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Celebrities vs. The Law Rd 2
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Saturday, May 05, 2007
Every celebrity whom went through their own 15 minutes of fame and watched it fly away for the next 30 minutes has some law troubles this week. The topper is the Boy George Law Trouble and I’m sure after you read it, you’ll agree. It left me speechless.
At any rate, a lot of celebrities are getting ready to unleash their own versions “Jail House Rock”.
Daniel Baldwin cleared of Grand Theft Auto charges & more:
Last November, the second oldest Baldwin brother was caught, arrested and indicted on Auto theft after the law caught him getting into a Yukon at a hotel parking lot that was filed under missing and stolen.
Those charges have been cleared as of this week.
The Yukon's ownrr, Kenneth Smith, informed the D.A.'s office that he had known the actor for 20 years and that Baldwin had his permission to borrow the car anytime.
Smith, who lives in the O.C., even drove the former Homicide: Life on the Street star to court in February for a progress report hearing, where Baldwin's attorney, Grant Hoagland, said that his client had been sober for more than three months and was doing "exceptional."
Hoagland added that Baldwin is looking to have the drug-related charges against him, stemming from an April 2006 arrest for possessing cocaine-smoking paraphernalia and being under the influence, cleared from his record upon his successful completion of a drug-diversion program.
Baldwin, who has battled drug and alcohol addiction periodically over the last decade, will finish up his treatment in the next couple of months and the charges will be completely dismissed, Hoagland said.
"He's a lot more responsible and a lot more coherent," the lawyer said, noting the "drastic change" in Baldwin's behavior.
Could be true. If only Daniel can talk his brother, Alec, into making some good choices lately.
Nothing too surprising about that, really. Pamela Anderson brings attraction on herself all the time but this time it could pay her loads of cash. Other former Baywatch babe, Carmen Electra, has been guest starring in Las Vegas show Beauty of Magic. Rock star magnet and silicone invested Pamela Anderson is set to replace Carmen with those duties.
Beauty of Magic is to be hosted by Dutch illusionist Hans Klok at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino (formerly the Aladdin).
While the recently divorced Electra said at a press conference last week that she would be spending three months with the show, promising a bevy of "sultry surprises," the chief executive of the show's producer, Stage Entertainment, said that there were too many scheduling conflicts.
Instead, it was Anderson who popped out of a box at Planet Hollywood's Extra lounge Thursday to announce that she was on board.
"My kids are going to love this," Anderson, who will be bringing her two sons to stay with her during the 12-week gig, told the crowd. "This is my dream of being a Vegas showgirl come true…Another one off my list."
A source close to the production told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, meanwhile, that Electra was claustrophobic and didn't think she would be able to confine herself within Klok's onstage apparatuses, such as Anderson's debut box, for very long.
Electra found the tricks "too difficult," Klok told the newspaper, and Anderson wanted to do "big magic and difficult magic. She's gonna do some dangerous stuff."
Casino owner Robert Earl called Anderson "my choice from the beginning" but initial attempts to sign her didn't work out because of her kids' schedule.
The Beauty of Magic will now open June 2 instead of May 12, to give the star of the upcoming Blonde and Blonder more time to prepare.
Carmen found the tricks too difficult?? They think Pamela has a higher IQ then Carmen, I’m assuming but damn if even that thought has me chuckling, Maniacs. Good move either way for the casino. It’s sure to attract a lot of overweight, middle aged gambling men who want to stare at something…besides the magic tricks of course.
Will & Grace creators lawsuit vs NBC has ended.
An undisclosed settlement was reached Friday in the two sides' dueling lawsuits. All of this mess began when Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick sued the studio in 2003 for fraud and breach of contract. This was all for allegedly cheating them out of millions of dollars in revenue from the hit series, which ran for eight seasons on the Peacock Network.
Studios seem to be doing this with a lot of series creators or it seems to be a better covered event in recent years when studios sometimes make some, at times, underhanded deals to keep as much profit for them even if it means screwing the people creating the show.
Kohan and Mutchnick, the namesakes of KoMut Entertainment who had a contract entitling them to share in the sitcom's profits, claimed that NBC Studios and the network cut themselves $300 million underhanded deal by charging tens of millions below fair-market value for the show when negotiating its licensing fee as part of a long-term renewal deal.
The studio, at the time, had promised the KoMut partners that it would attempt to maximize revenue from the show. This was to stop them back in 1999 from going to Warner Bros.
"While they (the creators) purported to engage in arm's length and good faith negotiations with NBC, NBC in fact effectively sat on and controlled both sides of the 'bargaining' table," the plaintiffs' lawsuit alleged.
NBC denied the accusations and then countersued in 2004, stating that Kohan and Mutchnick made millions over the years in proceeds from the Emmy-winning show and had undermined negotiations by not participating in talks when the licensing fee was being hammered out.
A verdict was actually reached late Wednesday after six days of deliberations (and two months of testimony), but before the decision could be read Thursday, NBC's legal camp raised the question of bias when it pointed out that the jury foreman ran a Website that criticized corporations, including NBC.
The judge, who had already snuck a peek at the sealed verdict, said that, for the case to go forward, the foreman—who was removed from the case yesterday for failing to disclose his Website—would have to be interviewed and NBC would have to bring its financial documents to court, all of which suggested that the jury had sided with Kohan and Mutchnick.
NBC Studios attorney Henry Shields Jr. admitted after court Friday that the judge's statements "may have been an impetus" in the decision to settle. The studio's camp filed a motion Thursday asking for a mistrial in light of the potential jury bias, but that point became inconsequential after the two sides reached an agreement.
"We are very satisfied with the settlement," the plaintiffs' attorney, Ronald Nessim, whose clients were looking for $55 million.
I’m sure you are. Your plaintiffs’ bank profiles just got bigger
Former American Idol star arrested for battery assault, cocaine possession, and more…
Perhaps, she can get all her fellow inmates into one of those old song and dance routines featured in the old classic cinema.
Do I see a newly made version of “Jail House Rock” coming along?
Jessica Sierra, the 10th-place finisher on the fourth season of the show, was arrested in Tampa early Sunday on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, cocaine possession and introduction of contraband into a detention facility.
Talk about a hat trick.
The 21-year-old aspiring pop star was busted at Tampa's Hyde Park Café after allegedly throwing a heavy cocktail glass at a fellow patron's head, opening a major gash above the eye of 28-year-old Wisam Hadad. Tampa police said that's unclear whether Sierra knew Hadad or not.
A police spokeswoman described Sierra as belligerent and uncooperative upon being taken into custody, requiring officers to threaten the former reality star with leg restraints after she repeatedly kicked the car windows so hard that officers worried she would break the glass.
After her arrest on the battery charge, she was taken to the Orient Road Jail, at which point cops searched her belongings and allegedly found a small bag of cocaine in her possession. She reportedly denied that the drugs were hers, but also claimed that the purse in which the baggie had been found had not been out of her possession all day.
Sierra, who got the boot back in 2005 when her rendition of LeAnn Rimes' "On the Side of Angels" failed to impress either Simon Cowell or the American public, was released Sunday afternoon after posting $11,500 bail.
She’s working these days at a Hooter (eating?) establishment in the Tampa area.
Now, that’s using your god given talent…
Tracy Morgan’s law troubles come to an end….maybe
I’m not even sure how this device works but here’s the story, folks.
He was caught drunk driving in November (around the same time Baldwin may or may not have been stealing a vehicle) in New York. This isn’t such a good thing for Morgan whom was still under restrictions for alcohol related trouble in LA back in 2005. As such, his court troubles began.
Morgan will be forced to wear a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring ankle bracelet for 90 days, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office spokesman Frank Mateljan.
Yes, that’s right this bracelet is called SCRAM.
The SCRAM anklet will test Morgan's skin for alcohol vapors every 30 minutes for 90 days. If he tests positive for booze once, he gets ankle-bound for another 90 days. If he messes up twice, he gets 30 days in county jail.
The former Saturday Night Live player is due in court May 25 to be fitted for his new bling.
He also has to complete five days of community service as part of his punishment.
I’m curious on how this device works. Will it pick up booze vapors all around Tracy? If so, does that mean anyone whoever drinks something and runs into Tracy gets him into trouble? It’s a strange device. I know about the ankle bracelets which track whereabouts but I’ve never heard of one that tests for alcohol vapors…and it seems strange to put it on the convict’s ankles.
Boy George is in jail for assault and paying for male sex (maybe).
I was seriously coming up with a blank for the title of this story. Why? Well, you tell me what you think after reading this story. You’ll see after the fact why summing it up with a title was something too flummoxing to do on my part.
Boy George was arrested on suspicion of assault and wrongful imprisonment early Saturday morning after his latest muse filed a complaint against him, according to Scotland Yard.
This is coming after last March’s arrest when George pleaded guilty to falsely reporting a burglary at his Manhattan apartment in October 2005—New York's finest discovered 13 bags of cocaine, but no burglar—and received five days of community service and a $1,000 fine.
Before we read onward, 5 days of community and a 1,000 fine for 13 bags of cocaine? Wtf? That prosecutor or judge must have been partaking in the evidence. Enough about that though, read onward…It gets better.
Auden Carlsen, 28, told Britain's Sun tabloid that he "was convinced [he] was going to die" at George's East London home, where the former Culture Club frontman had supposedly invited Carlsen to pose for some photographs.
The Norwegian-born Carlsen said that while he had hooked up with George via a U.K. personals Website called Gaydar, he agreed to go to the singer's home at midnight in exchange for 400 pounds only to serve as a model.
After George took photos of Carlsen in some erotic getups, the amateur shutterbug and an unidentified man handcuffed him to a hook on the wall in a bedroom and then, after the second guy left, George whipped out a box of, er, whips and other kinky items, Carlsen related.
"George said he was popping out for milk at 5 a.m.," Carlsen told the Sun. "I heard him come back and I walked into his bedroom wearing just my white underpants and a T-shirt. I was jumped on by George and another man."
"Now you'll get what you deserve," George said, according to Carlsen's account. The young man then said he wrenched the hook out of the wall, fled the residence and called the police at about 6:30 a.m.
Scotland Yard confirmed that George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, has been bailed and, pending further investigation, was ordered to return to the station in July.
While it remains to be seen what really went down at George's flat, someone knows firsthand what can happen when you don't get your story straight.
“Paris Hilton deserves to go to jail for 45 days” says LA Prosecutor:
Probation and constant fine paying doesn’t seem to be registering to that blond head of hers so perhaps this method of discipline will…Who really knows though.
Here’s the scoop on the situation.
Hilton's legal troubles began last September, when she was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence. "Paris Whitney Hilton," as the 26-year-old Simple Life star is referred to by prosecutors, resolved the case on Jan. 22, when she pleaded no contest to one count of alcohol-related reckless driving.
According to the deal, Hilton agreed to enroll in an alcohol-education program and stay out of trouble for three years.
As of right now, Los Angeles city prosecutors are formally requesting that the hotel heiress be put in the clink for 45 days for alleged probation violations.
A hearing is scheduled for Friday afternoon. You’ll know what has officially happened when you’re reading this column this weekend.
In papers filed Monday, prosecutors petitioned the court to revoke Hilton's probation and slap her with a variety of punishments, from "imprisonment" for 45 days to 90 days.
"Considering Hilton's new transgressions of law, flagrant disregard of this Court's prior order and violation of her conditions of probation, these measures are necessary, reasonable and just," the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office concluded.
When Hilton got cited for speeding in her Bentley on Feb. 27, prosecutors argued in the filing, not only wasn't she abiding by the terms of her probation, she wasn't abiding by the DMV.
Hilton's camp has suggested that Hilton didn't know her driver's license was suspended.
Prosecutors have suggested that this excuse isn’t flying with them. Why?
Yet another traffic stop proves their case against said excuse. On Jan. 15, Hilton was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers for puttering around in the Bentley sans license plates. The officers reminded Hilton that she wasn't supposed to be driving and ordered her passenger to take over the wheel, prosecutors said.
Hilton then got pulled over again on Feb. 27 for speeding in her Bentley just 3-4 weeks AFTER she signed off on the probation agreement.
Another issue against Hilton. Hilton was supposed to enter into an alcohol related court mandated education program by Feb 12. She’s yet to do that.
Obviously, she doesn’t take the law very seriously here. She does what she wants. I wonder what’s going to go through that brain of hers when she experiences the county jail experience like Joe Francis is currently doing.
Why do we still care about Pamela Anderson. I never thought she was that beautiful to begin with. She has no talent whatsoever. She should just go away.