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As previously reported by the Gossip Girls, Amy Winehouse’s husband Blake Fielder-Civil was released from prison yesterday, whereupon he immediately checked into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic.
And earlier today (November 6), Blake was spotted at the fence of his rehab facility, smiling and waving to fans and paparazzi who had gathered to bid him well wishes.
In news that is bound to make the public-at-large cringe, Nick (Hogan) Bollea is being released from jail three months early for good behavior and holding a job in jail. Hogan was sentenced in May to eight months in Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, Florida for reckless driving, he’ll be a free man on October 21st.
“They automatically get credits towards early release, and if they don’t do anything bad while they’re here, they get to use the credits,” says a jail official who did not want to be identified.
It’s not preferential treatment, it’s standard procedure, but that doesn’t make it feel right. And I don’t have to point out that John Graziano, Nick’s friend who was seriously and permanently injured in the accident that resulted from the reckless driving, doesn’t get to rack up any credits to make him a free man.
In a statement to People, Graziano’s attorney said he wasn’t surprised to hear of Hogan’s early release.
“It’s standard procedure,” he tells PEOPLE. “There is no way for us to impact his release date, that’s not within our control. It’s a formula worked out by the sheriff.”
I have a feeling Nick Hogan is going to be in for a surprise when he’s sees the formula worked out by karma.
Nick Hogan is shown out looking like a douche in LA on 1/16/08 with his dad and sister. Credit: WENN
Lending some sisterly support, Bijou Phillips was spotted on her way to visit half sister Mackenzie Phillips at the Van Nuys Police station earlier today (August 28).
The “Almost Famous” hottie has paid multiple visits to her incarcerated sibling since her arrest earlier this week at LAX International Airport.
After being locked up since July 30, actress Nikki Blonsky’s father Carl was released from jail yesterday (August 11) after posting $3,000 bail awarded to him by the Chief Justice.
The Hairspray actress and her father were arrested after their participation in an airport brawl with America’s Next Top Model contestant Bianca Golden and her mother Elaine.
Khloe Kardashian’s jail stint sure changed her. Dramatically. She sounds like a much better, more self-aware, considerate, deeper person for the 173 minutes she spent behind bars. Turns out the reason Khloe got out so quickly was because she was deemed a threat to the other prisoners. No, not because of her face, though I can see where you’d get that.
As soon as she arrived, bomb threats were called into Lynwood Correctional Facility, and the warden deemed it was because of Khloe. And Khloe, being the deep, introspective person that she is, views it as a blessing.
… As for the punishment, Kardashian said she was originally expected to be taken to the downtown Twin Towers correction facility, “one of the dirtiest, toughest jails in L.A.,” but said that come Friday morning, “there were some complications, and I actually could not go down there. It’s a blessing in disguise. That’s my dad being one of my angels.”
The socialite also confirmed that she was instead transferred to Lynwood come her morning surrender and immediately placed in solitary confinement for safety reasons.
“As soon as I got to Lynwood, there were three bomb threats…The warden came down to talk to me, and he was saying, ‘You’re the one causing all the problems here.’ And I’m like, ‘Ugh, I don’t need any more problems.’ And he’s like, ‘There’s all these bomb threats, and we’re thinking it’s for you.’
“But because of all these things, it’s a blessing, and I was actually released early because I was a threat to the prison.”
[From E! News]
I can just see Kim and Kourtney on their cell phones at the coffee shop across the street from the jail, calling in threats and waiting with the car motor running. I love how Khloe plays off bomb threats like it’s just this absolute and total coincidence. The moment she steps into jail, a bunch of people threaten to blow the place up.
Poor Khloe, she’s right, she doesn’t need any more problems. What with all the terrible things that have happened to her, like drinking, driving, getting caught for it, and refusing to do community service which resulted in her getting thrown into jail. Why do bad things always happen to such good people?
Only someone as stupid and self-centered as Khloe Kardashian could call a bomb threat a blessing. Because it got her out of jail early.
Here’s Khloe with her family at the “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” season two launch at Les Deux in Hollywood on March 19th. Images thanks to PR Photos.
Locked-up for just under three hours, reality starlet Khloe Kardashian was released from the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood County at 1:29 p.m. on Friday (July 18), according to the Sheriff’s Department Web site.
With her time behind bars totaling 173 minutes, the 24-year-old Kardashian sister is free as long as she enrolls in an alcohol treatment program within three weeks of her release.
Accompanied by her sisters and mother, Khloe Kardashian turned herself in to police custody at the Van Nuys courthouse on Friday morning (July 18).
According to breaking press reports, the 24-year-old “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star was booked at 8:52 a.m. to begin a 30-day sentence.
As previously reported by the Gossip Girls, Khloe Kardashian will be heading to prison within the next few days. But that didn’t stop her from getting her swerve on last night (July 15).
The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” starlet was spotted doing a little bar-hopping last night in Los Angeles, California, looking hot in a merlot-hued party dress teamed with a pair of strappy heels.
She’s the latest in a growing line of celebrities doing time behind bars. And Khloe Kardashian is reportedly ready and willing to serve her 3-day sentence.
According to reports, the youngest Kardashian sister violated her probation following her DUI arrest. LA City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan told press, “She admitted to failing to complete [roadside cleanup duty] and enroll in an alcohol education class.”
It’s a big day in Nick Hogan’s universe - all of his wildest dreams are coming true! Actually, I’m guessing it’s a pretty big day for most of the inmates at Pinellas County Jail. That’s right, young Nick’s wish of being released into the general population has finally been granted. Nick was being held essentially in solitary confinement because at the young, vulnerable age of 17, he was the only minor in the otherwise adult population.
Hogan is also a minor celebrity in real life, which translates to major booty in jail life. You’d think if the guy had two brain cells to rub together, he’d want to stay in solitary for that exact reason. But apparently Nick’s conviction that he’s special and different and protected from everyone else makes him believe what happens to other famous young jailbird men won’t happen to him. Good luck.
Nick Hogan’s got himself some company. Two days after a judge denied his request to be transferred out of solitary confinement, Hulk Hogan’s son, who’s serving time for a DUI crash that seriously injured his friend, was moved into a communal cell after a routine assessment of the ever-in-flux jail population, according to a spokeswoman for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Hogan, whose real last name is Bollea, was cooling his heels in an isolated maximum-security cell because, at 17 years of age, he was considered too young to live among the jail’s general population.
Attorney Kevin Hayslett argued in a motion filed Friday that his client was undergoing “cruel and unusual punishment” that didn’t fit the crime by being housed in those conditions. He requested Hogan either be granted house arrest until his 18th birthday or at least moved out of the concrete block he’d been calling home to be with other nonviolent inmates.
A judge refused a transfer but, according to the jail rep, a spot for Hogan opened up following a review of current housing assignments. The teen is now sharing space with three other juvenile offenders.
[From E! News]
Something tells me getting locked in a tight space with three other dudes was not what Nick was hoping for when he had his lawyer make that request.
Nick will become an adult in jail, celebrating the big 18 on July 27. He’ll probably get some new adult roommates at that point. What a fun treat for him. Nothing says “Happy Birthday” like the fear of taking a shower or falling asleep.
Header Nick and sister Brooke in January 2007. Images thanks to WENN.
I am very happy to report that Nick Hogan was just handed down a surprisingly long jail sentence as a result of his guilty plea in his felony reckless driving case. Nick was sentenced to eight months in jail, 500 hours of community service, three years without his driver’s license, and must attend a DUI education class. He could have served up to five years in prison – though considering the leniency often shown celebrities and their offspring, I’m pretty damn surprised Hogan was sentenced to any jail time.
Nick Bollea was sentenced to eight months in Florida’s Pinellas County Jail for felony reckless driving Thursday after pleading no contest in court. A judge also handed down five years probation, 500 hours of community service and a three-year drivers license revocation. Nick will not be able to drink for the duration of his probation, and will attend DUI education classes within one year.
The 17-year-old donned a light colored suit to Pinellas County Court and stared straight ahead as the sentence was read. Sitting behind him was a black-clad Hulk, who prayed during the proceedings and grew teary-eyed, sister Brooke, who wore a top with the shoulders cut out and Hulk’s soon-to-be ex-wife, Linda.
Nick was arrested last November on reckless-driving charges stemming from an August 26 crash. An eyewitness told police that Bollea and a pal were drag racing upwards of 100 mph when Nick’s yellow Toyota Supra slammed into a palm tree. Two hours after the crash, alcohol was detected in his bloodstream.
[From Us Weekly]
John Graziano – the passenger in Nick’s car who was severely injured – will most likely spend the rest of his life in a nursing home. His family appeared in court and spoke on his behalf. The Hogan family has never issued much of an apology, nor has Nick publicly taken any responsibility for his actions. In fact the Hogans tried to blame Graziano for his injuries since he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt – not their drunk kid who drag raced and smashed into a tree. Graziano’s family confirmed that Nick has never privately expressed any remorse or taken any responsibility. It’s pretty disgusting.
“My life now consists of 10 hours each day at a hospital watching my son suffer,” John’s father said in a statement during today’s court proceedings. “Nick has shown no remorse for what he’s done for my son.
Added John’s sister: “We have never once heard him apologize for what he’s done or take any responsibility for any of his actions.”
[From Us Weekly]
No word on how much time Nick is actually expected to spend in jail. But I’m glad he’s going to at least do some time – and hopefully he’ll spend it actually reflecting on how not to be a loser douche bag from now on.
After more than nine hours of questioning at an East London police station yesterday, Amy Winehouse has been released from police custody.
The “Rehab” singer had dropped by the station around 1pm on Wednesday of her own accord and was arrested shortly thereafter on suspicion of drug possession charges stemming from a video of the singer containing footage of her inhaling fumes from a crack pipe after a 19-minute drug binge.
Serving only 29 days of his 14-week sentence for drug and driving offenses, Pete Doherty strolled out of London’s Wormwood Scrubs prison early Tuesday morning (May 6).
Upon hitting the jail’s gates, the Babyshambles frontman and former beau of Kate Moss “wasted no time in showing the assembled media a certificate indicating that he had passed a drug test while behind bars.”
She was scooped up by the London Police when she arrived at the Holborn station for questioning yesterday. And as of this morning, Amy Winehouse has been released.
According to a police spokesperson, when Amy arrived to be interviewed she was “in no fit state” to be questioned, hence the overnight stay in the slammer.
The former flame of supermodel Kate Moss, British rocker Pete Doherty has been sentenced to 14 weeks in jail for his drug use and failure to attend probation hearings in a timely manner, press reports tell.
The Babyshambles frontman with a hankering for illegal drugs was handed the prison term on Tuesday (April 8), after appearing at West London Magistrates Court.
While his older brother was busy entertaining fans in Australia, former child star Aaron Carter was spending a night behind bars after being caught with more than two ounces of marijuana.
According to press reports, “The younger brother of Backstreet Boys singer Nick was pulled over last night for speeding by cops in Kimble County, Texas.”
As a follow-up to the Gossip Girls story about Barron Hilton’s DUI arrest yesterday, reportedly he is currently free on bail.
The 18-year-old brother of Paris and Nicky Hilton was sprung from jail by his friends. Apparently neither Paris, nor the Parents Hilton were willing to help him out.
Prison Break star Lane Garrison is serving 40 months in prison for a drunken car crash in which a 17 year-old passenger in his car was killed. He plead guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter and DUI and could get out in a year and half on good behavior.
Jessica Simpson knows Garrison well and he is said to be like a brother to her. They are the same age and grew up near each other in Texas. Garrison even lived with Jessica’s family for a year when he was 17. Her father, Joe, was his minister and he was a troubled teen when he was sent to live with the Simpsons.
Jessica was said to be devastated when she learned that Garrison caused a car crash which resulted in a teen’s death. Her terrible performance at the Dolly Parton tribute at the Kennedy Center is rumored to be due to her heartache at learning of Garrison’s accident right before she went on stage.
Jessica has tried to make Garrison’s stay behind bars a little more bearable. She sent him 12 inch color TV to keep him company in the slammer. Former TV star Garrison is supposedly broke after lawyer’s fees and must have appreciated the gesture:
Christmas came early for former Prison Break star Lane Garrison - his good pal Jessica Simpson bought him a 12 inch color TV!… Permission to get a TV was granted to Lane, 27, for good behavior and Jessica… was happy to make is happen. “Lane’s broke,” his pal explains. “He didn’t have enough money to buy a TV, so Jessica was nice enough to send him one for the holidays.”
[From In Touch, print edition, January 7, 2008]
Doesn’t a 12 inch television sound small? Flat panels go for around $120 so Garrison must be really scrapped if he can’t afford one. Maybe Simpson thought that anything bigger than a 12 inch would have drawn attention to Garrison, or it’s possible he didn’t have permission to get a bigger TV.
After his drunk and drug-fueled accident Garrison recorded a tearful public service announcement to warn of the dangers of driving drunk, wrote a long letter to the court apologizing and taking responsibility for his actions, and personally apologized in court to the family of the 17 year-old teen who was killed in the accident he caused, Vahagn Setian. His sister also wrote a letter to the judge in which she described a very difficult childhood in which their father was either absent or abusive towards them. She said that her brother was “near suicidal” and “despondent” after the fatal car crash. Jail time is more than warranted in this case, but Garrison also seems genuinely affected and remorseful. He’ll have to live with his actions for the rest of his life.
As a follow-up to the Gossip Girls story earlier today, Mischa Barton was released from police custody this morning at approximately 10am to her parents. As she exited the police station, the OC actress didn’t acknowledge the paparazzi. Mommy and Daddy Barton drove her home in their Mercedes-Benz.
And this story is already blowing up, with speculation about whether or not Mischa is falling into the party-girl-jello-mold set forth by young Hollywood celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.
Ho Ho Ho, and away she goes! Yesterday, Michelle Rodriguez began her six-month jail sentence at the Lynwood Correctional Facility. She was booked at 4:33 pm.
And while the judge in her case explicitly forbade her from being released early from the facility (the same jail in which Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, and Lindsay Lohan all did time), she still may be able to get some time shaved off her sentence.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, 24
TMZ.com: After a little more than 24 hours, Kiefer Sutherland is adapting well to life behind bars. We're told he woke up around 8:00 AM this morning and ate his prison-issue breakfast. After that, he is scheduled for laundry duty. "We had a pretty busy night... Read more
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, 24
TMZ.com: After a little more than 24 hours, Kiefer Sutherland is adapting well to life behind bars. We're told he woke up around 8:00 AM this morning and ate his prison-issue breakfast. After that, he is scheduled for laundry duty. "We had a pretty busy night... Read more
It’s off to the big house for Kiefer Sutherland, as the “24” actor checked into jail on Wednesday to begin a 48-day sentence for his recent DUI arrest.
According to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, the 40-year-old TV star will be staying in a cell by himself at the jail in Glendale, California - as he arrived at 5:46 pm to begin the booking process.
While she’s recently been keeping busy shopping and doing community service at the American Red Cross, Lindsay Lohan turned herself in to authorities this morning (November 15) to serve her day in jail.
Coming as little surprise, she was released after serving 84 minutes, topping Nicole Richie’s stay by an impressive 2 minutes.
While she’s getting ready to release her new album “Brooklyn’s Don Diva” on November 20th, Foxy Brown will have to enjoy that day in solitary confinement.
The female rapper got into a scuffle with fellow inmates at Rikers Island Jail back on October 16th. She was rude to the guard who broke up the fight, and refused a drug screen and now she’ll be spending 76 days in punitive segregation.
With all of the celebrity legal woes this year, it looks like the most promising careers are in the law profession. And Kiefer Sutherland is hoping that his high-priced lawyer will be able to get him the least amount of jail time possible.
According to press, the 24 actor is hoping for a split sentence, dividing his proposed 48 days in jail into two segments. The first eighteen days of his sentence he hopes to serve at the end of December/beginning of January, so as not to interrupt the filming schedule of his hit show.
Screenshot from MeetJoeFrancis.com
Joe Francis, the head of the The Girls Gone Wild franchise, has been in jail since February of this year on multiple charges including sexual performance with a minor in Florida and contempt of court. He started out in a Florida prison, where he was said to be experiencing anxiety attacks and weeping uncontrollably. He was transfered to a Reno, Nevada county jail on federal tax evasion charges where he is more comfortable and is said to be enjoying privileges including using the phone whenever he wants.
It looks like Francis has been able to use a laptop with high speed Internet in jail, because he’s launched a massive website touting what a nice guy he is and how much he has done for charity. He tells the story of how he was jailed and blames it entirely on circumstances and other people, saying that if it happened to him, it could happen to you, an average person who isn’t exploiting women for immense profit. Joe is trying to counter articles like this one, in which a journalist details how he assaulted and harassed her and raped an underage girl, which is currently the fifth Google result for his name.
The site is ridiculously detailed, and includes 18 pages of a thorough biography in which Francis expounds on his background, including being sent to boarding school at an early age and getting kicked out of military school in five days, something he brags about.
There is a certain kind of kid who actually enjoys military school. I hope I never meet that kid. For me, the academy was a preposterous and intolerable collection of arbitrary rules and silly, quasi-military posturing. I couldn’t take it seriously for a second. When we were rudely awakened at 4 a.m. and ordered out of our bunks, I turned over and said, “Forget it.” When a dorm sergeant took a brass belt buckle I’d just polished, spit on it, handed it back to me and said, “Do it again,” I tossed the buckle back to him and said, “ I already polished it. You want it polished again, do it yourself.” I was grabbed by the neck and marched to the school “commandant” for a disciplinary meeting. The commandant ordered me to stand at attention. I didn’t hear him; I was staring at the ribbons on his chest. “Something wrong, boy?” He asked. I shrugged. “I’m just wondering what all those little ribbons are for. You’ve never been in the actual military, so what are those? Pretend ribbons?”
The commandant stared at me for a long beat. I smiled back. He turned in his chair and picked up the phone. He dialed my parents. Without taking his eyes off me, he told them that their son had just set a new school record. “No one had ever been kicked out of this academy in just five days,” he said, scowling in my direction. My response was to slip my hands into my pockets, slouch even further, and give him back the biggest shit-eating grin I could muster.
[From MeetJoeFrancis.com]
In the 10 page FAQ section, he talks about his private jet, says he wants to have children someday and gives slick answers that reveal that he plays the game well but doesn’t really give a shit about anyone other than himself:
Q: Do you really have a private jet?
A: Yes. I took my first ride in a private jet about six years ago, and found the freedom of the whole experience so amazing that I bought a Falcon jet three weeks later. The first trip I took on my plane was to Lake Tahoe. I was 27, and my buddy Mark and I laughed the whole way like a couple of giddy frat guys. It truly is the only way to fly. Nine months later, I upgraded to a Gulfstream.Q: What part of the country has the hottest girls?
A: My experience has been that anytime you go south of the Mason Dixon line, the girls seem to get more attractive. But I don’t think it really matters where you go because how many 19-year-old girls are ugly?Q: Have you ever had your heart broken?
A: Sure, but it helps ease the pain when you get as much as I’ve gotten in my life.Q: What’s next? Do you have any major goals?
A: My primary goal is to have a family. I see that as my next big challenge. I will always have business goals - it’s part of the game - but there isn’t one overriding accomplishment I am aiming for. In my view, a man who raises a happy and healthy family is far more successful than a man who has only managed to acquire wealth. So, in that sense, I hope my greatest legacy will be my family.
[From MeetJoeFrancis.com]
Amid all his verbal posturing he makes some very good points in the legal section as to why he should not be in jail and how he was unfairly targeted and made an example of by the judge. The most telling thing is the judge who sent him to jail for contempt of court used to be a partner of one of the lawyers suing him for millions:
It just so happens that Judge Smoak is the ex-law partner of Ross McCloy, one of the lawyers seeking millions of dollars from Francis for the women in the case. They were both partners in a law firm called Harrison, Sale, Smoak and McCloy. Interestingly, Judge Smoak’s other law partner was Franklin Harrison, who was the attorney that represented the sheriff’s department when Francis successfully sued the sheriff’s department and won his jet back.
The thing is, this revelation is on the fifth page of a ten page legal section after a lengthy introduction. He had a good idea to launch a PR campaign, but most of his message is lost amid all those excuses and words. He should have hired an editor as good as his web designer and provided bullet points to go along with those long ass stories.
Overall Francis comes off as a pompous, narcissistic self-absorbed jerk who thinks that he can talk his way out of anything. Being in jail for over six months has only strengthened the guy’s resolve to come out and make more money. He does have one fatal flaw, though - he really wants people to like him. He thinks that if we hear enough excuses come out of his mouth we’ll all come around to his side and realize that he’s just this likable entrepreneur who got where he is through hard work. Joe can talk all he wants because he’s just wasting his breath. It’s easy enough to see through the veneer to the slimeball underneath.
He may have been targeted by a vindictive judge, but he still didn’t pay his taxes and there are plenty of other allegations of rape and predatory behavior by the guy. He is in jail by his own arrogance and carelessness, and this time he’s not going to get out of it by talking a lot of shit.
While she should still be spending time behind bars, instead, Nicole Richie is enjoying the finer things in life. The Simple Life star was spotted early Saturday (August 25) heading for a brunch outing at the Four Seasons Hotel in Pasadena. And that sure beats jail slop!
Anyways, the latest development in the Nicole Richie 82 minute jail stay saga comes out of the sheriff’s office responsible for letting her out early. The office has commented in response to criticism claiming that celebrities receive preferential treatment from the legal system.
Earlier this summer, Nicole Richie told Diane Sawyer that she was going to jail as, “my way of paying my dues and taking responsibility and being an adult.” So, for 82 minutes yesterday, Nicole Richie was an adult.
The initial sentence for her DUI conviction was four days. However due to overcrowding, the Simple Life star was released less than two hours after she was put in jail.
For some celebrities, it’s drugs. For others, it’s sex. But for Foxy Brown, her ultimate downfall is her temper. And now she’s in jail because of it.
The 27-year-old rapper was placed in custody after she smacked her neighbor with her cell phone. She also failed to show up at her anger management classes and left the city without permission.