echoed Steve Farrell of the Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee. “We, along with Randy, call for the commutation of her death sentence after what she’s been put through.”

Farrell went on to allege that the state’s treatment of Pike was akin to torture.

Shockingly, Pike’s botched execution was not entirely unexpected.

Both the death row inmate and her attorneys predicted that her rare venous condition might result in complications.

“We presented evidence that due to her blood condition, venous access would be difficult, and that this type of prolonged execution that she didn’t want to happen would happen,” Farrell said today. “When we had our hearing this summer. All of this was predicted, and nothing, the court did nothing.”

We will have further updates on this shocking developing story as new information becomes available.

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Kylie Kelce Apologizes to Kate Middleton For ‘Offensive’ Comment (But Still …

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Kylie Kelce is learning that when you invite a future queen onto your podcast, you might want to brush up on royal protocol first.

The wife of Jason Kelce issued an apology to Kate Middleton this week after realizing she made a pretty significant etiquette error when extending an invitation to the Princess of Wales.

During the September 24 episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast, Kylie invited Kate to join her for a chat about motherhood and their shared love of field hockey.

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“Princess Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, if you ever wanted to come on and chitchat about some field hockey and maybe kids,” Kylie said at the time. “I don’t know. We got a couple things in common.”

As it turns out, Kylie had some homework to do.

On Thursday’s episode, the 34-year-old acknowledged that she had since learned that referring to Catherine as “Princess Kate” isn’t the proper way to address her.

“I love learning, so I was unaware that calling Princess Catherine, Princess Kate was offensive,” Kylie explained. “I didn’t know that. Now I know that. Now I will proceed accordingly.”

And then came the official apology.

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“Princess Catherine or the Princess of Wales, I apologize,” Kylie said. “I will get that sorted immediately starting now.”

For the record, Catherine has officially held the title Princess of Wales since 2022, when King Charles ascended to the throne, and Prince William became the Prince of Wales. She was previously the Duchess of Cambridge.

This is not the first time that the Kelces have run afoul of the royals. Back in 2024, Jason bashed the very idea of royalty … right before Travis met Prince William. But all was quickly forgiven.

Kylie also addressed another potential issue: her famously colorful vocabulary.

A listener suggested that Catherine is “too refined and beautiful” to be subjected to Kylie’s cursing and that the podcast host would need to “clean up” her act if the royal ever accepted her invitation.

Kylie conceded that the listener had a point.

“First of all, you’re correct. Agreed,” she said.

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Kylie made it clear that despite her efforts to clean up her language, she has no expectations that the future queen will actually show up behind her podcast microphone.

“Do I think she has time to hop on this podcast? No, I do not,” Kylie admitted.

But she would certainly welcome her.

Kylie pointed to their shared experiences with motherhood, their shared interest in sports, and Kate’s cancer battle as some of the reasons she would love to have the conversation.

And considering William already appeared on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast in July, Kylie apparently figured it was worth taking her own shot at the royal family.

Now that she knows the proper title, she’ll apparently be waiting for Princess Catherine to make her grand podcast debut.

No pressure, Your Royal Highness. Wait…did we do that right?

Now maybe Kylie can apologize for that NFL Sunday Ticket ad that airs approximately every 8 seconds during games!

We kid. That’s not her fault — and she probably received quite the payday for it.

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Jim Carrey Marries Min Ah 7 Months After Debuting as Couple

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Jim Carrey is officially off the market — again!

The 64-year-old actor has married his longtime girlfriend, Min Ah, in a small, private ceremony in Los Angeles, according to reports.

A representative for Carrey confirmed the marriage on Wednesday, while TMZ reported that the couple exchanged vows during an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles.

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Few details have emerged about the wedding itself, which is pretty on-brand for a relationship that has largely unfolded away from the Hollywood spotlight.

Carrey and Min Ah had reportedly been spotted together as far back as 2022, but they didn’t exactly rush to make their relationship public.

That changed in February 2026, when the couple made their official red-carpet debut at the César Awards in Paris.

Carrey was honored with an honorary César at the ceremony, and his daughter, Jane, and grandson, Jackson, were also in attendance. During his acceptance speech, Carrey took a moment to thank Min Ah, whom he described as his “sublime companion.”

“I love you, Min Ah,” he added during the speech.

Seven months later, the “sublime companion” has become the wife.

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Very little is publicly known about Min Ah, who is reportedly an actress and artist and has also been known as Minzi. She and Carrey have kept their romance remarkably quiet, with relatively few public appearances or details about their life together.

Of course, this isn’t Carrey’s first trip down the aisle.

The comedy legend was previously married to Melissa Womer, with whom he shares daughter Jane, from 1987 until their divorce in 1995. He later married his Dumb and Dumber co-star Lauren Holly in 1996, but that marriage lasted less than a year.

Carrey famously dated Jenny McCarthy for years, been romantically linked to several famous women including Renée Zellweger and January Jones.

Carrey once suggested that he was perfectly happy leaving marriage in the rearview mirror.

In a 2008 interview, while dating McCarthy, Carrey said, “I probably won’t get married again,” adding that after doing it twice, “you really should stop doing it.”

Well, apparently, he’s had a change of heart!

After years of keeping his relationship with Min Ah largely private, Carrey has now made her his third wife.

And considering he went from publicly calling her his “sublime companion” in Paris to secretly marrying her in Los Angeles just seven months later, it seems he changed his mind with a quickness.

Our congratulations go out to the happy couple!

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Mariska Hargitay Calls Out Alleged Cornell Rapists: ‘I Think We Should Ruin Their …

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Mariska Hargitay has made it clear where she stands on the disturbing allegations involving several Cornell University fraternity members.

The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star and recent Emmys host shared a series of posts on social media addressing the allegations, including one that called for consequences for the men accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.

And considering the role she has played on television for nearly three decades, it probably comes as little surprise that Mariska had some very strong feelings about the case.

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On her Instagram page, Hargitay reposted a graphic that read: “Yes I think we actually should ruin the futures of adult men who drug and gang rape a woman, thanks for asking.”

She also shared posts urging men to contact police if they witnessed a woman being sexually assaulted.

Another post referenced an alleged fraternity group chat in which a message advertising “free p—y” was reportedly shared.

The allegations stem from a lawsuit filed September 16 by a former Cornell student, identified as Jane Doe in court documents.

Doe alleges that she was 20 years old when she was sexually assaulted at the Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024. According to the lawsuit, she was allegedly forced to consume drugs before multiple men sexually assaulted her.

Seven fraternity members were named as defendants in the lawsuit: Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris, and Scott Kretzschmar.

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Those allegations remain allegations, and the defendants have not been convicted of the conduct described in the lawsuit.

Doe reported the alleged assault to Cornell University Police approximately three weeks after the incident.

Cornell subsequently suspended the fraternity’s Xi chapter and temporarily suspended the seven men named in the lawsuit, according to court documents. The lawsuit alleges that the university gave the men an opportunity to mitigate the alleged conduct by submitting essays (per Yahoo! News).

Doe ultimately left Cornell.

Now, New York state prosecutors have reportedly decided to reopen a criminal inquiry into the allegations, bringing renewed attention to a case that had largely remained out of the national spotlight.

For Mariska, who has spent years portraying Detective Olivia Benson on SVU and advocating for survivors through her Joyful Heart Foundation, the issue is clearly a personal one.

She has also previously spoken publicly about experiencing sexual assault herself.

So while Mariska’s latest social media posts are very much in keeping with the work she’s been doing both on-screen and off-screen for years.

And with the investigation now being revisited, her posts have added another high-profile voice to the growing calls for accountability.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

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