Justin Lavelle

Justin Lavelle is the social media director and blogger for BeenVerified.com. He is based out of Northern Virginia.

Bill Cosby: Trials and Tribulations Ahead

Justin Lavelle

May 28, 2016

Beloved comedian Bill Cosby has found himself in a mess, but how did it all start and where is it likely headed. Catch up on the strange details of the case in our summary below. In 2004, Cosby was accused of sexual assault by Andrea Constand, a former college and US national team basketball player. The accusations resulted from an evening Constand spent at Cosby’s house after a night out with her friends.

Crazy State Laws Still in Effect

Justin Lavelle

June 1, 2016

If you like to travel, you may want to read up on the state laws of your destination first. The law is the law, no matter how crazy it may seem. You wouldn’t want to get a similar result that one Georgia man experienced when he dressed as a Star Wars Stormtrooper for charity. Now he’s facing a potential criminal record. While not consistently enforced, there are some ridiculous laws that may catch you off guard and you could get charged with some hefty fines or even jail time.

Famous Couples, Shocking Age Differences

Justin Lavelle

May 20, 2016

Love can work in mysterious ways, especially among celebrities. While age is just a number and maturity is what is most important, the media loves to highlight age discrepancies between famous couples. Part of the reason for this is that mismatched age couples often spark discussions over mismatched finances (not to mention sex drives), with plenty of speculation over prenuptial agreements and the motivations for both the older and younger participants.

How To Break Up With Tinder

Justin Lavelle

May 17, 2016

Managing your online footprint has never been more challenging. As we live more of our lives online through social media, we leave trails of public (and sometimes private) data, images and other info that can be discovered by others. If you don’t stay on top of managing this data – including memberships to online dating sites – this info can potentially reemerge at inconvenient or even disastrous times. Unfortunately, as many users have found, breaking up with some online dating sites and apps can be harder to do than simply hitting the delete button.

Love & Prenups: Trump's Marital History

Justin Lavelle

May 24, 2016

There never seemed to be that one special woman in Donald Trump’s life for many years. Trump had focused on building his business empire, but along the way he met his first love. Since then, Trump has navigated three marriages, each with a prenuptial agreement, and two divorces, one of which referred to as “the divorce of the century.” Now that the Republican nominee is in the spotlight to a greater degree than ever before, more attention is coming back on to his marital history.

Multilevel Marketing Connections Dog Candidates

Justin Lavelle

May 2, 2016

We’ve written before about the importance of choosing your business associates wisely. Especially if you have a reputation in the public view, you need to make sure that all of your past, current and future business associates are on the up and up. Politicians seem to have the hardest time with this lesson. Donald Trump, for example, has a long and uncomfortable past association with members of organized crime families, during his time building casinos and hotels in Atlantic City and Manhattan.

Online Dater Seeks Your Identity and Cash

Justin Lavelle

May 10, 2016

A Southern California woman has taken online dating fraud to new levels. The woman, Maria Christina Johnson, used online dating matches to get access to her victims’ homes. She’d scavenge through their possessions to obtain enough personal information to assume their identities. What she did next was really shocking. Huge Fraud Investigators said that after the thief had charmed her way into her dates’ lives and nabbed their identities, she would move herself into luxury hotels and charge thousands of dollars using their bank account and credit card information.

The Real Online Dating Horror Stories

Justin Lavelle

April 22, 2016

Anyone who has dipped a foot into online dating will likely have an awkward story or two, or maybe even a “horror story” when the algorithms led to an unpleasant coffee date. These types of experiences make for good banter with your friends the next day and perhaps encourage you to be more diligent about the person you will meet up with next, including looking them up online and doing some research beforehand.

Three Notorious Homes Worth More Than $1 Million

Justin Lavelle

May 14, 2016

Infamous murder scenes forever taint the homes they occur in, and many such places have been abandoned or torn down in the decades that followed the incident. However, a surprising number of these homes are still standing and inhabited, having changed hands multiple times since the death that occurred there. In fact, as many of these now celebrity homes were already based in ritzy neighborhoods, many of the residences have continued to gain in value through the years, including a few worth well over a million dollars.

Your Spouse's Financial Secrets

Justin Lavelle

May 4, 2016

We’ve emphasized the importance of communication on some crucial topics before you get married. And any good pre-marriage counseling program will lead you through the delicate conversations about money to ensure you and your spouse get on the same page before you make a life-long commitment. But what about money rules those who are already married? A new study reveals quite a gulf between men and women’s ideas of acceptable financial behavior.

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