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The headlines might miss them, but we won't! Join us as we explore celebrity controversies that have somehow escaped major media attention. From Hollywood legends to sports icons, these scandals reveal a troubling pattern of behavior that's flown under the radar. Which of these shocking stories had you not heard about?
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00:00He knew my age and didn't care. What he did was predatory, terrifying, and unacceptable.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at recent, or resurfaced, controversies that have
00:10mostly flown under the radar compared to other news cycle-dominating scandals.
00:14The story opens up with a tale of Kevin and Wes Bentley having a scuffle on set.
00:22Mike Smith. Best known as the lovable but eccentric Bubbles from the Canadian cult hit
00:26series Trailer Park Boys, Mike Smith is now facing serious real-life allegations.
00:31It's just a scare tactic, because who wants to grab ahold of Randy when he's
00:34just in his underwear? Then there's just that one piece of fabric separating you from his package.
00:40The actor was charged with sexual assault by Halifax Regional Police on October 2nd, 2025,
00:46tied to an alleged incident in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, dating back to December 2017.
00:50Court documents reveal Smith has been ordered to avoid contact with the unnamed complainant,
00:54whose identity remains under a publication ban.
00:57Every person, no matter of their public status, or their public personality, or anything to do
01:03with their public nature or profile, doesn't get treated any differently than any other individual.
01:07In the wake of the charge, Trailer Park Boys, Inc. announced that Smith has stepped away from
01:12his role as managing director, while the legal process unfolds, a dramatic turn that's flown
01:16largely onto the radar outside Canadian media.
01:19But he's also faced some similar charges before. In 2016, there was a battery charge in Los Angeles.
01:28Martin Cove biting incident.
01:29Tonight, newly released police body camera video showing the very real confrontation between two
01:35Cobra Kai co-stars.
01:37In the summer of 2025, Cobra Kai star Martin Cove shocked fans after he allegedly violently bit his
01:42co-star, Alicia Hannah Kim, during a fan convention. According to reports, Hannah Kim greeted Cove with a
01:48tap on the shoulder, only to have the villainous John Kreese actor grab her arm and bite down hard
01:53enough to nearly draw blood.
01:54I just cleaned the blood off that mat.
02:00Oh well.
02:01Cove later admitted to the act, claiming it was meant playfully, though many, including Hannah Kim,
02:06called it inappropriate.
02:06I apologize. I was just playing because we're very playful together, and I bit down too hard,
02:13and I meant to just go.
02:14She's got a mouth mark on her.
02:16In fact, the actress filed a police report, but ultimately declined to press charges.
02:24The incident follows a 2024 workplace complaint against Cove that had also gone mostly unnoticed.
02:30David Del Rio fired from Matlock.
02:32Turns out, it's not just the courtroom drama that's messy on Matlock.
02:35After David Del Rio was fired from the CBS series after being accused of indecently assaulting
02:40his co-star, Leah Lewis. The incident was reported in late September, 2025, leading to his immediate
02:46removal from set.
02:47E.T. has learned there was an incident, an investigation was conducted, and the company
02:52has parted ways with the actor, who was reportedly escorted off the studio lot.
02:56Del Rio's wife, Catherine, took to social media to lash out at Lewis before deleting her posts.
03:01To post a zoomed-in photo of her husband's co-star in a since-deleted message viewed by
03:07Page Six and Us Weekly, reportedly captioning it,
03:11Meanwhile, Lewis thanked fans for their support.
03:17CBS Paramount confirmed Del Rio's departure, and the producers declared they removed his role
03:22in upcoming episodes. While the firing made headlines, the public response has been
03:25noticeably quiet, especially compared to other hashtag MeToo-era firings in Hollywood.
03:30Brock Lesnar's controversial WWE return.
03:35What?
03:42Holy s***!
03:43When the Beast, Brock Lesnar, returned to WWE programming in 2025, many fans cheered,
03:49while others did anything but. You see, his comeback came after WWE's then-executive chairman,
03:54Vince McMahon, faced allegations of disturbing misconduct and hush money payouts.
03:58...accuses McMahon of sharing sexually explicit photographs and videos of her with the wrestlers
04:04and recruiting men to have a threesome at the WWE headquarters even during working hours.
04:11Lesnar, seen as one of McMahon's longtime loyalists, was actually named in an amended
04:15lawsuit against Vince by former WWE employee Janelle Grant. According to the filings, McMahon
04:21allegedly tried to arrange sexual encounters between Lesnar and Grant.
04:24Though Brock himself hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing, and is not a defendant, his
04:28high-profile connection to the former chairman has drawn attention to the company's culture
04:32of silence and favoritism.
04:34When former Mad Men star Zosia Mamet opened up about a traumatic on-set experience, it reignited
04:49discussion about troubling power dynamics behind prestige television. In her memoir and interviews,
04:55Mamet described being berated by a showrunner for nearly half an hour in front of the cast and crew,
04:59a moment she called deeply humiliating and scarring. Though she didn't name him directly,
05:04multiple outlets identified Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner as the person involved.
05:08Mamet recalled quitting the show soon after, citing the emotional toll.
05:12The revelation echoes other disturbing accounts from Mad Men staffers. Yet, despite the alarming
05:16details and Weiner's Hollywood stature, the story has received little mainstream coverage.
05:21She claims one night while working together eight years ago, Weiner said she owed it to him to let
05:26him see her naked. Friday night at a panel promoting his new book, Weiner addressed those
05:31claims for the first time publicly.
05:34The allegation is not true.
05:36NCT's Tale sentenced to jail.
05:38NCT partying ways with bandmate Tale amid scandal. The K-pop group's label, SM Entertainment,
05:43dropping the bombshell news on X Wednesday.
05:45In 2025, Tale, former member of the K-pop group NCT, was sentenced to three and a half years
05:51in prison after pleading guilty to charges of indecent assault. He and two others were
05:55convicted of sexually assaulting a tourist they met at a Seoul bar in 2024 while she was
05:59intoxicated. The 31-year-old and two other men who are referred to as Lee and Hong were each
06:05sentenced to three and a half years in prison at a Seoul Central District Court on July 10th.
06:10Tale was ordered to complete a treatment program and faces a five-year ban from working with minors.
06:14The South Korean singer was removed from NCT after the charges surfaced. Given how massive
06:19K-pop's global influence is right now, many observers believe this should be a far bigger
06:23story. Yet, outside K-pop fan circles, the scandals remained mostly contained.
06:28Kevin Costner's Horizon allegation.
06:30Hollywood star Kevin Costner is being sued by a stuntwoman from one of his movies. The
06:35complaint was filed in Los Angeles County earlier this week.
06:38Academy Award winner Kevin Costner has faced serious allegations from an actress who claimed
06:43she was indecently assaulted during an unscripted scene on the set of his film, Horizon 2.
06:47The lawsuit alleges that the scene was not part of the original script and that the actress was
06:51coerced into performing it without proper consent or preparation.
06:55The lawsuit, Kate, essentially is that protocols were broken, protocols that are put in place to
07:00protect actors and actresses, specifically related to sex scenes, to intimate scenes in movies.
07:07This incident adds to other accusations against Costner, including alleged combative behavior on
07:12the set of Yellowstone.
07:13He was urging Wes Bentley to do it the way he wanted it done, as opposed to the way it was
07:18written in Taylor Sheridan's script. And Wes resisted, and I guess they just got into each
07:23other's faces and almost came to blows.
07:26Despite his long-standing reputation as a Hollywood A-lister, these allegations have largely flown under
07:31the radar, never gaining the media attention they arguably deserve.
07:34Brett Favre's misconduct revisited.
07:36Netflix's 2025 untold The Fall of Favre documentary shined new light on the football player's long
07:41trail of controversies, from his sexting scandal to the massive Mississippi welfare fraud case.
07:46There are a lot of reasons why you might question Brett Favre's inner goodness.
07:51The film revisited allegations that Favre sent explicit messages to Jets employee,
07:55Jen Sturger, in 2008, a case the NFL investigated, but never formally punished.
08:00Allegations that he sent lewd texts and photos to a New York Jets employee.
08:05Brett Favre ultimately destroyed my life.
08:07It also digs into his alleged role in misusing millions in state welfare funds for personal
08:12projects, including a volleyball facility linked to his family.
08:15You take money intended for the poorest.
08:18I don't know how he sleeps at night.
08:19Beyond that, the documentary explores other questionable moments in Favre's career.
08:23However, despite the shocking scope of these revelations, the film came and went
08:27with surprisingly little public outcry.
08:29People don't want most of that stuff to come out.
08:33People want their heroes.
08:35Tyler Perry's $260 million lawsuit.
08:38Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry is facing a jaw-dropping $260 million lawsuit from actor Derek Dixon,
08:44who alleges a pattern of sexual harassment and assault during their professional relationship.
08:48The media mogul calling it a shakedown.
08:51Dixon, known for his role in Perry's BET series, The Oval, claims that the Medea star used his
08:56industry power to coerce him into unwanted intimate encounters.
08:59The suit was filed by actor Derek Dixon, who appeared in 85 episodes of Tyler's drama, The Oval.
09:05I really needed this job.
09:07His filing includes screenshots of 19 alleged text exchanges between him and the studio head,
09:14including one where Tyler asks,
09:15What's it going to take for you to have guiltless sex?
09:18The lawsuit alleges that Perry leveraged career opportunities to conceal his misconduct,
09:23creating a coercive and exploitative dynamic.
09:26In his first on-camera interview since filing the lawsuit, Dixon expressed the difficulty of speaking out.
09:31I wanted to speak out and not stay silent about it anymore.
09:35Despite the serious nature of the allegations and the network interview,
09:39the case has surprisingly garnered limited public reaction.
09:41What would justice look like for you?
09:46Justice would look like thinking that I've made a change and that something like this won't happen to
09:58another actor that works for him or another actor in the industry.
10:03Brad Pitt vs. Angelina Jolie
10:05Nearly a decade after their separation, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie remain locked in a legal and emotional battle.
10:11In a new filing obtained by ET, Angie's asking for $33,000 in legal fees
10:17and revealing the emotional fallout of their split, calling it extremely painful and traumatic.
10:24In 2025, Jolie's filings assert that Pitt attempted to force expanded NDAs concerning his behavior
10:30and contested agreements over their joint ownership of Chateau Miraval.
10:33Jolie claims she and their children have not returned to Miraval because of its painful associations
10:38and that after their divorce, she relinquished control of their shared homes without compensation.
10:42We were married there and I brought our twin children home there from the hospital.
10:46But to this day, the children and I have never again set foot on the property,
10:52given its connection to the painful events leading to the divorce.
10:55Pitt, however, has contested many of these claims in court documents.
10:59Given their A-list status, it's surprising how little attention this saga has received
11:03compared to the media frenzy that once surrounded the pair at the height of their relationship.
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11:23Jared Leto's Misconduct Allegations
11:25After Jared Leto is currently facing multiple misconduct allegations,
11:28as nine women, including models and aspiring performers,
11:31recently came forward to accuse him of harassment and coercive behavior.
11:35You're not really in LA until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage in a kilt and a snow hat.
11:42Many claim Leto used his celebrity status to blur boundaries,
11:45pressure vulnerable individuals, and make unwanted advances.
11:49Salted by this creep when I was 17.
11:51He knew my age and didn't care.
11:53What he did was predatory, terrifying, and unacceptable.
11:57These latest accusations follow earlier claims,
11:59suggesting a disturbing pattern of alleged misconduct.
12:02Leto has consistently denied all allegations,
12:04calling them false and defamatory.
12:06And no formal charges have been filed.
12:08Jared denies any wrongdoing in response to the allegations,
12:12as a rep for the actor details in a statement to air mail on June 7th.
12:17Despite the seriousness, the scandal has largely gone unreported in mainstream media,
12:21allowing Leto to continue working,
12:23with projects like Tron Aries still hitting theaters as if nothing had happened.
12:26Which of these celebrity scandals had you not heard about?
12:29Let us know in the comments down below.
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