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BHN Radio LIVE: (4-16-24) Texas teacher and sex ring; the late, infamous O.J. Simpson and Olympian Sha’Carri Richardson’s plea hit the news hard this week

April 17, 2024
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By Black Headline News https://vimeo.com/932738671?share=copy In this episode of the BHN Talk Radio Show, April 16, 2024 with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones, the breaking news starts with the Texas cosmetology teacher Kedria Grigsby conspiring to do an under-age, sex-trafficking ring with her son using vulnerable students from the school where

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BHN Radio LIVE: (4-16-24) Texas teacher and sex ring; the late, infamous O.J. Simpson and Olympian Sha’Carri Richardson’s plea hit the news hard this week

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