Tennis Star Sachia Vickery Stands by OnlyFans Account: 'Easiest Money I've Ever Made'

Tennis Star Sachia Vickery Stands by OnlyFans Account: 'Easiest Money I've Ever Made'

Quality Sport Images/Getty Sachia Vickery is competing in the US Open 2025 qualifiers in New York City She answered fan-submitted questions on her Instagram Stories earlier this week, where she defended her stance on OnlyFans In a statement to PEOPLE, a representative for Vickery wrote, "The only comment we have is that what Ms. Vickery does on the OnlyFans platform should not be considered 'sex work' " Sachia Vickery stays busy on and off the court. The tennis player,currently ranked 559, went viral for defending her presence on OnlyFans this week. Asshe competes in the US Open 2025 qualifiersin New York City, Vickery found time to hit back at her critics in a recent Q&A on her Instagram Stories, where she discussed balancing her two worlds. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Quality Sport Images/Getty "I'm very open-minded and I don't care what people think of me," said Vickery, perThe Daily Mail."It's also the easiest money I've ever made and I enjoy doing it." Speaking more towards her stance on those who choose to go on the platform, Vickery said, perThe Daily Mail, "I will never talk s--- about girls on OnlyFans ever again for the rest of my life. Because the amount I made on there in my first two days, I am overwhelmed. I am just shook really." When PEOPLE reached out to Vickery for comment on Aug. 20, a representative stated, "The only comment we have is that what Ms. Vickery does on the OnlyFans platform should not be considered 'sex work' as stated in the Daily Mail article." Sachia Vickery/Instagram The statement continued, "She posts suggestive material. There is no full nudity or sexual acts performed. The Daily Mail article misrepresented her, hence why no quotes were provided by Ms. Vickery." Additionally, the rep shared that Vickery "was off 6 months due to a major injury and in that time is when onlyfans was pursued, tennis was not stopped to go into onlyfans." In the Q&A, the athlete also discussed her relationship status, revealing that she now requires a $1,000 deposit fee to date her. "I no longer date for free due to the behavior of men I now require a pre-date deposit send me 1,000 and we can make it happen my cashapp is $Sachiavick," she said, perThe Daily Mail. Hours after sharing her Q&A responses, Vickery doubled down on her statements by sharing a video in which she dances to aJessie Reyezsong in a bikini. "Imagine hating me and I'm in my room like this everyday😂😂 😂," she wrote over the video. Vickery followed it up by sharing a screengrab from a $1,000 payment she got to "go out on a date." Sachia Vickery/Instagram Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "Y'all thought I was joking 😂😂😂 ," she wrote over the screenshot. "1k pre date deposit is now my requirement I no longer date for free due to male behavior think if it as a future investment like this gentlemen 😘." Vickery is not the only tennis star venturing into OnlyFans. Male tennis pros on the platform includeAlexandre Müller and Nick Kyrgios. Read the original article onPeople

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Tennis Star Sachia Vickery Stands by OnlyFans Account: 'Easiest Money I've Ever Made'

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Grace Van Patten Waited 10 Years to Play Amanda Knox — Here’s What She Learned

Grace Van Patten Waited 10 Years to Play Amanda Knox — Here's What She Learned

It's difficult to grasp that Amanda Knox was jailed for murder almost 20 years ago. The image that Knox conjures even today is one of a young American co-ed, clad in jeans and billowy skirts, winding the ancient paths of Perugia, Italy during a study abroad term. After the brutal killing of her roommate Meredith Kercher, Knox and boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were vilified then jailed vilified for years for a crime they didn't commit — while bloodthirsty media consumers dissected their (at times quite odd) dynamic. More from Variety 'The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox' True Story: Who Is Amanda Knox and Where Is She Now? How 'Laid' Landed That Amanda Knox Cameo: 'We Needed' an 'Innocent Person' Involved in True Crime' (EXCLUSIVE) Amanda Knox Hulu Series Prompts Uproar While Filming in Perugia, the Italian City Where Meredith Kercher Was Murdered Grace Van Patten, a 28-year-old rising star whose subtle confidence and emotional poker face has propelled her to acclaim on the Hulu series "Tell Me Lies" had been anxious to play Knox since 2016. That's when Netflix released "Amanda Knox," a documentary that specifically examined the expectations for how women behave in public spaces (inspired in part, the filmmakers previously said, by Hillary Clinton's lost bid for the White House). Van Patten contacted her agents, only just having dipped a toe in show business, and said if the opportunity ever arose she'd like to play Knox. Nearly a decade later, that call came — and Van Patten now stars in the Hulu original series "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox," which premiered on Aug. 20. A riveting tick-tock of Kercher's slaying and Knox's real-time response — and the serious consequences that came afterward — play out across eight anxiety-riddled episodes. Van Patten caught up withVarietyto discuss the truth about Knox, learning Italian in less than two months and the important lesson she took about judging public figures. I was scared about it in the moment, but I'm thankful, looking back, because if I had more time — let's say less time was better, because it pushed me to work extra hard. I had about two months that was filled with learning Italian every day, speaking to Amanda and then my own research — reading, watching and listening to everything I possibly could about her. I was around 11 at the time it became [a news sensation]. Her name stuck with me, and then a documentary came out on Netflix in 2016, and that was my first insight into this whole tragedy. I'm sure I was shielded from the details as a kid, but I remember this doc vividly. It was fascinating, seeing how much more there was to her story. She's a pretty distinct person, Amanda, and I was at a loss for how all of this happened to her. The doc released at the time I had just started acting. I called my agents and said, "If there's every anything made about Amanda Knox, that would be a dream part for me." It's a full circle moment that this job came up. It feels right. I really don't recognize myself, and that's something I've never felt before watching my work. It was nice, in a way, because I feel like I can watch the show without being mean to myself. It's not me. I can watch it more objectively. For sure, the blue eyes really did something. The haircut, a little contour on the nose. Just trying to make my face feel more like hers without doing an impression. I was more specific with her mannerisms, something small like a laugh. That always helps get to the essence of someone. The thing about Amanda is, she is who she is in every single moment. Learning this personally, it felt like such a shame that was she villainized for certain personality traits and quirks. All of that used against her in a crazy moment where any 20-year-old wouldn't know how to act. I played someone who was very present and impulsive, fully who she is. So, yes, the speed probably helped me subconsciously. I remember shaking. I was so nervous, waiting on Zoom. I didn't know what she would think of all this – or of me. Obviously, I knew she was a producer and wanted to be a part of the process. What I didn't know was her level of desire to speak about her [real life experience]. When she popped up on Zoom, it was a very emotional moment. I can't explain it, but I felt instantly connected to her and protective. She could not have been more open or vulnerable. About halfway through, I had to stop and acknowledge how fucking crazy our situation was. She's Amanda Knox, and I've known of her and read about her forever, and she's talking to this random actress about to play her. She answered my million questions, and it felt like an instant collaboration. She's someone who could very easily have a distrust in humanity, someone whose narrative has been created for her most her life. The fact that she was willing to trust me felt great. I don't want to speak for her, but from what I've witnessed, I'm really inspired by how she lives now. She's someone who has gone through having her roommate be murdered, to being accused of it, to spending four years in prison, to being out of it and continuing to be scrutinized. That's a recipe for disaster, but she's somehow has maintained positivity and hope and has not given up on trying to take her life back. You really see that in this show. The whole cast did, they were encouraging and supportive. But Giuseppe, who plays Raffaele, is so unbelievable. He was just so present and locked in and dedicated. He's just such a beautiful person. I don't think it compares to what Amanda went through, but that's something that's always put me off about celebrity. The fact that people get into a job because they love acting or directing or whatever it may be, and you're faced with a kind of scrutiny and suffer the loss of a personal life. You have zero control over what's being said about you. I remember shooting the first scene where Amanda is let out of the prison van for her first trial date. It's the first time she's seeing this sea of people who are angry at her or obsessed with her. The extras were really giving it on the day, and I could not believe that someone had to go through this, that this was something that really happened. This interview has been edited and condensed. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? 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'South Park' targets federal takeover of Washington, DC, police in latest episode

'South Park' targets federal takeover of Washington, DC, police in latest episode

NEW YORK (AP) — "South Park" is continuing its cartoon assault on the Trump administration, with an episode on Wednesday that addresses thefederal takeoverof Washington, D.C.'s police department. A 20-second promo of this week's episode released by Comedy Central depicts the show's recurring character "Towelie" — an anthropomorphic towel — riding in a bus past the U.S. Supreme Court building and White House, where armed troops are patrolling. A tank rolls by in front of the White House. "This seems like a perfect place for a towel," the character says upon disembarking the bus. "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone recentlysigned a reported $1.5 billion, five-year dealwith Paramount for new episodes and streaming rights to their series, which began its 27th season this summer. Their second episode of the season depicted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shooting puppies, a reference to a story from the former South Dakota governor's biography where she said shekilled the family dogbecause of its behavioral issues. Noem is also depicted being trailed by a team of beauticians having to reattach her face. "It's so easy to make fun of women for how they look," Noem told Glenn Beck in response to the episode. The season premiere mockedPresident Donald Trump's body in a raunchy manner and depicted him sharing a bed with Satan. The White House has dismissed "South Park" as a fourth-rate, no-longer-relevant show. But it has been attracting attention; Comedy Central said the Noem episode had the highest audience share in the show's history, a reference to the percentage of people with televisions on watching the cartoon. ___

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Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center

Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center

Japanese American groups criticized the construction of a new immigrant detention center in Texas at a military base that was used during World War II to imprison people of Japanese descent. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, which opened this past weekend, will be able to hold as many as5,000 detaineesupon its completion in the coming months, making it the largest federal detention center in U.S. history. Japanese American advocates, however, say that the facility, which once imprisoned people considered "enemy aliens," is a chilling reminder of a dark past. "The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration," said Ann Burroughs, president and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. "It is inconceivable that the United States is once again building concentration camps, denying the lessons learned 80 years ago." The Trump administration hit back at the comparisons made between the use of the base during World War II and the current immigration climate, including those from the American Civil Liberties Union, which described the facility as "another shameful chapter in Fort Bliss' history." "Comparisons of illegal alien detention centers to internment camps used during World War II are deranged and lazy," Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. "The facts are ICE is targeting the worst of the worst—including murderers, MS-13 gang members, pedophiles, and rapists." The sprawling detention center,which cost roughly $1.2 billionto build, currently has the capacity to hold an estimated 1,000 people. More than 80 years ago, the base was an official U.S. Army facility that was used as a temporary internment camp, holding nationals from Japan, Germany and Italy, said Derrek Tomine, president of the National Japanese American Historical Society. The square facility contained two compounds, surrounded by barbed wire fences, Tomine said. Armed guard towers sat at the corners. Many of the people of Japanese descent, in addition to other immigrants who were detained there, were awaiting their hearing before an enemy alien hearing board, Tomine said. "Generally those held at the U.S. Army facilities were first-generation Japanese Americans detained early in World War II and who were then processed and shipped to other internment camps," Tomine said. Both Tomine and Burroughs said that the comparisons between the immigrant detention facility of the present and the internment camp of the past are "neither deranged nor lazy." "Entire communities, over 125,000 Japanese Americans, were forcibly removed from the West Coast in 1942 and today our immigrant brothers and sisters face the terror of ICE and CBP raids across the country," Burroughs said. "It was a miscarriage of justice then, and it is a miscarriage of justice now." Tomine said he thinks the way that immigrants are being blamed for taking jobs, abusing government services and being the source of a host of societal issues smacks of the scapegoating of marginalized communities in the past, including during World War II. "Many of these same immigrants fled their home countries to avoid being taken away and placed into camps without charges or due process," Tomine said of the recent detentions. Though the administration said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been prioritizing the targeting of criminals,roughly 70% of the estimated 59,380 peopleheld in ICE detention as of Aug. 10 have no criminal conviction, according to data collected by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, an independent, nonpartisan data research organization. Texas, where Fort Bliss is located, is the state that has housed the most people during fiscal year 2025. Fort Bliss has been the center of widespread criticism, particularly in the local El Paso community. McLaughlin previously said in a statement that the facility will offer legal representation, a law library, access to visitation, medical treatment and recreational space. However, Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, who toured the facility Monday, criticized the massive amount of funding approved for the site, in addition to major concerns over the conditions in the center, which is being run by private contractors. "I think it's far too easy for standards to slip when there are private facilities," Escobar said during a news conference Monday. "I think private facilities far too frequently are operating with a profit margin in mind as opposed to a governmental facility." Many, including the ACLU, also brought up the facility's past as an intake shelter that housed almost 5,000 migrant children at its peak.Audio from 2021revealed allegations of sexual misconduct by staff toward minors, in addition to a lack of clean clothing and other concerns. Tomine said the hasty opening of the detention center at Fort Bliss and others across the country are proof that perhaps the U.S. has failed to learn lessons from the treatment of immigrants and Japanese Americans during World War II. "Many in the Japanese American community … encourage the administration to not brush aside civil rights because of racism, rumors, hysteria and propaganda," Tomine said.

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Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center

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Hurricane Erin ready to unleash its power on North Carolina's Outer Banks: Live updates

Hurricane Erin ready to unleash its power on North Carolina's Outer Banks: Live updates

Hurricane Erin's higher tides and big waves are battering much of the East Coast,with the huge storm prompting the expansion of tropical stormand coastal flooding advisories on Wednesday. Beachfront property owners are bracing for the worst amid predictions of a storm surge of up to 4 feet and significant coastal erosion. Powerful waves of 15 to 20 feet are expected to slam beaches, especially in North Carolina, for 48 hours or more as the hurricane crawls northward offshore through at least Thursday. "Outer bands of large Hurricane Erin brushing the North Carolina Outer Banks," the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 p.m. ET update, pointing out that swimming at most East Coast beaches is strongly discouraged "due to life-threatening surf and rip currents." The National Hurricane Center reported Erin carries sustained winds of 110 mph, the upper end of a Category 2 storm. Winds are forecast to continue increasing to 120 mph, meaning it could become a Category 3 storm later in the day. The massive hurricane was picking up speed, traveling north at 14 mph, and its center was located about 245 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. A tropical storm warning is in effect for parts of North Carolina and Virginia as the impacts from Erin spread northward. Even though Erin is expected to stay hundreds of miles offshore, its impacts are forecast to worsen as it crawls north and makes its closest approach to the U.S. mainland, likely early Thursday. Erin was generating waves of 35 feet or more at an ocean buoy east-northeast of the Bahamas on Tuesday, creating swells and stirring up a broad swath of the ocean. Developments: ∎ The National Weather Service warned that Erin's tropical storm-force winds would arrive on the North Carolina coast, especially the Outer Banks, by Wednesday night. Officials said other impacts, like coastal flooding and storm surge, were already being felt. The high tide is also expected to rise much more than usual. ∎The North Carolina Department of Transportation closed down a portion of Highway 12, a crucial artery in the Outer Banks, due to flooding, like the imagesshared on social media. ∎ Flood warnings are in place for the Atlantic coast of northeast North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, as well as along the Chesapeake Bay south of the York River, the weather service said. ∎ Even as it starts to weaken by Friday, Erin is predicted to retain hurricane strength going deeper into the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court's order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal. This means that the Republican administration can move toward removing an estimated 7,000 people from Nepal whose Temporary Protected Status designations expired Aug. 5. The TPS designations and legal status of 51,000 Hondurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans are set to expire Sept. 8, at which point they will become eligible for removal. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco granted the emergency stay pending an appeal as lead plaintiff National TPS Alliance alleges that the administration acted unlawfully in ending Temporary Protected Status designations for people from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal. "The district court's order granting plaintiffs' motion to postpone, entered July 31, 2025, is stayed pending further order of this court," wrote the judges, who are appointees of Democrat Bill Clinton and Republicans George W. Bush andDonald Trump. Temporary Protected Status is a designation that can be granted by the Homeland Security secretary, preventing migrants from being deported and allowing them to work. The Trump administration has aggressively sought toremove the protection, thus making more people eligible for removal. It's part ofa wider effort by the administrationto carry out mass deportations ofimmigrants. Secretary Kristi Noem can extend Temporary Protected Status to immigrants in the U.S. if conditions in their homelands are deemed unsafe for return due to a natural disaster, political instability or other dangerous conditions. Immigrant rights advocates say TPS holders from Nepal have lived in the U.S. for more than a decade while people from Honduras and Nicaragua have lived in the country for 26 years, after Hurricane Mitch in 1998 devastated both countries. "The Trump administration is systematically de-documenting immigrants who have lived lawfully in this country for decades, raising U.S.-citizen children, starting businesses, and contributing to their communities," said Jessica Bansal, attorney at the National Day Laborer Organization, in a statement. Noem ended the programsafter determiningthat conditions no longer warranted protections. In a sharply written July 31 order, U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson in San Francisco kept the protections in place while the case proceeds. The next hearing is Nov. 18. She said the administration ended the migrant status protections without an "objective review of the country conditions," such as political violence in Honduras and the impact of recent hurricanes and storms in Nicaragua. In response, Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary at DHS, said, "TPS was never meant to be a de facto asylum system, yet that is how previous administrations have used it for decades." The Trump administration has already terminated TPS designations for about 350,000Venezuelans, 500,000 Haitians, more than 160,000 Ukrainians and thousands of people from Afghanistan and Cameroon. Some have pending lawsuits in federal courts. Lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that Noem's decisions are unlawful because they were predetermined by President Donald Trump's campaign promises and motivated by racial animus. But Drew Ensign, a U.S. deputy assistant attorney general, said at a hearing Tuesday that the government suffers an ongoing irreparable harm from its "inability to carry out the programs that it has determined are warranted." Honduras Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Torres said Wednesday that the appellate decision was unfortunate. He said the government hopes to at least buy time for Hondurans with the temporary status so they can seek out another way to stay legally in the U.S. "We're going to wait to see what the National TPS Alliance decides, it's possible the case could be elevated to the United States Supreme Court, but we have to wait," he said. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration toend TPS designations for Venezuelans. The justices provided no rationale, which is common in emergency appeals, and did not rule on the underlying claims. —— Associated Press journalist Marlon González in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, contributed to this report.

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Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals c...

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