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One would have to say the headline ‘O.J. Simpson Found Guilty’ is rather ironically belated. But ‘The Juice’ just couldn’t stay out of trouble and the legal system was more then ready to welcome him back to trail. Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend, O.J. Simpson and his co-defendant, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, were found guilty on all 12 counts they faced, including conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, assault and kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Both could face life in prison. The jury deliberated for more than 13 hours before pronouncing the verdict. The 61-year-old former football star released a heavy sigh as the charges were read and was immediately taken into custody. Perhaps just thirteen years too late though!
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This is really sad to hear. Race car driver Helio Castroneves who recently gained wider fame by winning “Dancing with the Stars,” is in big trouble with the IRS. He has been indicted today in Miami for allegedly not paying taxes on more than $5 million. Helio was indicted along with his sister, Katiucia Castroneves, and Alan Miller, Helio’s lawyer on charges of Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. and Tax Evasion.
Helio and two others are accused of using “an offshore Panamanian shell corporation, Seven Promotions, to conceal and disguise the true and correct amount of Helio Castroneves’ income from the Internal Revenue Service.”
The three are charged with conspiracy “for the purpose of impeding, impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful government functions of the Internal Revenue Service.”
They are accused of trying to “conceal and disguise” Helio’s income. One of the charges is that Helio received $2 million in salary from a Brazilian trading company but made it appear that he only received $200,000.
The Conspiracy and Tax Evasion charges are each punishable by a maximum of five years in federal prison. Yikes!!
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Young Heroes TV star Hayden Panettiere’s father has been charged with misdemeanour battery after allegedly assaulting his wife last month. Alan Panettiere was taken into custody in West Hollywood early on 11 August (08) after allegedly assaulting his wife. Police were summoned to their West Hollywood home at 3:15 a.m. after the incident. They were spotted arguing at a Hollywood charity benefit earlier in the night. A sheriff’s spokesman said at the time: ” he struck his wife (Lesley Vogel) one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist.”
Both insisted the arrest was all a big misunderstanding, but Los Angeles authorities beg to differ. Alan will be arraigned next month Oct 11th, in Beverly Hills. He faces a year in county jail if convicted.
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Shia LaBeouf won’t be charged with drink driving following his July 27th car accident in Hollywood that left him with a shattered hand. Authorities arriving at the scene suspected the Transformers star had been drinking, but the Los Angeles District Attorney has declared there isn’t enough evidence to bring a case against the actor. LaBeouf, who was arrested before undergoing hand surgery after the collision, has already avoided blame in the near-fatal accident. A 21-year-old man was cited for running a red light and causing the crash last month.
LaBeouf’s Transformers director Michael Bay has never doubted his young star’s sobriety on the night of the crash. At the time of the accident, Bay said, “He was not drunk. He was drinking hours and hours before… That’s (DUI rumour) gonna go away.?
However he is not getting off scot-free. Shia will almost certainly have his license suspended because he refused to submit to a blood alcohol test. TMZ reports Shia’s DMV hearing is tomorrow.
Shia had no idea he’d smashed his left hand to smithereens in a near-fatal car accident in July (08) because he was too concerned about his passenger, actress ISABEL LUCAS.
The movie star flipped his truck twice after he collided with another vehicle in Hollywood.
He has since undergone surgery on his hand and must now undergo a second procedure so he can have full functionality again.
But he admits that, immediately after the crash, he had no idea that he needed hand-saving surgery.
He says, “You’re in fight or flight mode. There was a lot going on.
“It hit on her (Lucas) side, so I was extremely fearful of that and then it was about getting her out, getting the people in the other car out, and only after everything’s settled, then you realise what’s happened.” The other driver, Simon Herbert has been cited for running a red light and causing the 70 mile-per-hour crash.
By the way Shia’s new movie ‘Eagle Eye’ is now in theatres and iit appears to be getting good reviews.
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A judge in California has ruled that Sharon Stone will no longer share joint custody of her oldest son Roan with her ex-husband Phil Bronstein.
In October 2004, the court gave Phil and Sharon joint custody of Roan. Sharon recently filed papers asking for changes to the arrangement, but she still wanted to keep joint custody. According to the court documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight from a Sept. 12 custody hearing, Phil Bronstein “shall have permanent sole physical custody of child. Court finds that Respondent (Sharon Stone) failed to meet her burden of proof and denies Respondent’s (Sharon Stone’s) request for modification of custody.”
The judge said that the ruling is permanent unless circumstances change. The ruling seems harsh but we are hearing that Sharon’s request involved some kind of move, so the judge ruled in favor of Roan staying with his dad in the bay area.
Phil, a newspaper editor and Sharon were married in 1998. They adopted Roan in 2000. They divorced in 2004. Sharon also adopted two other sons, Laird Vonne Stone and Quinn Kelly.
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A judge in Los Angeles has dismissed assault charges against Keanu Reeves by a paparazzo who claimed the actor hit him with his car, on purpose.
Photog Alison Silva claims he was hit by Keanu’s Porsche back in March 2007 while photographing him.
Keanu’s lawyers argued that Alison had actually placed his hand on Keanu’s car and tripped over his own feet.
The judge declared that “There was no evidence of the slightest contact or the slightest touching.” Adding that Reeves did not “act maliciously” as he pulled out of a parking space as Alison had claimed.
The judge stated that Alison could not seek punitive damages against Keanu. Alison though is continuing with a negligence claim, which will now go to trial in October.
Alison’s attorney, Joseph Farzam, says “Mr Silva is still entitled to fully recover his damages for the injuries he sustained. It’s much easier to prove that someone was being careless than to prove that Mr Reeves intended to harm Mr Silva.”
The attorney added that Alison suffered a broken wrist when he fell, which could cause him to remain partially disabled.
As for Reeves, he confirmed in a statement that, “At no time did my vehicle make contact with Mr Silva other than when [he] bent over and placed his hand on the hood of my car.”
And even after Alison fell, Keanu stopped the car and brought him some water.
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Heather Mills is suing her former spokesperson Michele Elyzabeth. It only surprises that it took so long for Mills to get around to filing the lawsuit. Michele represented Heather for four years, before they bitterly split. Michele then went to the papers claiming all types of things about Heather, including that she purposely tried to smear Paul McCartney’s name during their divorce. She also allegedly called Heather money-obsessed, a pathological liar and the biggest bitch on the planet. These seem to be knownl truths but Heather now wants $500,000 from Michele for breach of confidence and illegal lie telling.
Of course if Heather sued every person who thought bad of her, she would probably have to drag most of England into court. And they don’t mess around in the UK, the case is expected to be heard within the next eight weeks.
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Kanye West was arrested at LAX today for felony vandalism. While at the American Airlines terminal a still photographer started snapping his camera at him. Kanye wasn’t feeling very photogenic, and snatched the photog’s camera and smashed it on the ground.
TMZ was on the scene filming the action above and became part of the act. Kanye’s bodyguard tried to stop the shooting and tried wrestling the camera away. The bodyguard prevailed and threw the camera to the ground, breaking it.
According to the TMZ camera guy here’s what happened next. Kanye tried to leave to board his plane, but cops stopped him before he got to security. The cops then interviewed the TMZ video guy (Erik), the still photog, Kanye and his assistant.
This is where it gets even crazier. The cops asked Erik if he videotaped the incident and Erik said he had. That’s when Kanye lunged toward him and said, “Give me the fu***ng videotape.” Cops had to restrain Kanye as he tried coming at Erik. Kanye and his assistant are currently being booked for felony vandalism.
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Comedian Ron White has reportedly been arrested for possession of marijuana after he was stopped by police as he stepped off a plane in Florida.
The Grammy-nominated funnyman, who performs with Jeff Foxworthy as part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, is said to have been detained by cops in Vero Beach, Florida, today after flying in for a show.
Officers allegedly found a small amount of pot and a pipe, and the comedian was arrested. He was later charged with possessing drug paraphernalia and less than 20 grams of marijuana, and was released on $1,000 bail.
White turned up an hour late for his show that evening at the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce.
Officer John Morrison, of Vero Beach Police, said they had received an anonymous tip-off that a passenger on an airplane due to land at 5 p.m. on Wednesday would be carrying illegal drugs. Only White and the pilot were on the plane, and the 51-year-old comedian was cooperative with detectives, Morrison said. Well I guess White has one more arrest story to use in his skits.
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“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has won her copyright infringement lawsuit against a fan and Web site operator who was set to publish a Potter encyclopedia.
Rowling and Warner Bros., maker of the Harry Potter films and owner of intellectual property rights to the Potter books and movies, filed a lawsuit against Michigan-based RDR Books last year to stop publication of material from the Harry Potter Lexicon Web site. Steve Vander Ark, a former school librarian, runs the site, which is a guide to the Potter books and includes detailed descriptions of characters, creatures, spells and potions.
Though Rowling had once praised the Web site, she testified earlier this year that the lexicon was nothing more than a rearrangement of her material.
She said she was so distressed at the prospect that it would be published that she had stopped work on a new novel. “It’s really decimated my creative work over the last month,” she said during the trial in April.
If the lexicon is published, she went on, “I firmly believe that carte blanche will be given to anyone who wants to make a quick bit of money, to divert some Harry Potter profits into their own pockets.”
Vander Ark, a devoted fan of Rowling, began work on his Web site in 1999 and launched it in 2000.
The small, Muskegon-based publisher was not contesting that the lexicon infringes upon Rowling’s copyright but argued that it was a fair use allowable by law for reference books. In his ruling, Patterson noted that reference materials are generally useful to the public but that in this case, Vander Ark went too far.
U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson said Rowling had proven that Steven Vander Ark’s “Harry Potter Lexicon” would cause her irreparable harm as a writer. He permanently blocked publication of the reference guide and awarded Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. $6,750 in statutory damages.
“While the Lexicon, in its current state, is not a fair use of the Harry Potter works, reference works that share the Lexicon’s purpose of aiding readers of literature generally should be encouraged rather than stifled,” he said.
He added that he ruled in Rowling’s favor because the “Lexicon appropriates too much of Rowling’s creative work for its purposes as a reference guide.”
Vander Ark will no longer be able to publish his book. He still runs the Harry Potter Lexicon website, though.
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Ed McMahon’s house has been bought, but as it turned out it wasn’t ‘white knight’ Donald Trump to the rescue. McMahon has found a private buyer for his hilltop home, according to Howard Bragman, the former “Tonight” show sidekick’s spokesman. McMahon’s property is located in a hilltop gated community that is also home to Britney Spears.
Bragman declined to name the buyer or the selling price to the AP. But he said it isn’t real estate mogul Donald Trump, who recently offered to buy McMahon’s home and act as a landlord. This sounds like a better situation for McMahon who was facing foreclosure on his home after he defaulted on a $4.8 million loan.
Bragman said McMahon and his wife, Pamela, will move out of the home when the sale is complete.
McMahon has said he was experiencing financial troubles because he was unable to work after falling and breaking his neck in March 2007. It’s also been speculated that his wife’s spending habits are the reason for the financial woes. TMZ ‘reported’ that Pamela McMahon is “oblivious” to the late night legend’s cash troubles, and shops like their life depended on it. The 85-year-old has for years worked as a pitchman and recently resumed that role, appearing with comedian Jimmy Kimmel to advertise Pontiac vehicles.
McMahon has faced money woes for months, with debtors filing lawsuits against him for everything from unpaid prescription medicines to loans.
One lawsuit is seeking more than $750,000 from McMahon for unpaid loans and fees attorneys say McMahon agreed to pay to handle his daughter’s divorce in New York.
McMahon also has his own lawsuit going against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and two doctors filed in July, accusing them of discharging him with a broken neck after his fall in 2007. He also alleged the hospital botched two neck surgeries.
The hospital responded in court filings on Wednesday by asking a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to throw out many of McMahon’s claims.
Attorneys for Cedars-Sinai wrote that McMahon’s lawsuit failed to prove allegations of fraud, battery, elder abuse and emotional distress. They also want to prevent McMahon from seeking punitive damages.
A hearing on the lawsuit is scheduled for Sept. 18.
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Batman star Christian Bale will not face charges over claims he assaulted his mother and sister, according to reports. Bale was arrested in London last month over accusations he pushed his estranged mother and sister at the city’s Dorchester Hotel before the British premiere of The Dark Knight.The 34-year-old actor was questioned by U.K. police over the incident and was subsequently released on bail.
Prosecutors suggested their decision on Thursday to drop the case was based in part on the family members’ wishes.
Bale, who denies the allegation, said through his spokeswoman, Jennifer Allen, that he was relieved the issue had been settled.
The actor “hopes to put the matter firmly behind him” and will be providing no further comment, Allen said in a statement released by Bale’s lawyers.
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This is stunning news, but Batman star Christian Bale has been apparently accused of assaulting his mother and sister. The actor’s mother Jenny, 61, and sister Sharon, 40, claim Bale lashed out at London’s Dorchester Hotel on Sunday night July 20th, and they reportedly filed a police report in Hampshire, England on Monday (21Jul08).
Th authorities were reluctant to speak to Bale on Monday, because he was promoting his new movie, The Dark Knight, in London, for the first European screening . A source tells The UK Sun, “It was a very difficult situation but it would have been wrong to have wrecked the premiere over a complaint which we don’t yet know is founded in truth. A mother filed a report against their son and they have serious doubts?
“But Mr Bale will be contacted at the earliest opportunity and be asked to provide an account of anything that happened.” A police spokesman says, “We can confirm we have received allegation from another force in relation to an alleged incident in central London.”
Police are expected to make attempts to question the Wales-born actor today. But one expects with the way authorities tip-toe around celebrities that this will likely all get swept under the rug quickly, unless Christian’s mom talks with the press. Interesting side note, Christian’s father who is now deceased divorced his mother (jenny) and married Gloria Steinem.
Update: Christian Bale has turned himself into police voluntarily in response to the domestic assault charge.He went to Belgravia police station in central London earlier today and is still there, being held in custody.
When asked if Bale had been arrested, a police spokesman said “A 34-year-old man attended a central London police station this morning by appointment and was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault. He currently remains in custody.”
His family is not talking, which is a good thing right now.
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Rapper DMX was arrested again for the 6th time in almost 3 months. Maybe he just hasn’t found a mug shot he is satisfied with yet? That’s his new one on the right. He was reportedly collared this time at a mall in Phoenix yesterday for allegedly giving a fake name and Social Security number to a hospital in order to get out of paying medical bills.
DMX, real name Earl Simmons, used the name “Troy Jones” to try to allegedly get out of paying a $7,500 bill.
He was arrested and booked. Bond has not been set.
The sheriff of Maricopa County said, “He’s back in jail again. I don’t know why judges keep letting this guy out. Every time he goes in there, he gets out on bond. I’m hoping this is the one time he’s going to pay the penalty for his offense”
The sheriff also noted that if DMX should remain in jailed, he would be isolated from the rest of the inmates for his own safety. “They may not like his music,” he said.
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Sadly Ed McMahon filed suit Friday against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a billionaire homeowner over a broken neck the TV personality suffered when he fell at a dinner party.
McMahon, 85, Johnny Carson’s sidekick on The Tonight Show and a longtime product pitchman, says the injury has prevented him from working and has contributed to his financial crisis. This comes when his house in Beverly Hills, California is in foreclosure, $644,000 in arrears on a $4.8 million loan!
It’s alleged that his wife’s spending habits are the reason Ed McMahon is losing his house. TMZ says Pamela McMahon is “oblivious” to the late night legend’s cash troubles, and shops like their life depended on it. That’s causing an issue for Ed’s friends, who are conflicted about bailing him out. They don’t want to see their 85-year-old friend foreclosed on and homeless, but they also don’t want to encourage Pamela’s passion for Prada. Well if Ed’s friends aren’t going to help him, it appears he is going to help himself to their money.
According to the L.A. Superior Court suit, McMahon tumbled on “unsafe entry stairs” at a March 2007 dinner party at the home of Robert Day, the founder of the Los Angeles investment management firm TCW Group. He slips and falls at a “friends” house and now he’s going to sue him!
The suit also claims McMahon was rushed to Cedars, but a doctor failed to diagnose his broken neck and then discharged him, the suit alleges. Only weeks later was the injury discovered, but treatment – including spinal surgery – “fell below the applicable standard of care.
“We had hoped to avoid a lawsuit, but our discussions were not fruitful and we were left with no other option,” says McMahon’s spokesman, Howard Bragman. “That being said, we believe our suit has great merit and we expect a favorable resolution.”
Well that’s one way to get out of debt but watch out for Karma!
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Actor Dennis Farina was sentenced to two years probation today (July 17th) after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors for carrying a loaded handgun into Los Angeles International Airport.
Security guards stopped Farina at the airport on May 11 after they discovered he was carrying a .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol in his briefcase.
Farina was scheduled to catch a flight home to Chicago. He told police that he brought the gun with him on a drive from Arizona to Los Angeles and forgot he had it.
It was an embarrassing situation for Farina, 64, a former cop who played a New York detective on the television crime series “Law & Order.” The next day he issued a statement blaming the incident on his “own stupidity.”
The actor pleaded no contest, which is roughly equivalent to a guilty plea, to carrying a weapon into a secure area of an airport. Other charges of possessing a concealed weapon and carrying a loaded weapon in a public place were dismissed. In addition to the probation sentence Farina was also ordered to pay $1,991 in fines and penalties, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.
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Actor Paul Hogan known for his CROCODILE DUNDEE movies is being investigated by authorities in his native Australia over alleged tax liabilities.
Aussie officials probing the actor have brought in the The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to help - by ordering three American banks to hand over nine years’ worth of his personal banking records.
Four companies related to the 68-year-old are also under investigation, court documents in Los Angeles reveal.
According to newspaper The Australian, Hogan is fighting the move, accusing the Australian Taxation Office of being on a “long-distance fishing expedition” to unlawfully obtain “irrelevant” information.
Hogan is the most high-profile target of a AUS$300 million ($290 million/£145 million) operation into tax fraud and evasion. It is thought attention turned to Hogan after details of a number of offshore trusts and companies holding AUS$40 million ($38.8 million/£19.4 million) was leaked to the press in 2005.
Hogan though speaking outside his mansion in Santa Barbara California, said: “They should build a statue of me up there at the tax office.”
“Come and get me,” Hogan said with a grin, in an obscenity-laced statement addressed to the Australian Taxation Office.
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Wesley Snipes has been granted permission to leave the U.S. to work overseas.
The action hero actor got his passport back, so he can work to earn money “to satisfy his civil tax liabilities.”
Snipes us now being allowed to fly to London for three days later this month to finish work on Gallowwalker, and then spend a further eight weeks in Bangkok, Thailand to shoot Chasing The Dragon.
This new ruling seems to quash the US Attorney’s Office’s motion asking that Snipes be incarcerated while his appeal is pending. The troubled Blade star, was handed a three-year prison sentence in April (08) after officials found him guilty of failing to file taxes for five years.
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