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  Ryan and Redmond O’Neal buy time in their drug possession case

  Posted: November 14th, 2008, 10:41am CST by Celebitchy

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  
  Ryan and Redmond O’Neal appeared in court in Malibu yesterday to face felony drug charges.

  The father and son duo were arrested this September after an unannounced sheriff’s sweep of their Malibu home turned up narcotics thought to be Redmond’s and methamphetamines in Ryan’s bedroom. Ryan, 67, claimed the drugs were not his. Police officers were searching to home to see if Redmond, 23, was in compliance with his probation from a DUI and drug possession conviction from June.

  At the hearing yesterday their arraignment was postponed until January 9, 2009.

  Redmond O’Neal is thought to be sober after successfully finishing a court-ordered by two week drug detox last month.

  The arraignment of Ryan O’Neal, 67, and son Redmond, 23, on drug charges was postponed from today until after the new year.

  “It was continued until Jan. 9,” Malibu Deputy District Attorney James Garrison told E! News, adding that the postponement was granted at the request of the O’Neals.

  Attorneys asked for the additional time to more closely examine new evidence brought forth by the prosecution. It’s unclear what the new evidence is.

  The elder O’Neal faces one felony count of methamphetamine possession stemming from their joint September arrests at his Malibu home. Officers conducting a routine probation checkup for Redmond (for previous drug-related charges) found the illicit pharmaceuticals. Ryan’s lawyer has claimed the Love Story star was hiding the drugs from his son.

  Redmond also faces the felony possession count, as well as two additional misdemeanor counts of possessing drug paraphernalia and illegal possession of pepper spray.

  [From E! Online]

  As we mentioned in earlier coverage of this story, Ryan has four children by three different women and three out of four of his children have been arrested for drug-related offenses in the past three years. His daughter, actress Tatum O’Neal, 44, was busted trying to buy crack and cocaine in NY in July of this year. Ryan and his various wives and children have a long and checkered history of domestic problems and assaults. His current long term partner is actress Farrah Fawcett, who was home in bed at the time of the September arrests.

  You wonder if Ryan is ever going to own up to possessing meth or if he’s going to keep trying to pin it on his troubled son. The two sure look upset in these photos and maybe this arrest has been a wake up call for them.

  Ryan and Redmond O’Neal are shown at the Malibu Courthouse yesterday. Credit: Bauergriffinonline

  
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  Ryan O’Neal’s son is sentenced to rehab over meth bust

  Posted: October 9th, 2008, 8:36am CDT by MSat

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  
  Redmond O’Neal, son of Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett, has been sentenced to a court-ordered two-week rehab program as the result of a drug bust at the home he shares with his father in Los Angeles. Given the long history of drug abuse in this famous family, is two weeks really going to be enough?

  What Redmond O’Neal called a “major misunderstanding” is starting to make a little more sense.

  The 23-year-old son of Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett, who was arrested along with his dad last month on suspicion of methamphetamine possession, was ordered into a two-week treatment program Wednesday after admitting that he had relapsed.

  “You’re a stand-up guy to come here and deal with your problem,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Millington told Redmond, who also checked into rehab in 2004 to treat a heroin addiction. “I want you to stay clean…You better stay clean or the hammer is going to fall.”

  An attorney for the O’Neals didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

  No criminal charges have been filed against either Redmond or his dad in connection with their Sept. 17 bust at the elder O’Neal’s Malibu home during a routine probation checkup. Officers allegedly found Redmond to be in possession of what looked like meth, as well as a small vial of the stuff in his father’s bedroom.

  At the time of their arrest, Redmond was about two months into a three-year probation sentence for DUI and possessing heroin and crystal meth.

  Ryan O’Neal has maintained his innocence in the affair, his lawyer telling reporters that his client would no doubt be vindicated.

  “Those were not Ryan’s drugs, he doesn’t use drugs, and has nothing to do with them,” attorney Mark Werksman said. “It’s a dangerous assumption for deputies to have arrested Ryan just because he was in proximity to the drugs.”

  [From E!Online]

  It certainly would not be unreasonable to assume that Ryan O’Neal was in possession of drugs. The guy is a notorious substance abuser and has passed it on to his children, including adult daughter Tatum O’Neal, who ended up losing custody of her children over her heroin habit. I’d say the best chance young Redmond has of staying clean is to move out of his father’s home and stay in a place where the people around him won’t be enabling him. Two weeks in rehab is a joke.

  Redmond O’Neal is shown outside the home he shares with his dad on 09/18/08. Credit: Fame Pictures

  

  
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  Judge denies plea deal for accused Cusack stalker

  Posted: October 9th, 2008, 4:20am CDT by Ceilidh

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  
  Emily Leatherman was arrested in March outside John Cusack’s home for allegedly stalking the actor and has been in jail since. She was in court Wednesday to enter a plea and get released but the judge determined she was not entering into the plea freely and denied the deal.

  On Wednesday, Leatherman appeared in court and was subdued at first, answering a prosecutor’s questions simply and politely.

  Her demeanor was drastically different from an August court hearing, during which Leatherman berated Judge Susan M. Speer. The judge had just found her competent to stand trial, but not to act as her own attorney.

  But during Wednesday’s hearing she accused her attorney, Brent Merritt, of using scare tactics to get her to agree to the deal. Merritt, who was appointed against Leatherman’s wishes, denied the allegation in court.

  Leatherman seemed unsure of the agreement at times, prompting a prosecutor to ask repeatedly her whether she wanted to accept the deal.

  Her uncertainty led Speer to discard the deal and order jury selection to begin Friday morning, causing Leatherman to express a willingness to accept the plea deal.

  “I want to take it,” Leatherman shouted before bailiffs led her off in handcuffs.

  [From MSN.com]

  Ms. Leatherman has to be predisposed to psychological issues to be a stalker in the first place, but her actions in court took it in another direction.  She was mocking and defiant to the court until she pushed it too far.  Now she’ll remain in jail and face a jury trial where there’s a real possibility she’ll be sent to state prison for up to four years.

  Leatherman was charged with felony stalking after she defied a restraining order Cusack has secured against her.  She was arrested outside the actor’s home in late March. Cusack described Leatherman’s odd behavior in papers filed with the court:

  Cusack, the star of “High Fidelity,” “Say Anything” and dozens of other movies, was granted a restraining order in July 2006 stipulating that Leatherman stay at least 500 feet away from him, his home, his car and offices or companies in which he does business.

  In court papers, Cusack said Leatherman “is showing unusual interest by stalking, throwing long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside, making unannounced visits to offices of people I work with in an attempt to meet with me and listing my address as her own during a recent arrest.”

  County sheriff’s deputies were called to the actor’s home Sunday after a cab driver reported that a passenger refused to pay for the ride to get there. As the deputies were responding to the situation, Cusack flagged them down and told them that he recognized the woman and that she had been stalking him.

  [From FOXnews.com]

  Emily Leatherman maintains that she was just trying to get Cusack to help her convince the police that she had been drugged, raped and forced into sex trafficking.  A year previous, Leatherman was arrested outside Tom Cruise’s house, breaking a restraining order Cruise had on her, also. 

  John Cusack is shown at the Igor premiere on 9/13/08. Credit: Starbux / WENN

  

  
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  Better late than never, O.J. Simpson found guilty

  Posted: October 4th, 2008, 4:31am CDT by Ceilidh

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  
  Late Friday night the twelve person jury deliberating on the latest O.J. Simpson case came back with a guilty verdict, on all 12 counts.  Simpson and co-defendant Clarence Stewart were taken into custody immediately following the reading of the verdict.

  The jury of nine men and three women, none of them African-American, began deliberations Friday after hearing from 22 witnesses over 12 days of testimony. Chief among the witnesses were seven of the nine people inside Room 1203 of the Palace Station Hotel and Casino for the September 13, 2007 confrontation.

  The evidence included testimony from the two dealers, four co-defendants who cut plea deals and cooperated with prosecutors and hours of often-profane, crackling, secretly recorded audiotapes.

  Prosecutors alleged that the men, led by Simpson, burst into the room, flashed a gun and threatened memorabilia dealers Bruce Fromong and Al Beardsley.

  The men then filled two pillowcases with Simpson trinkets, signed Pete Rose baseballs and Joe Montana lithographs. Simpson’s defense attorneys maintained their client was merely trying to retrieve personal photographs and other mementos that belonged to him.

  [From CNN.com]

  When you get away with murder, a little armed robbery and kidnapping is nothing. 

  Neither Simpson nor Stewart took the stand in their own defense.  The trial was marked with an abundance of drama as the players on both sides of the case, lawyers and witnesses alike, took every opportunity to make a spectacle of themselves. 

  As testimony neared its end, (Judge Jackie) Glass, a former television news reporter, vented her frustration with the quibbling lawyers.

  “I’m trying to get this trial back on track,” she snapped. “I am surprised you haven’t seen my head spin and fire come out of my mouth at this point in this trial.”

  [From CNN.com]

  Sentencing is scheduled for December 5, so O.J. has a couple months to contemplate the very real possibility of finally spending the rest of his life in jail.  Simpson is 61 now and he’s facing 15 years to life for the charges he was found guilty of Friday night.  O.J. let out a deep sigh when he was taken into custody, probably because he knows this was thirteen years in coming.

  Thirteen years to the day.  In a beautiful display of poetry in justice, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of the crimes that could at last put him in prison for life, thirteen years to the day of his aquittal for murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

  Attorneys for Simpson asked that he be released pending sentencing, which Judge Glass quickly and soundly denied.  They also announced their intention to appeal the verdicts, asking the judge for an extension on the deadline for filing the appeal, which was also denied.

  OJ Simpson is shown on 11/8/07 outside Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Credit : Judy Eddy / WENN

  

  
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  O.J. Simpson gets all white jury

  Posted: September 12th, 2008, 12:27pm CDT by JayBird

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  

  OJ Simpson’s legal team experienced their first loss last night. The lawyers for Simpson and his co-defendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart fought to keep two African American females on the jury; however David Roger, the district attorney was trying to use two of his peremptory challenges to excuse the women. Each side has a certain number of peremptory challenges which they can use to exclude a juror without having to state a specific reason. However the D.A. did state that race had nothing to do with his reasons for wanting the women off the jury.

  Each of the women had stated that they were very religious, and had indicated that they would either be more inclined to forgive rather than punish Simpson, or would have a hard time sending someone to prison. As a result of the jury’s final racial makeup, the defense tried to get the entire jury thrown out so they could start from scratch; however Judge Jackie Glass rejected their motion. Simpson’s trial will start with an all white jury. Two of the six alternates are African American.

  An all-white jury will judge O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant on kidnapping and robbery charges after defense lawyers lost a contentious courtroom battle to include two African-American women on the panel.

  Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass said she saw no evidence of a systematic exclusion of African-Americans. The current panel also is made up of nine women and three men. Defense attorneys for Simpson and co-defendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, who are both black, moved to dismiss the entire jury panel and start again but the judge rejected the motion.

  Lawyers and the judge worked into the night to select the final group, using peremptory challenges, which are reserved for removing prospective jurors without stating a cause.

  The final pool of prospects included a number of people who disagreed with Simpson’s acquittal in the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. But they said they could put that aside and weigh the Las Vegas case on its own merits.

  [From the Huffington Post]

  Simpson and Stewart have been charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, and assorted other crimes after breaking into a sports memorabilia collector’s hotel room with a team of other men last year. They could face life with the possibility of parole if they’re convicted of the kidnapping, and serious time if they’re convicted on the robbery counts. The opening statements begin on Monday, and the trial is expected to last about five weeks.

  The term “race neutral” for David Roger‘s peremptory challenges obviously doesn’t necessarily mean race wasn’t a motivating – or even predominating – factor in his decision to release the two prospective jurors. But he doesn’t have to give a specific reason; and how the jury is made up is supposed to be a big tug of war between the two sides. Regardless of the race issue, I can’t imagine an attorney that wouldn’t have a problem with jurors who said they’d be hesitant to convict someone of the crime they’re about to try. Obviously you wouldn’t want those people on your jury if you could avoid it.

  Here’s some older photos of O.J. outside the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas in November 2007. Photographer: Mike Stotts. Images thanks to WENN.

  

  
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  Hilary Duff’s dad sent to jail for contempt of court in family hearing

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 8:05am CDT by Celebitchy

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  
  Hilary Duff’s mom, Susan, took her former husband Bob Duff to court near Houston, Texas yesterday in an attempt to get him to plunk down an additional $25,000 in child support to pay for Hilary’s 21st birthday party. Bob pays $10,000 a month in child support for his daughters Hilary, 20, and Haylie, 23, despite the fact that both young women are successful and live in their own home in LA together. Their mother also lives in LA while he remains in Houston. Hilary is already a millionaire in her own right, with a net worth estimated at $25 million. Susan wanted another $25k for Hilary’s birthday, because that’s how much Haylie’s party cost and she thought that was perfectly reasonable. $10k a month only goes so far, and Susan says she is reduced to borrowing from her richer daughters to pay her bills.

  The courtroom got pretty heated between the lawyers for both sides. It sounds like Bob got contempt of court for disobeying court orders, though, not for an outburst. He sold some of his stocks even though he’s not supposed to sell assets and was ordered to pay his earnings of $367,537 to the court and led out in handcuffs. Bob was sentenced to 10 days in jail, but can presumably meet bail and should be out soon. As if all those penalties and jail time weren’t enough, he’ll also have to pay $12,500 to his ex wife, half the cost of the planned birthday party for Hilary:

  Stansbury eventually ordered Bob to pay $12,500 to Susan for Hilary’s birthday.

  Bob took another hit when Stansbury ordered him to spend 10 days in jail for contempt of court. He is accused of violating an injunction against selling assets without court approval and must pay $367,537 he earned from selling stocks last month into a court repository.

  Piro said his client plans to post bond as soon as possible and file an appeal.

  At the end of the hearing, deputies fingerprinted Bob and led him away in handcuffs. When Susan saw the deputies click the cuffs on her husband, she gasped and put her hand over her mouth.

  “This isn’t what I wanted,” she murmured.

  [From The Houston Chronicle via TMZ]

  That sounds like a particularly harsh judge. Is it normal procedure to send someone to jail for selling stocks in violation of an injuction? You would think that making him fork over that insane amount of cash would be penalty enough.

  There’s also the whole issue of the parents having to pay for Hilary’s birthday. She’s doing fine on her own and she’s been sporting what looks like an engagement ring from her boyfriend, hockey player Mike Comrie, who is also a multi-millionaire. He could easily pay for Hilary’s party if she doesn’t want to foot the bill. Instead, her mother insisted her dad pay for it and he got hauled off to jail during the court proceedings. Whatever party she does have will be marred by what happened to her dad.

  Hilary Duff’s song Gypsy Woman, released Spring, 2007, is about her dad’s affair while he was still married to her mom. Hilary blamed the woman for breaking up her family in both the song and her statements about it.

  Hilary and Haylie Duff are shown at the 1408 premiere on 6/13/07. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

  

  
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  Wesley Snipes gets maximum penalty, three years in prison, for tax evasion

  Posted: April 25th, 2008, 7:35am CDT by Helen

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  
  Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in prison, for three misdemeanors in not filing his taxes. While his lawyer claims he was singled out because of his celebrity, reading this report on his behavior makes me think his aggressive attitude towards government employees is probably what earned him the maximum penalty.

  The decision by US District Court judge William Terrell Hodges came two months after a jury convicted Snipes on three counts of willfully failing to file federal tax returns from 1999 to 2001.

  The court heard yesterday that Snipes dodged $15 million (£7.5 million) in tax through a campaign in which he concealed millions offshore, falsely applied for tax refunds and bombarded the Internal Revenue Service with frivolous correspondence that threatened government employees, railed about extortion and used twisted legal interpretations to back his claim that taxation was unlawful.

  “For nearly a decade, Snipes has engaged in a campaign of criminal tax conduct combining brazen defiance with insidious concealment,” the prosecuting attorney, Robert O’Neill, told the court in a sentencing memorandum. “In the defendant Wesley Snipes, the court is presented with a wealthy, famous and inveterate tax scofflaw. If ever a tax offender was deserving of being held accountable to the maximum extent for his criminal wrongdoing, Snipes is that defendant.”

  Times Online

  Wesley won’t go to prison immediately, but will surrender closer to his New Jersey home at a later date. This will allow him to be closer to his five children, aged between 1 and 19 years old.

  The Times also says that Wesley attempted to give the judge three envelopes, containing cheques totalling $5million, but the judge could not accept them. The IRS did collect the cheques during a recess. I’m not sure if they were trying to prove that Wesley was going to pay debts, or they just weren’t sure who to give the money to.

  Wesley’s tax advisors are also in jail, as it seems that he was given bad advice.

  Wesley became a tax denier in 1999, where you are part of a movement that believes tax laws are unjust and that you shouldn’t have to pay them. If you can prove that you are a sincere follower of the movement you can avoid criminal consequences, but Wesley’s offshore bank accounts made the court consider him a fraud, not just someone who doesn’t believe in taxes.

  Picture note by Celebitchy: Wesley Snipes is shown outside of court on February 1 when he received good news - he was acquitted of tax fraud but was convicted of failure to file taxes. He’s probably not that happy at this point. Thanks to Splash News for these photos.

  

  
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  Mischa Barton to enter plea agreement for DUI and dope charges

  Posted: April 8th, 2008, 8:00am CDT by MSat

  Tags:  court Appearances  

  
  Former ‘OC’ actress Mischa Barton, who hasn’t had much of a career since being killed off that show, is supposed to be entering a plea agreement for her DUI bust last year. Barton was stopped last December for suspicion of DUI and the cops also found marijuana on her. Because, why just drink and drive like all those other Hollywood starlets, when you can drink, get stoned and drive?

  “O.C.” wanna been Mischa Barton has decided to take a plea bargain in her DUI case — clever girl that one.

  A source tells TMZ that at her court date on Thursday she’ll plead no contest to the DUI charge. In exchange, the marijuana charge will be dropped and the driving without a license rap will be reduced to an infraction.

  Greasy’s ex-GF will then have to serve three years of unsupervised probation, attend an alcohol education class and pay a fine.

  A source tells us this is “fairly standard” for a first-time offender like Miss Mischa, who was arrested last December, adding that she’s “learned her lesson.

  [From TMZ]

  “Fairly standard,” my ass! Maybe it’s “fairly standard” for Hollywood starlets, but if Mischa had been driving anywhere else in the country, she would be wearing an orange jumpsuit right now. Which might be an improvement over her regular attire. This girl is absolutely useless in my opinion- a shitty actress, not all that pretty and a horrible dresser — and that was before I remembered she actually used to date Brandon Davis. And don’t even get me started on her last ex, Cisco “Bocce Balls” Adler. As for learning her lesson, my guess is that Mischa learned the following lesson: she is not famous or talented enough to turn a DUI bust into a career boost. If it didn’t work for Lohan, it definitely will not work for her.

  Mischa Barton is shown after lunch at La Scala on 3/28/08 wearing shorts and a “Bite Butts” t-shirt, thanks to Splash News.