The Rich and Famous Go to Court
From the category archives:
The estate of the late Farrah Fawcett is suing Craig Nevius, the man who produced the documentary, “Farrah’s Story”. Estate lawyers claim that Nevius sold Farrah out to the paparazzi and embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, claims that Fawcett hired Nevius and gave him special access to [...]
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Comedian Andy Dick was arrested again this morning in West Virginia. He faces two felony counts of sexual abuse.
Dick was in Huntington, WV performing at the Funny Bone comedy club. The criminal complaint says Dick was talking to a man when he “unexpectedly and without invitation grabbed the victim’s crotch, repeatedly groping then kissing him.”
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Actress Victoria Principal has settled a lawsuit with her former maid. The maid, Maribel Banegas, issued a formal letter of apology to Principal. Banegas claimed her boss flew into a rage at her Malibu home, fired the maid and then pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her.
Principal counterclaimed against Banegas, claiming the [...]
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Linda Hogan (real name: Linda Bollea) settled with the family of John Graziano to resolve their negligence lawsuit against her. Graziano was left with serious brain injury in 2007 when Nick Hogan/Nick Bollea, Linda’s son with former wrestler Hulk Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea), crashed his sports car while drag racing on a Florida street.
Graziano, [...]
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Arrest warrants for battery and false imprisonment were issued last month for comedian Katt Williams in Fulton County, GA, stemming from an alleged incident at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta on November 12.
According to the police report, Merion Powers claims Katt invited him to the hotel to discuss a debt. Power then allegedly believed [...]
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Pamela Bach, David Hasselhoff’s ex, has been ordered by a California court to wear a SCRAM device — an anklet that constantly tests the skin for the presence of alcohol — as a condition of her release after being arrested and charged with DUI late last year. The November incident was the second time Bach [...]
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Nearly three years after a former Miss Washington USA claimed she was raped by David Copperfield on his private island in the Bahamas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington filed documents Tuesday stating they are essentially dropping the case.
Prosecutors offered no explanation as to what they found during their investigation or why the case has [...]
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Football star of yore and sportscaster, actor, spokesman Merlin Olsen is suing NBC Studios, NBC Universal, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Sherwin Williams, Lennox Industries and other companies, claiming he developed mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer as a result of being negligently exposed to asbestos.
Most of the defendants in the suit are manufacturers or [...]
TMZ is reporting that actor Tom Sizemore was arrested again today – this time for having an outstanding narcotics warrant out of Bakersfield, California.
Law enforcement sources say there was a call for a possible domestic violence disturbance in Hollywood at around 12:30 this morning. When cops showed up, Sizemore happened to be in the area [...]
Maybe he used the money from his settlement with the doctors and hospital to pay off this lender? Ed McMahon, former Tonight Show sidekick, had a lawsuit against him dismissed in Los Angeles this week.
Westmoore Lending of Huntington Beach, CA sued McMahon and his wife Pamela for $250,000 plus interest and penalties after their [...]
