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LaBeouf, who appeared in court wearing a fleece jacket and jeans tucked into cowboy boots, was also admonished by the judge forallegedly yelling homophobic slurswhile hitting multiple people near the French Quarter. The police report said LaBeouf dislocated one victim's nose.

The judge ordered LaBeouf, 39, to submit to weekly drug tests, including one on the spot in the courthouse. LaBeouf agreed and his attorney said the test did not show illegal substances in his system.

Orleans Parish Criminal Court Judge Simone Levine called the episode earlier this month a concern for "the safety of this larger community, especially relative to a marginalized community that has gone through so much terror," referring to the LGBTQ+ community.

"This defendant does not take his alcohol addiction seriously," Levine said. "This court does not believe he understands the level of seriousness when it comes to these allegations."

LaBeouf posted bond and declined to comment to reporters. He has not yet formally entered a plea to the charges.

"No, I won't say a word," he said in a court hallway while returning from taking a drug and alcohol test before the judge's order. "God bless you, leave me alone."

Jeffrey Damnit, a local entertainer identified in the police report as Jeffrey Klein, previously told The Associated Press that LaBeouf repeatedly punched him and used homophobic slurs while threatening his life. Damnit said he believed LaBeouf had targeted him because he wore makeup and eyeliner.

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"This guy wants me to be dead because I wear makeup," Damnit said. "It's a screwed-up thing."

The judge said that when she originally released LaBeouf without bond within hours of his arrest on Feb. 17 she had not previously had access to a police report that describes the actor allegedly using homophobic slurs as he returned to a bar and hit people with a closed fist after being asked to leave. Videos of the altercations have surfaced showing LaBeouf striking multiple people.

After LaBeouf was released from custody, the actor was seen in the French Quarter dancing in the streets on Mardi Gras.

Levine ordered LaBeouf to stay away from the victims and the bar where the episode occurred.

The judge denied a request by LaBeouf to travel to Rome in March for "religious observations, including his father's baptism."

Levine said during the hearing that she was concerned whether LaBeouf "could handle his alcohol."

"Frankly," LaBeouf's attorney Sarah Chervinsky told the judge, "being drunk on Mardi Gras is not a crime." ___

Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.Report for Americais a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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• The record producer and DJ quietly welcomed baby No. 4, his second with longtime girlfriend Jessica Ledon

• The proud dad is also a father to son Tim and daughter Angie, whom he shares with his ex-wife Cathy Lobé
  

David Guettahas expanded his family!

The record producer and DJ, 58, quietly welcomed his fourth baby, his second with longtime girlfriend Jessica Ledon, sharing the exciting news onInstagramon Thursday, Feb. 26. In the joint post, the couple shared several snaps from before and after their newborn Skyler entered the world, including pictures from their maternity shoot, baby shower and their little one's first few days earthside.

"Welcome to the world Skyler ❤️," Guetta wrote in the caption. "The most beautiful secret we've ever kept."

In the comments, several celebrities and friends of the couple shared their congratulations on the new addition to the family.

Fellow DJ and record producer Nicky Romero showed his excitement for the couple with a single red heart emoji, while DJ Morten wrote, "The most beautiful family 🩵🩵🩵."

Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez also shared her congratulations to the couple, commenting, "Awwww congratulations 🤍🤍🤍."

The new addition joins the couple's son Cyan, 23 months, as well as Guetta's daughter Angie and son Tim from his previous marriage to Cathy Lobé.

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When Guetta and Ledon's son Cyan entered the world, they shared the news through a jointInstagram post. The photo featured Guetta cuddling Ledon as their tiny newborn, who already sported a full head of dark hair at the time, slept on her chest.

"Love is in the air ❤️. Meet Cyan," the caption read.

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The pair first revealed the exciting news of their first baby together in November 2023 on the Latin Grammys red carpet. Guetta also shared the news on hisInstagram, posting a photo of the couple on the red carpet. "We have big news for you!!! Most important release of the year 😂😂😂," he wrote in his caption.

The comment section was filled with congratulations from his musician friends, including Diplo, who wrote "congrats !!" and Zedd, who added, "CONGRATS brother ♥️."

The couple enjoyed another red-carpet maternity moment in February, attending the 2024 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles together.

"We still bumpin in these streets#grammys2024," they captioned the joint poston Instagram

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The "So Yesterday" singer opened up about her experience being swept up in the whirlwind drama surrounding Tisdale French's personal essay on a recent episode of theCall Her Daddypodcast.

"I felt really sad. I honestly felt really sad," Duff said of the situation. "I was pretty taken aback and felt just sad."

In her Jan. 1 essay forThe Cut, Tisdale French wrote about exiting a mom group after it "stopped being healthy and positive" for her. Following its publication, the internet began to speculate over the potential members of theHigh School Musicalstar's former friend group, with many pointing out that Duff posted images of herself, Tisdale French, Mandy Moore, and Meghan Trainor on Instagram in 2021.

Speaking on theCall Her Daddypodcast, Duff explained that she's been "lucky" to have many friend groups in her life.

"I have my core group of friends who have been my ride or die for 10 to 20 years," she explained, "and I have tons of different groups of mom friends, because I have four kids, you know?"

Still, that didn't make Tisdale French's essay any easier to read.

"So, I think I just was like, 'Whoa,'" she said. "It sucks to read something that's not true, and it sucks on behalf of, like, six women and all of their lives."

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Duff's husband, singer-songwriter Matthew Koma,also made headlines amid the mom group dramawhen he posted a photo of his face imposed over Tisdale French's on social media.

"Read my new interview with [The Cut]. A mom group tell-all through a father's eyes," he captioned the since-deleted image. "When you're the most self obsessed tone deaf person on earth, other moms tend to shift focus to their actual toddlers."

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Duff denied knowing that her husband was going to post the photo.

"No. Honestly, everything he does makes me laugh. So I was like, 'Oh, my God. Oh, my God,'" she recalled. "But I also don't censor him, and I don't tell him what he can and can't post. He is so fierce for me, and I love him for that."

When asked by host Alex Cooper if there was anything she wanted to clarify about the entire situation, Duff simply replied, "Nope. I think it came at like the craziest time where I was like, the timing felt not great, and I felt used."

Listen to Duff talk mom group drama in the clip above.

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Two U.S. citizens were among the ten men in a high-seas shootout with Cuban coast guard agents, a White House official confirmed, and the boat they were in had been reported stolen.

The revelation that two people aboard the boat were U.S. citizens raises the stakes in the Feb. 25 incident that has triggered investigations in Washington and Havana. One of the U.S. citizens was killed and the other injured. The immigration statuses of those involved was first reported by Axios.

The boat, a 24-foot open watercraft registered in Florida, had been docked at a pier in Monroe County, about 30 miles east of Key West. The owner of the boat, whose registration matches the one provided by Cuban authorities, noticed it missing at around 9:30 a.m. that day and called police, according to NBC-6 in Miami.

Cuban authorities said that when the boat was intercepted in its territorial waters on Feb. 25 those aboard were carrying assault rifles, handguns, improvised explosive devices, bulletproof vests and other tactical military gear. Four were killed. Six were arrested. Another man was detained in Cuba accused of aiding the men on the boat.

Cuba's Interior Ministryhas accused all of the people involved of taking part in a terrorist plot, though officials in Washington have not corroborated that accusation. Cuba has identified one of the four men killed as Michel Ortega Casanova. It said it was still working to identify the other three.

What do we know about the ten men involved in the latest escalation between two Cold war-era foes?

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Who were the people involved in the Cuba speedboat shooting?

Among those detained, according to Cuban authorities, were:

• Amijail Sánchez González

• Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez

• Conrado Galindo Sariol

• José Manuel Rodríguez Castelló

• Cristian Ernesto Acosta Guevara

• Roberto Álvarez Ávila

Those killed were identified by Cuban authorities as:

• Pavel Alling Peña

• Michael Ortega Casanova

• Ledián Padrón Guevara

• Hector Duani Cruz Correa

Cuba has said that the majority of the participants in the incident have a history of criminal and violent activity. There does appear to be some accuracy to that assertion.

A Cuban official on Feb. 26 also corrected an initial report by his government that misstated the name of one of the suspects captured in Cuba and alleged to be assisting the men in the boat. That person, Rolando Roberto Azcorra Consuegra, was in Miami at the time of the shooting.

Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat, of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance, an exile group that opposes the Cuban regime, warned not to put too much credence into details of the incident emerging from the Cuban government.

His name appears on the same Cuban terrorist list as Sánchez González for allegedly starting an anti-Castro guerilla group − that was actually created six years before he was born.

"They have a history of lying and committing crimes," Gutierrez-Boronat said. "Why should we believe anything they say, especially at a moment like now when there's real pressure on them?"

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This file photo shows a group of U.S. sailors from the battleship Connecticut and a gun they captured at Cape Haitien during the U.S. occupation of Haiti in 1915.

Amijail Sánchez González

Sanchez Gonzalez, 47, was arrested in Miami-Dade County in 2020 and charged with aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, fleeing the scene of a crime, reckless driving and property damage, according to public records. He spent over a year in jail. Two years later, he was back in jail on charges of tampering with an electronic monitor, a felony offense. He was also one the two men detained this week who Cuba's Ministry of Justice previously added to its "international most wanted" list, which also includes members of Miami's exile community dating back to 1999, according to a justice ministry "gazette" sent to USA TODAY by a Cuban official.

Sanchez Gonzalez lives in a suburb of Miami-Dade County just south of Miami.

In the justice ministry gazette, Sánchez González was accused of inciting an act of sabotage against the Municipal People's Court of Central Havana in 2022. And in 2023, Cuban authorities said he smuggled firearms, ammunition and other supplies across the northern coast of Cuba's Matanzas Province "with the purpose of carrying out terrorist acts against military units." He was allegedly financed by supporters residing in the U.S.

Separately, in a 2023 news bulletin from Cuban officials identifying alleged wanted terrorists,Sanchez Gonzálezwas among those named. A translated report by government media at the time showed a photo of Sanchez González that matches social media photos and videos promoting Cuban liberation found by USA TODAY.

In one of those video posts, the man who appears to be Sanchez González calls out PresidentDonald Trumpfor speaking about taking over Cuba as president but doing nothing to make liberation happen. The man uses Spanish curse words to punctuate frustration and urgency for change.

"We are going to fight for Cuba," he said multiple times in the post. Later, he said, "I have the balls to do what needs to be done now." He thanks America for welcoming him as a refugee and giving him a life back, including the opportunity to start a family. "But I want to die how real men die."

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Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez

Cruz Gómez, also 47, was the other man added to Cuba's "international most wanted list."

Authorities opened up an investigation into him in 2025 for "sabotage activities" carried out in Villa Clara, Cuba, for which another Cuban citizen was arrested and prosecuted. A person with the same name as Cruz Gómez appears to have last resided at an address in Tampa, Fla., according to public records, which also associated that name with criminal activity, several arrests and the ownership of hunting and fishing licenses.

It was not immediately clear if they were one and the same person.

Neither Sánchez González nor Cruz Gómez were available to comment on the allegations. Attempts to reach potential family members or representatives in Cuba and the U.S. were not immediately successful.

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Conrado Galindo Sariol

Posts on an Instagram account that appears to belong to Galindo Sorial alternate between videos of him offering deals on cars in a Miami used car lot and photos and interviews with prominent Cuban exiles advocating for a free Cuba.

In a March 2025 interview on the Radio Martí podcast, a hardline Cuban exile advocacy show, Galindo Sorial described how his mother was a teacher and his father fought alongside Castro's troops in the Sierra Maestra but later became disillusioned with the regime.

Beginning around 1991, Galindo Sorial became involved with the opposition in Cuba, distributing anti-Castro pamphlets and writing underground articles against the regime, before landing in a prison in Camaguey. He later left for Miami.

In the interview, Galindo Sorial said he dreams of a free Cuba, where all Cubans have equal rights and the ability to defend their homeland.

"Cuba is a jewel of the Americas," he said. "Before I die, I would like to see her free."

Roberto Azcorra Consuegra

There is scattered information about the other men alleged to be involved in the speedboat operation.

According to public records, a man with the name Roberto Azcorra Consuegra, 45, last lived at an address in Miami. Over a period of five years, the address and name were associated with dozens of reports of criminal activity. The name and address also match the apparent owner of a Miami-based a carpet-cleaning company.

A man who appeared to be Azcorra Consuegra's father answered the phone to a USA TODAY reporter, identified himself and promptly hung up.

In a television interview on Feb. 26 with a localNBC affiliate in Florida, a man who identified himself as Azcorra Consuegra said he was surprised to learn his name was on the list issued by Cuba's Interior Ministry because he was at that moment in South Florida and not on the island. He also denied knowledge of any plans to go to Cuba.

Asked why he believed the Cuban government would put his name on the list and accuse him of terrorism, Azcorra Consuegra said: "They know me. They know me well, they know it all."

U.S. and Cuba: What now?

Cuba's government has accused the 10 people aboard the speedboat it intercepted off its coast of planning "an armed infiltration with terrorist aims." The U.S. has said little about the incident, though its top diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has said that Washington was investigating the "highly unusual" incident.

Rubio said it was not a U.S. government operation and that he wasn't "going to speculate about whose boat it was, what they were doing, why they were there, what actually happened."

The episode comes at a time of increased tension between the U.S. and Cuba, longtime adversaries. It also comes less than two months after American forces seized Cuba's close ally,Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, in a raid that has had severe economic and humanitarian consequences for Cuba.

Venezuela has supplied Cuba's oil for more than two decades. In the wake of the U.S. operation, Washington imposed an oil embargo on Cuba. However, in recent days it has moved to ease those restrictions as Cuba's Caribbean-nation neighbors have warned that the embargo could destabilize the entire region.

Contributing: Francesca Chambers

Kim Hjelmgaard, Rick Jervis and Jayme Fraser are all reporters of USA TODAY Investigations team.

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The Food and Drug Administration said the cheese's manufacturer, Saputo Cheese USA, discovered the issue during what it called "pasteurizer troubleshooting exercises" and then voluntarily issued the recall.

ICYMI |Peanut butter recalled after plastic pieces found in production

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The affected products were sold between Feb. 17 and Feb. 20 in Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

The FDA says there are no reports of illness or hospitalization connected to the recall.

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Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, who spoke little English, had been missing since February 19, when the agents left him at the shop shortly after he was released from the Erie County jail, officials said. His body was found five days later, around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, about four miles from the coffee shop, the Buffalo Police Department said.

"Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances and timeframe of events leading up to his death, following his release from custody," the police department said in a statement.

New YorkCongressman Tim Kennedydescribed Shah Alam's death as both "horrific" and "heartbreaking," calling for a "full and transparent investigation at the local, state, and federal levels."

"The public and Mr. Alam's family deserve answers immediately," the congressman said ina statement.

The Erie County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and determined Shah Alam's cause of death was health‑related. Exposure and homicide have been ruled out, Buffalo city spokesperson Nick Beiling said.

"A vulnerable man – nearly blind and unable to speak English – was left alone on a cold winter night with no known attempt to leave him in a safe, secure location. That decision from US Customs and Border Protection was unprofessional and inhumane," Buffalo MayorSean Ryansaid Wednesday, calling Shah Alam's death "preventable," and insisting CBP "answer for how and why this happened."

The incident highlights growing concerns over the constitutionalrights and treatmentof people who come in contact with federal agents, regardless of their immigration status in the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts.

A year behind bars waiting for trial

Shah Alam, a refugee from Myanmar, had spent much of the previous year in custody awaiting trial on criminal charges that were ultimately resolved with a misdemeanor plea deal, Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane told CNN in a statement Thursday.

Apolice reportobtained byCNN affiliate WGRZshowed Shah Alam was being held on two counts of assault with intent to cause injury to an officer, a count of possession of a weapon and trespassing, among other charges, before a plea deal was reached.

He was arrested in February 2025, following what one of his children described toReutersas a misunderstanding with police. Shah Alam had been out for a walk and was using a curtain rod as a walking stick when he got lost and wandered onto private property, his son Mohamad Faisal said. When he did not understand officers' commands to drop the rod, Shah Alam was arrested.

At Shah Alam's arraignment on the indictment in June 2025, his bail was modified to $5,000 cash or bond but he remained in custody as the case moved to its trial date, the district attorney's office said.

In early February, Shah Alam pled guilty to misdemeanor charges with prosecutors and defense attorneys agreeing that he would remain in custody on bail pending a sentencing hearing set for March 24, Keane said.

"In this matter, the reduced disposition appropriately held the defendant accountable for the crime while avoiding a penalty that would be unduly harsh and disproportionate to the offense," Keane said.

His family didn't know where he was dropped off

Shah Alam was released from jail last week after his bond was posted on February 19, Keane said. It's unclear who posted bond for him.

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CNN has reached out to an attorney for Shah Alam.

As Shah Alam's discharge from jail was being processed, deputies notified US Border Patrol, which had earlier placed him under an immigration detainer, the Erie County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

"U.S. Border Patrol arrived at the Holding Center prior to the finalization of Mr. Shah Alam's release from Erie County Sheriff's Office custody," the statement said.

A spokesperson for CBP said the agents later determined Shah Alam had entered the United States as a refugee on December 24, 2024, and "was not amenable to removal."

"Border Patrol agents offered him a courtesy ride, which he chose to accept to a coffee shop, determined to be a warm, safe location near his last known address, rather than be released directly from the Border Patrol station," the statement said. "He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues or disabilities requiring special assistance."

Upon learning that Shah Alam was ineligible for removal, Border Patrol agents, using a translator program, attempted to communicate with him, according to a federal law enforcement official who said that Shah Alam asked to be taken to the location where he was eventually left. He was offered an opportunity to make a phone call but declined, the official said.

But neither his family nor their attorney was notified by federal authorities where Shah Alam was dropped off and he did not read, write or use electronic devices, his son told Reuters.

It's unclear whether the family was immediately notified by the county that Shah Alam was transferred to federal custody after his bond was posted.

The family are Arakan Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, Faisal said, referring to the stateless Muslim minority from Myanmar's Rakhine state. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya havefled the war-torn countrysince late 2016 following a brutal crackdown by the military junta that the US has since declared a genocide.

Shah Alam only wanted to "eat home-cooked food" and "be united with the rest of (his) family," Faisal told Reuters.

Funeral services for the father are scheduled for Thursday afternoon at a mosque in Buffalo, Faisal told CNN.

In his statement, Keane said his office first learned about Shah Alam's release from jail on Tuesday and will move to dismiss the charges against the man when they receive his death certificate.

"I am saddened to learn of the tragic death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam," Keane said. "I recognize the desire for answers sought by his family, friends and our community as his death remains under investigation."

CNN's Priscilla Alvarez and Taylor Romine contributed to this report.

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Rinna appeared on theTamron Hallshow on Thursday to discuss her new book,You Better Believe I'm Going to Talk About It,which Hall said contains numerous dramatic revelations about Rinna's conflicts with people in her life. Upon returning from a commercial break, the show played a voiceover clip of Rinna reading a passage from the book, in which she addresses light regret about hurting feelings while drumming up drama during her tenure onThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsfrom seasons 4-12.

"I'm an actor, so I know what is needed to create drama on the show, yet you're still dealing with human beings. It hurts when you say something about someone, and vice versa. It's a very hard thing to process, even if it's a setup. At the end of the day, I never wanted to hurt anybody, and I didn't want to fight, but that's what the show was about: Women and conflict," Rinna said in the passage, to which Hall replied by challenging Rinna as she asked, "Going on that show was a choice. Why did you go on it?"

Rinna admitted that "at the time, I was as cold as a dead fish in my career. I was cold as ice," she said. "Trust me, I wasn't [in demand]. And I am a businesswoman, so I knew thatReal Housewiveswas great real estate on television."

After she said that she "thought this could be good for business," Hall again pushed back on Rinna's assertion that she felt bad about hurting people amid various conflicts on the Bravo program.

"One might say the fires that started there? You had to know the house was hot. The franchise was built on conflict," Hall said, pointing out that Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Teresa Giudice made headlines all the way back in 2009 (four years before Rinna joinedRHOBHseason 4 in a supporting role) for almost flipping a table during a heated clash with cast member Danielle Staub. "You kind of know what you're walking into. I get, as you said, your career had slowed down, but what good was it to gain a man to lose his soul?"

Rinna replied, admitting that "no one's proud of selling their soul, but I think you have to acknowledge it and go, that's where I was at the time, I did it, I didn't know it would be quite as rough as it ended up being."

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"Well, I'm still here," Rinna continued. "I'm still here. How can I make the world a better place and how can I bring joy and have more fun?"

Hall finished the segment by pointing out that some of the revelations Rinna made in the book, in her estimation, will lead to fractured relationships with people she'll "never talk to again." Rinna agreed, telling Hall, "Probably not. I've tried. Everyone I talk about — just about — in here, I have tried to make amends, or I have made amends. There are some people in our lives, you've probably all come across it, where amends are not able to be made. So, what do you do about that, when you want to move on, but that other person is like,no?"

Despite lamenting elements of her past clashes onHousewives, Rinna further weathered drama during her tenure onThe Traitorsseason 4, where she went toe-to-toe withBacheloralumColton Underwood, who targeted her at a later stage in the elimination-heavy gauntlet.

Speculation arose among fans that some of Rinna's words to Underwood hinted at his controversial past, including whenshe referred to him as "a stalker"in a Jan. 23 Threads post. Many assumed the reference pointed to arestraining order filed against Underwoodin 2020 by his ex, Cassie Randolph, who alleged at the time that Underwood placed a tracking device on her vehicle (theorder was ultimately dropped).

"I knew nothing. But I am not here to do anything to hurt anyone or make it worse for someone, because I've had that happen for me, and it's really rough when social media is turning on you. And I didn't want to be part of ... even though, listen, if you ask me to be a Housewife, I'm going to come at you however I'm going to come at you. And guess what? He got what he asked for because I definitely showed up as Lisa Rinna, the Housewife. But I didn't want it to further put gasoline on the fire,"Rinna later toldEntertainment Weeklyof the ordeal. "I'm fine with Colton. I knew nothing about his past. He was a great nemesis for me in the game, and we're all good. At the end of the day, it's a game. His past is his past. It doesn't have anything to do with me. So there it is."

The Traitorsfinale and reunion — featuring Rinna — streams tonight on Peacock.

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