Strange Headlines: From Tyler Perry Allegations to Fraudulent Marriage Certificates

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Strange headlines dominate today's roundup as we dive into some truly bizarre news stories that seem almost too outlandish to be true. 

The most mind-boggling tale involves a Texas woman who allegedly managed to legally marry her ex-fiancé without his knowledge after they broke up. This peculiar case unfolded when Kristen Marie Spearman reportedly convinced a pastor to certify their marriage despite the groom's absence, filed the paperwork with county officials, and then mailed the certificate to her stunned ex in a Bath & Body Works gift bag. As the Beverly Hills Police Chief remarked, in 23 years of service, he'd never encountered someone getting married to a person who wasn't even present for their own wedding ceremony.

We also examine serious allegations against filmmaker Tyler Perry, who faces a lawsuit from actor Derek Dixon claiming sexual assault and harassment. Dixon alleges Perry made unwanted advances during visits to his residence and claims he feared rejecting Perry outright would damage his acting career. The story raises important questions about power dynamics in the entertainment industry.

Finally, we briefly touch on California Governor Gavin Newsom launching a Substack newsletter supposedly to fight "disinformation," noting how the platform has become something of a refuge for media personalities and public figures whose traditional influence may be waning. 

What would you do if you discovered you were legally married to someone without your knowledge? Or if you had $500 for a shopping spree, where would you spend it? Join the conversation and share your thoughts on these strange but true stories that remind us reality can indeed be stranger than fiction.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, hello, good morning, happy Wednesday.
Here we go with a couple ofstories for you this morning.
First, though, let me talkabout a couple of things that Mr
Sean shared with me.
I'm taking he wanted me toshare this on the podcast.
Wheeling has flooded for thesecond time in as many weeks,

(00:22):
leaving residents to pick up thepieces.
State lawmakers refused to fundthe West Virginia Flood
Resiliency Trust Fund afterunanimously approving its
creation in 2023.
That, what?
That doesn't make any sense.
They approved it but thenrefused to fund it, and Mr
Sean's the link provided there.
It will not allow me to open it.

(00:43):
It gives me an error, so Ican't go read any more further
into it.
But the other thing that heshared with me, mr Sean shared
with me Tyler Perry sued for asexual assault, harassment, by
the oval actor.
Now I'm going to be up frontwith you.
I have never followed anythingby Tyler Perry.

(01:04):
I just thought he was overhyped.
I didn't.
From what I've seen, what Ihave seen of some of what I some
of the previews, you know, I'veseen clips of his stuff and
everything I just didn't thinkit was all that funny.
I just never got into TylerPerry, so I really don't have
any idea who the I don't knowwhat theval is.
I don't know what this, this,uh, derek Dixon is.

(01:27):
I don't know who he is, but, ofcourse and I don't know Tyler
Perry was really big there for awhile and then he kind of just
disappeared, right.
Maybe, or maybe he's justworking behind the scenes, I
don't know.
It seemed like for a whilethere for a couple of years,
everybody's talking about tylerperry, tyler perry, tyler perry,
and then, all of a sudden, youjust don't hear anything from
him.
Anyway, tyler perry isreportedly being sued by the

(01:50):
oval actor, derrick dixon, whois accusing the hollywood mogul
of alleged sexual assault andyears of harassment.
Dixon, an actor who plays daleon perry's long running tv show,
the oval, claims he was at inan event in 2019 when the
Hollywood picked him up.
When the Hollywood, when theHollywood picked him out of the

(02:11):
crowd and asked for his phonenumber, implying he may have a
role for him.
According to the lawsuit, theactor noted that Perry did, in
fact, have a role for him, as hewent on to appear in two
episodes of the televisionseries Ruthless Okay, blah, blah
, blah.
While at Perry's residence,however, dixon drank too much

(02:37):
and ended up going to sleep in aguest room, at which point the
Hollywood mogul climbed into bedwith him and began touching his
thighs.
The lawsuit alleges dixonclaims that he rejected perry
all night, but that the directorpersisted.
So when was this?
In 2020, um, wow.

(03:00):
Due to fear of derailing hisbudding acting career as a
result of outright rejectingPerry, dixon said he told the
director he wasn't the sexualtype and never complained about
sexual harassment, thinking hewould lose his job.
The complaint states Wow, thesepeople.
The lawsuit goes on to accusePerry of again again inviting

(03:24):
dixon to it as atlanta home in2020, to which the actor obliged
, and then asking him if helikes it.
Oh, no, oh, if he likes it.
Rough in bed, before grabbingdixon by the throat, adding look
how excited you just got.
Oh, my gosh, I'm not going toread any more of that.
You can go read it if you want.
Uh, so wow, that was from lauraconnor, uh, but mr sean's

(03:50):
retweeted it for him, tagged mein it.
So there you go.
If you know, if you love tylerperry, you might want to start
investigating some of thesethings, all right.
Moving on, texas mom discoversex-fiancee married him without
his knowledge after findingpackage at home days after his
breakup.
Get this.
This couple was apparentlyengaged.

(04:12):
They even both went to thecourthouse together to apply for
a marriage license and then,like a day later, the guy's like
no, I don't want to marry youanymore, bye, I'm breaking up
with you.
What?
But she goes ahead and talksthe priest or pastor or whatever
, convinces him to certify themarriage certificate without the
guy being there.

(04:32):
What the hell is going on here?
A 42-year-old Texas mandiscovered he was married to his
ex-fiance without his knowledgewhen the marriage certificate
arrived at his home just daysafter the pair broke up.
Just days after the pair brokeup and she does look like a
crazy bitch.
Kristen Marie Spearman, 36, isaccused of sending her ex a gift

(04:56):
bag from Bath and Body Works.
What that contains someproducts, products is in
parentheses, why and a copy ofan officiated marriage license
with their names on June 13th.
This is a crazy story.
Spearman allegedly alsoincluded a photo of herself
holding up the document thatlegally recognized their

(05:17):
relationship.
Why would you do this?
The spooked victim, who was notbeing named by authorities,
admitted that the pair was in arelationship around june 2nd and
when they went to the countyclerk's office to receive a
marriage license.
Both parties must appear inperson and have valid
identification to receive anapplication for a marriage

(05:40):
license.
According to mclennan county'swebsite, spearmint and her
ex-fiancee never made it to thealtar.
However, the pair got into anargument when the victim
allegedly claimed he didn't wantto be in a relationship with
her anymore.
So this was we're very quick,they go and get the application
together and then days laterhe's like no, never mind, I'm

(06:01):
going to break up with you.
Oh, maybe he realized how crazyshe was.
So Spearman seemingly had otherplans for their future.
Beverly Hills Police Chief CoreyMartin claimed Spearman went
behind the victim's back andconvinced a pastor to certify a
marriage, even though the manwasn't in attendance or even

(06:24):
aware of the ceremony.
I don't think in 20 years 23years I've ever heard of anybody
who managed somehow to getmarried to someone who wasn't
present for a ceremony, thechief said.
After the reverend signed offon the fraudulent wedding,
spearman took a certifiedmarriage license to her local
county clerk's office, filed acertificate with officials.

(06:45):
The stunned victim learnedabout the marriage filing days
after he dumped her.
Wow, I don't know what theoutcome of that's going to be.
I guess they have to.
I don't know, that's so weird.
Wow, I don't even know what tosay.
All right, I don't know, that'sso weird.
Wow, I don't even know what tosay.
All right.
So Gavin Newsom launchesSubstack to fight disinformation

(07:06):
.
I wrote a blog post for theVictor Girls when Terry Moran
was fired from CNN, and he's nowstarted a Substack making fun
of him, because that's where allof the so-called journalists go
when they're either fired letgo, uh, are not wanted anymore.
Their ratings are low.
They go to Substack, and youknow, to fight disinformation,

(07:28):
whatever.
Uh, it's where you go becauseyour career has failed.
Okay, but doesn't Gavin Newsomhave a podcast?
Why does he also need aSubstack?
Why is everybody going toSubstack?
I created a sub stack, but notI'm not a journalist.
I did it because I wanted alittle more, uh, creative outlet
for my fiction writing.
Uh, but I may you know what?

(07:50):
I may delete it because I don'tknow that I want to go that
route.
It's called sincerely suge.
It's just for fun, um, funstuff.
I may delete it.
I kind of like the nameSincerely Shug though, but I may
delete it because I don't knowthat I want to put my fiction
writing out there just yet,because I'm still working on it
and stuff.
So I may delete that and not doanything with it, because it's

(08:13):
just another avenue that I haveto take care of and it'll be a
distraction because I want tokeep my fiction writing separate
and private for now.
So I may delete that, all right.
Um, I guess that's all I've gotfor you.
I guess we need a question ofthe day.
Okay, if you could go on ashopping spree with, let's say,

(08:34):
five hundred dollars, wherewould you go and what would you
buy?
I think I'd buy gun, anothergun.
Oh, should I've said that outloud?
Uh, okay, that's all I've gotfor now.
Thanks for listening.
Love y'all.
Have a good one bye.