Kanye West was ATTACKED! By a sign! Yes, he was mercilessly assaulted by a “Wrong Way” sign that was part of some parking garage or something. Kanye was with Kim on Friday, checking out some real estate and then going for lunch. According to TMZ, Kanye was attempting to “duck his head” to avoid getting his picture taken but he missed the low “Wrong Way” sign and smacked his head into it. It left a mark!!!

Do you see the mark? It’s just a little boo-boo on his forehead. There’s video too!

At first Kanye got mad at one of the paps but then he seems to walk away. But then this happened (NSFW language):

Dude. People walk into things all the time. I still have a small scar on my nose from the day that my car trunk door decided to fall on me when I was loading groceries. I still have a scar on my leg from when I was 8 years old and I accidentally slammed a sharpened pencil into my leg. I’ve fallen going UP the stairs. My point? Having a hissy fit about it doesn’t make it any better. Just be thankful you weren’t seriously injured and laugh at yourself. But of course Kanye cannot do that.

…On the bright side, at least we aren’t talking about what Kim is wearing.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

I’d like to introduce you to “upstanding citizen” Chris Brown, who is shown in these photos at Elton John’s Oscar viewing party. This is a new offshoot of the Breezy brand, and he’s the guy who gladly attends a C-list Oscar event and proceeds to grow giddy when fans (his fellow party guests) “bombard” him with photo requests. If you’ll notice, Rihanna was not in attendance at this party, and according to Page Six, Chris explained, “She is the most beautiful girl in the world. But I’m sad she couldn’t be here tonight; she is rehearsing for her tour.” I don’t buy that excuse for a second — Rihanna never lets a little thing called “work” get in the way of her partying. She’s got a great work ethic and always pulls of rehearsals and stage shows without a hitch, but she always squeezes in time to booze it up, and I find it hard to believe she voluntarily refused to take a few hours and attend Elton’s party. That is, I find it hard to believe that she didn’t get upset about not attending the Vanity Fair party instead, you know? But according to Chris, he and Elton are pretty tight now, and Elton supported him through all of the domestic violence stuff, so Chris attended Elton’s party “to support him.”

At the party, Chris also had some things to say about Oscar host Seth Macfarlane’s joke that compared Django Unchained‘s level of violence to Chris and Rihanna’s relationship. He now says that beating up Rihanna is his biggest regret. Do we buy it?

Rihanna’s boyfriend Chris Brown has described his vicious assault on the singer as the “greatest regret” of his life. Speaking for the first time about their recent reconciliation, the US R&B star shrugged off the public backlash against him and pledged never to hurt the Bajan beauty again.

In a searingly honest interview with the Mirror, he apologised for his actions in 2009, when he physically attacked Rihanna, leaving her shocked and bruised. And Brown admitted that winning her love back had taken many months of tough “serious making up.”

He said: “Sometimes you row, you fight, with the one you love and things get said, stuff spirals. That night was the deepest regret of my life, the biggest mistake. But she loves me — what can I say? I’m forgiven… but, yes, I worked hard for it.”

Talking at Elton John’s Aids Foundation Oscars fund raising party in West Hollywood, the double platinum-selling star said he had “grown up” and learned how to deal with fame.

He also dismissed a bad taste joke by host Seth Macfarlane during the Academy Awards ceremony — in which Macfarlane compared the “unspeakably violent” movie Django Unchained to “date night for Rihanna and Chris Brown.”

Brown, 23, said: “People attack me and criticise me, it happens all the time. But they don’t know me, and they don’t know us. It doesn’t bother me any more. Other people can judge us but they don’t know anything.”

[From The Mirror]

The thing that really bothers me about Rihanna and Chris’ relationship (other than the fact that she took him back) is their joint “us against the world” mentality. I guess they think it’s romantic to believe that they’re the only two people in the world who could possibly understand their profound love, but to the outside world, it just looks like a huge mistake. Oh well. Their choice.

Photos courtesy of WENN

At this point, I think John Travolta’s reputation as a happily married heterosexual male, or even as someone who engages in consensual sex, is pretty much shot. Given how many times the guy has been accused of sexually harassing male masseurs, spa-goers and various male underlings, it’s hard to find someone who considers Travolta a victim of litigious individuals. There’s only so much denying and attacking his lawyer can do, basically. So that’s why I have mixed feelings about this latest ruling, because it seems like new details about Travolta’s creeping won’t damage his brand, since it’s pretty much already shot.

This case involves a cruise ship employee who accuses Travolta of requesting a massage on board in 2009, and then accosting him for sex, basically. When the man protested, Travolta offered $12,000 for his silence, which he refused. Travolta’s lawyer tried to have the case dismissed, which failed, then he tried to argue that it should go to arbitration, as per the fine print on Travolta’s cruise ticket. The arbitration request was denied by the judge, meaning the case could go to trial.

A California federal judge has dismissed a petition by the 58-year-old actor’s lawyer to have a lawsuit filed against him by a cruise ship masseur decided in arbitration, which would have kept a lid on some pretty graphic accusations.

Travolta was sued last June for assault and battery and infliction of emotional distress by Fabian Zanzi, who accused the Get Shorty star of disrobing while the latter was giving him a neck massage and then “forcefully embracing” him during a Royal Caribbean cruise in June 2009.

After claiming Travolta engaged in contact that was “nonconsensual, inappropriate, extreme and outrageous,” the suit also charged that the thesp offered to buy Zanzi’s silence for $12,000.

Travolta subsequently denied the allegations, and his pit bull attorney, Marty Singer, pointed to a clause in the fine print of his cruise ticket to argue that the legal dispute should be settled by arbitration, which would not only allow the suit to be resolved expeditiously but also in secret.

However, per The Hollywood Reporter, in a 31-page ruling on Friday U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson smacked down that argument, noting there’s no evidence that Zanzi, as a “nonsignatory,” is bound by the arbitration agreement the A-lister entered into with Royal Caribbean.

Consequently, Zanzi’s lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, now looks to be headed for trial—unless, of course, Travolta opts to settle.

Singer was unavailable for comment, but he previously told E! News in a statement that Zanzi’s allegations were “ludicrous” and “completely contradicted” by what the employee told Royal Caribbean back in 2009 when he reported to superiors that “the only physical contact he claimed occurred was allegedly touching my client’s neck.”

[From E! Online]

So Travolta’s people want us to believe he’s entirely innocent of all these consistent allegations by different people, over time, who have no connection to each other. If he settles this case he’ll keep some of the more sordid details out of the press, but that might be tantamount to admitting guilt. I think he should settle and just have his lawyer make some lame excuse about it, as they’ve been doing all along. People think he’s guilty, and it will only remind everyone about Travolta and the mountain of evidence against him if a whole new round of stories comes out with details from the trial. Plus, this Zanzi guy could easily get corroborating witnesses to testify that Travolta did the same thing to them.

But look – Kelly is standing by him! Of course she is, her brain has been washed so many times it’s mush.

These photos are from The Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on 1-18-13. Credit: FayesVision/WENN.com

Last week, In Touch ran a cover story featuring details that were -allegedly- from the late Robert Kardashian’s handwritten journals, penned in the early 90s. The journals included Robert’s observations on Kris Jenner’s poor mothering skills during their separation and divorce. In Touch recounted anecdotes in which Kris would leave her children with Robert for days at a time to go off with her young kept lover, never giving Robert a number to reach her, and never checking in on her children, all under 11 at the time. One of the most disturbing claims was that Kris once kicked and beat little Kim, who would have been around 9 or 10! In response, the Kardashian’s rep issued a statement that “these accusations are ridiculous and not true” and that they had no idea about the journals. The diaries were sold to In Touch by Robert’s widow, Ellen, and the Kardashian sisters of course went on to use social media to attack her character. We didn’t cover all that back and forth, but In Touch has more details here, including Ellen’s responses to the Kardashian’s jabs.

Kris Jenner and the Kardashians probably thought they put that mess behind them with last week’s gossip cycle, but In Touch wisely held on to some of the more damning stories about Kris, which they released in this week’s issue. Not only did Kris – allegedly – beat Kim as a child and pull her hair, the journals also make reference to Kris beating the other children. In 1993, Kourtney (then 14) is said to have called Robert crying after her mother “pulled her hair and twisted her arms.”

Robert wrote of a day when young Kourtney called him “crying and hysterical” after what Robert claimed was abuse that included Kris pulling her daughter’s hair and twisting their arms. Kourtney and Kim “are scared and nervous, have been beat up several times before and are very, very intimidated,” he wrote in an Oct. 20, 1993 memo.

Those episodes left Robert, who died of esophageal cancer in 2003, devastated — and determined to protect his children. “He loved those kids more than anything,” Ellen Kardashian, who was with Robert for five years and married him shortly before his death in 2003, tells In Touch. “Kris didn’t even want kids…Though she liked buying them clothes, making them beautiful,” Ellen claims.

Last week, Khloé, Kim and Kourtney took to Twitter to defend their mother.

That sentiment was echoed by Robert in his journals. On April 23, 1990, the father of four wrote: “[Kris] doesn’t really care about the kids at all.” And in a private memo, he claimed he heard her say, “I love Todd more than anything in this world.”

Enough for Robert to foot the bill for Kris’ romantic gifts? Robert found a $1,200 charge for a refrigerator on his monthly Sears bill and when he called to tell them they’d made a mistake, “They informed me that my wife had purchased this refrigerator for Todd Waterman,” he wrote. He also accused Kris of not returning his gun and silverware, “with a value in excess of $35,000,” that they had been given as a wedding present.

Though Kris has said she’s unaware of the documents’ existence and denied the allegations in last week’s story, some close to the family tell a different story. “What Kris put these girls through is right there in black and white,” a family source tells In Touch. “Their father was brutally honest.”

[From In Touch]

Let’s assume these journals are authentic and that they were written by Robert Kardashian at the time. Even if they were really written by him, that’s no guarantee that these stories are accurate. As I wrote in the last story on this, Robert Kardashian was a lawyer and he knew that he needed evidence against Kris in a custody case. It’s possible he wrote down all these details in a diary in order to stick it to her in court. That’s not to say I don’t think they could be true, I just hope they’re not.

As I’ve mentioned in other stories about Kris, that detail about her bankrolling her kept lover on her husband’s dime is totally true. The lover, Todd Waterman, went on the record to In Touch last year to confirm that Kris was his sugar mama. He also had the same sentiment as Ellen about Kris’ mothering skills – that Kris was only concerned with superficial things and was instilling those values in her children. That’s obvious to any of us who pay attention to this family, but did Kris abuse her kids? I believe she was probably a neglectful mother – she’s a narcissist and they’re not known for their parenting skills.

How will the Kardashian’s respond to these latest claims? More trash-talk on Twitter about how Ellen isn’t to be trusted?

Photo credit: FameFlynet and Instagram

Yesterday, we were treated to a cover story on the upcoming edition of In Touch claiming that Kris Jenner was a horrible mom, basically, when her kids were little. The widow of the late Robert Kardashian, Kris Jenner’s ex husband and the father of Kris’ four oldest children, gave In Touch a series of handwritten journals which Robert allegedly penned in 1989 and 1990. The diary entries claim that Kris Jenner would often leave her children with him for days when she went off with her younger kept lover (more on that here, and Kris admitted to cheating on Robert with that guy) and that she would leave no number to reach her. Kris was also allegedly abusive at least once to one of her daughters. In ’89 and ’90 the Kardashian kids were all under 11 with Robert, the youngest, under three. Kris is said to have kicked and beaten little Kim and to have threatened to kill her. Kim was just 9 or 10 at the time. So if that’s true it’s awful beyond words.

Of course the Kardashian Klan has responded to these allegations, and they claim that this is the first they’ve heard of these journals and that the “accusations are ridiculous and not true.” HuffPo’s argument is to consider the source. They point out that this is the same woman who claimed about a year ago that Khloe wasn’t Robert’s daughter. Note that the article implies that this issue was resolved with a DNA test – it wasn’t. More on that below.

The journal entries make allegations of child abuse against Jenner, detailing that on one occasion in August 1989, “Kris was kicking and beating her and said she was going to kill [Kim].”

Ellen claims the journals are authentic and told In Touch, “This was a nightmare for [Robert]… he hated to see them suffer.”

A rep for the Kardashian-Jenner family has denied the allegations, telling Gossip Cop they had “no knowledge of these diaries existing and these accusations are ridiculous and not true.” Even without the family’s statement the claims seem dubious at best given that Ellen seems to pop up every few months with bombshells about the family.

This is the same woman who last year alleged that Robert’s youngest daughter Khloe was not his biological child, but the product of an affair. Despite proof that Khloe is a biological Kardashian, Ellen continues to rehash her theories, even speaking to Life & Style magazine about it just last week — a full year after she made the initial allegations.

What makes her claims to the authenticity of the journals even more suspect is the fact that she waited all this time to come forward with them, and the fact that she and her late husband’s family clearly do not get along. Following her initial allegations about her former step-daughter’s paternity last January, Khloe addressed the claims by tweeting:

“The audacity you have to mention my father’s name like this! Should be ashamed of urself,” and “I let a lot of things slide but this one is really low… YOU ARE DISGUSTING! (yes you know who YOU are).”

[From Huffington Post]

I like Khloe. I think she’s the best of the Kardashian kin by far. (I cannot resist alliterating with these stories.) There was no “proof” ever given than Khloe “is a biological Kardashian” as the article above states. Khloe did take a DNA test, but only to see if Kris was her real mom, she didn’t take a test to see if she was Robert’s biological daughter. On the show, she said that she considered Robert and Bruce to be her dads. So it wasn’t proven that Khloe was Robert’s daughter at all, and the article quoted above is false. Kris staged that whole DNA test thing for the show so that people would think she was open to it. Kris is crazy like a fox.

As for whether the journals are directly from Robert Kardashian or not, let’s do some handwriting analysis from Robert’s archived case files to see. You know that’s not going to happen since it could prove that he actually wrote the entries. Of course it’s possible he embellished details and made up stories in order to bolster a custody case. He was an attorney after all and he was more than aware of the evidence he needed. I tend to believe that Kris was an absent mother until she could start pimping out her kids. I just hope it’s not true that she abused Kim, even once, when she was little. That’s horrible. She’s a crafty piece of work and a narcissist but is she abusive?

I just found an article on Radar with more details from the upcoming In Touch story. They say that “[Kris] Jenner would hide out in her bedroom for days at a time to sleep off the effects of hard partying and avoiding her young children. In one entry, dated September 1989, Robert alleges his daughters called him crying numerous times after their mother forgot to pick them up from school because she had left for places like Mexico or Palm Springs with her much younger alleged lover, Todd Waterman. ‘The whole time she was gone she NEVER asked to talk with her kids,’ he wrote.” The article goes on to quote Robert Kardashian’s widow, who claims that Kim, Kourtney and especially Khloe “still carry the scars” from their rough childhood and “don’t have any respect for their mother; that’s why they call her Kris most of the time.” I don’t know if that part is true, but I believe the neglect claims.

Kris Jenner is shown on 12-7-12 and on 10-13-12. Credit: FameFlynet

Last week, Julianne Hough revealed in a new interview with Cosmopolitan Magazine that she had been abused as a child. Julianne plays an abuse victim in her new movie, Safe Haven, which is out in the US on February 14. She seemed to think it was the right time to tell her story, and it rang true. At the age of 10, Julianne went with her older brother, fellow DWTS alum Derek Hough, from her home in Utah, to London to train as a dancer with the Ballas family. (The parents of DWTS professional Mark Ballas.) Hough told Cosmopolitan that “While I was in London, I was abused, mentally, physically, everything.” She declined to name her abuser, but claimed that he told her “if I ever went back to the United States, three things were going to happen. One: I was going to amount to nothing. Two: I was going to work at Whataburger. And three: I was going to end up a slut.” Whataburger is an American burger chain, so some people believed that she was giving a hint as to her abuser’s identity, without naming him outright.

Star Magazine [via Radar] has a new story claiming that Corky Ballas, Mark Ballas’ father, is outraged that Julianne claimed that she was abused while under his care. Here’s their story:

Mark’s father Corky and his ex-wife Shirley “are livid with Julianne over suggestions that she was abused in the U.K. under their care,” a source close to the Ballas family told Star. “At Corky’s own expense, he took Julianne into his home and turned her into a world-class dancer.

“Now, he feels like he has been ambushed.”

The Footloose beauty, a source said, interpreted Corky’s encouragement as abuse, and wound up leaving England prematurely.

“At the end of her time in London, they were barely speaking,” the source said. “One thing’s for sure — she really opened a can of worms.

“The Ballas family and the Houghs are up in arms.”

The full story is in the new issue of Star, on newsstands Thursday.

[From Radar Online]

Here’s what gets me about this story. If it’s true that Star has a source close to Corky Ballas, that’s a weak argument that Julianne “interpreted Corky’s encouragement as abuse.” The phrasing bothers me, as does the claim that Corky “took Julianne into his home and turned her into a world-class dancer.” He didn’t turn her into “a world class dancer,” she worked hard and achieved that while being coached by him. This story is bothersome on many levels, and I believe Julianne. She surely put a lot of thought into it before she decided to reveal what happened to her, and she didn’t name names.

Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest are shown out with her parents in Beverly Hills on 12-22-12. Credit: CPR/Miguel/FameFlynet Pictures. She’s also shown at the Carosel of Hope ball on 10-20-12. Credit: WENN.com. We’ll have People’s Choice Awards photos of her shortly!

On Monday we saw a new interview that Dina Lohan gave The NY Daily News in which she said, “Lindsay is messed up because her father is messed up.” It was notable to me not because Dina was continuing the Lohan family tradition of deflecting blame and never being accountable for anything, but because she was finally admitting that Lindsay had a problem. When Dina isn’t repeating the “Lindsay is fine, she is concentrating on her work” mantra, something is definitely off.

In that same interview, Dina accused her ex husband, Michael Lohan, of ongoing abuse during their relationship and mentioned an incident in 1986 in which he blackened her eye. Michael, who was also quoted in the article, admitted slapping Dina back then, but claimed it was self defense. Dina also described allegedly being raped by Michael while they were estranged in 1990. He claims it was consensual and that Dina reported it as rape as payback because he was cheating on her. I believe Dina given the overwhelming evidence that Michael abuses his partners. End of story.

In conjunction with her NY Daily News article, Dina shared (sold) photos of herself with a black eye in 1986. ET has those pictures here. Dina is seen holding a baby, who is probably baby Lindsay considering that she was born in 1986.

Again, this isn’t surprising and of course Dina was abused by Michael, he’s a POS. Why is she telling this to the press now, though? I’m thinking this is her crackie way of trying to tell Lindsay that she’s in deep trouble and needs help. This is the first time we’ve ever heard an admission from Dina that Lindsay is not ok, isn’t it? Does this mean that Lindsay is so far gone at this point that even Dina is trying to tell her she has issues? Remember, Dina was in London partying with Lindsay for New Year’s. My theory is that something went down and Dina is now actually worried about her daughter. For Dina to finally wise up, it had to be major. Or maybe Dina just got cut off by Lindsay and she needs the cash from selling her abuse photos. I don’t know why I’m getting my hopes up.

Also, fingers crossed that Lindsay finally gets sent to jail for more than a week or two. A long stint inside might finally get her to sober up, but I doubt that either of those things are going to happen.

Dina and Lindsay are shown on 9-14-12 (cleavage dress, credit: FameFlynet) and 12-30-12 (fur coat, credit: Pacific Coast News)

The lovely Julianne Hough covers the February edition of Cosmopolitan. From what little I’ve seen of the pictorial, Julianne looks pretty and fresh. She reminds me of Cameron Diaz here, because her enthusiasm shines through. Julianne usually looks so happy and nice. She’s promoting her new film with Josh Duhamel, Safe Haven, based on a book by Nicholas Sparks about a woman who escapes an abusive relationship. It’s out on February 14, and looks like the kind of predictable romance that Sparks is known for. That said, I would watch it on demand. I liked Dear John and The Lucky One and I enjoy a cheesy romance, I’ll admit it.

In Julianne’s Cosmo interview, she reveals that she was abused starting at the age of 10. She said that it took her years to speak up and leave. It sounds incredibly traumatic and sad, and it speaks to how resilient she is. She’s been in the spotlight for years and it must have taken her a lot of soul searching to decide to disclose this.

When Hough was just 10 years old, she thought up a very detailed set of goals to work on—and then set about meeting them. “By the time I was 18, I wanted to be a professional dancer: I happened to be on Dancing With the Stars. When I was 19, I wanted to be a singer: At that age, I had my first record out. I said by the time I’m 22, I wanted to be a movie star….”

Hough is 24 now, and she’s been working on those goals since she was a girl in South Jordan, Utah. All four grandparents and both parents were dancers, so Hough, the youngest of five kids, grew up performing with her Mormon family. Her parents divorced when she was 10. At the time, her brother Derek was studying dance at London’s prestigious Italia Conti Academy of the Arts, and when a slot opened up, she joined him. She ended up winning a five-year scholarship, training relentlessly, and rarely seeing or talking to her family. She became a world-class dancer…but at a great cost.

“I was 10 years old looking like I was 28, being a very sensual dancer,” she says. A precociously seductive smile became her public mask—and she rarely took it off. “I was a tormented little kid who had to put on this sexy facade because that was my job and my life. But my heart was the same, and I was this innocent little girl. I wanted so much love.”

With her parents an ocean away, Hough says the adults around her took advantage. “While I was in London, I was abused, mentally, physically, everything,” she says. In what way or by whom exactly, she declines to say: “I’m a very forgiving person, and I don’t want to hurt anybody. What’s past is past.” A ripple of tension tightens a face that is always so relaxed and bright, like a sheet being pulled tight. It got worse, she says, “when I started hitting puberty, when I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl.”

“You can kind of hear the quiver in my voice….” She pauses but only a beat. She’s going to nail this move, even if her ankle is broken and her feet blistered. “This is the farthest I’ve ever gotten into my London situation,” she says. “I was told if I ever went back to the United States, three things were going to happen. One: I was going to amount to nothing. Two: I was going to work at Whataburger. And three: I was going to end up a slut. So, it was like, I can’t go back. I have to be this person.”

[From Cosmopolitan]

It’s hard to believe she’s just 24 years old. For some reason I thought she was a very young-looking 30. (Maybe because she’s been with Seacrest for a while and he’s around my age.) These excerpts make me curious about whom Julianne is referring to. As the article states, Julianne’s parents sent her and her older brother, Derek, to London without them when Julianne was 10. They were trained there in professional dance by Mark Ballas’ parents, Corky and Shirley. She also went to a performing arts school.

Radar Online has some additional quotes from the interview, where Julianne talks about escaping her abuser. As to why she never told her parents, she said “I’d rather take the pressure on myself. To this day, I don’t want to be a burden. I didn’t talk unless I was spoken to. I would look over to see if it was okay if I answered. I was perfect – perfect to a fault.”

Julianne’s inspiration to leave came after she saw an inspiring concert performance. “I was like, f**k that. I know who I am, and I don’t want to be this person who I am becoming. I left two days later and never went back.”

I hope that her abuser feels the shame and scrutiny that he deserves, and I’ll leave it at that.

Some images are from Cosmopolitan via Celebrity-Gossip. Other photos are from the LA premiere of Breaking Dawn: Part 2 on 11-11-12. Credit: WENN.com

Yesterday, Radar had an interesting story that came from their sister publication, The Enquirer. You can read the story here – basically, sources claimed that the actors, writers and producers of Modern Family had banded together to take care of 14-year-old Ariel Winter (who plays Alex Dunphy on the show) because Ariel was seeking legal emancipation from her parents. The reason given was that Ariel has an older boyfriend (he’s 17!) and her parents didn’t like that. The story definitely raised a red flag for me – child stardom, hit TV show, an older boyfriend, etc – but I didn’t expect the story to take such a horrible turn within just a few hours. TMZ reported yesterday that Ariel has “been removed” from her home after “serious allegations of physical and emotional abuse by her mother.” YIKES.

Ariel Winter, the 14-year-old actress who plays Alex Dunphy on “Modern Family,” has been removed from her home by a judge in the wake of serious allegations of physical and emotional abuse by her mother … court sources tell TMZ.

There’s a report Ariel is seeking legal emancipation from her mom so she can be with her boyfriend, but that report is false.

Court sources tell us … on October 3rd, after a guardianship hearing, a judge determined the allegations that Ariel was being physically and emotionally abused by her mother Crystal Workman were serious enough that the judge placed Ariel in a temporary guardianship with her older sister Shanelle Workman. Our sources tell us … mama Crystal was ordered to stay 100 yards away from Ariel.

Ironically, we’ve learned Shanelle suffered the same alleged abuse as Ariel. Nearly two decades ago, the Department of Children and Family Services removed her from Crystal’s home based on similar abuse allegations. Law enforcement sources tell us … D.C.F.S. placed Shanelle in foster care for more than 2 years. She never went back to her mother.

According to court records, the judge has set another hearing for November 20.

[From TMZ]

This is so sad. It plays into the stereotypes I have of child actors and how dysfunctional their home lives are, but this story kind of goes beyond the Lohan, you know? This poor girl. I hope Ariel’s sister is a better guardian for her, and hey… maybe Ariel will end up legally emancipated from her (abusive) parent.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

The photos we’re referring to are here and here. One is below.

We’ve seen Adrienne Maloof and her now estranged husband, plastic surgeon Paul Nassif, bickering on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills before they inevitably filed for divorce. They had a contentious relationship, although they tried to play it off on the show like they enjoyed that dynamic. It looks like the truth might be a lot more ominous. New photos of Adrienne have emerged, posted on her personal chef’s Facebook, showing some horrific-looking bruises on Adrienne’s back and sides. Her chef, the humorless Bernie Guzman, included captions that leave no doubt as to whom he considers responsible. He writes “Now you know….Everyone else needs to know. It’s a secret I have kept….he must be stopped.”

Bernie is of course referring to Paul. In late September, Adrienne was granted a temporary restraining order against Paul after she alleged that he choked one of their sons. Both Paul and Adrienne have also accused each other of physical and verbal abuse. The press played down Paul’s alleged abuse of Adrienne, although it may have been very serious judging by these photos. Here’s the report, thanks to Radar:

Shocking photos of Adrienne Maloof with multiple bruises on her back have surfaced and RadarOnline.com has the shots that show the dark marks on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star.

The photos of Adrienne are taken from behind and show her nude from the waist up with red welts on her arms and across her back.

She is wearing her hair in a pony tail and the large marks are visible in several places on her back.

The photos were posted on Adrienne’s personal chef Bernie Guzman’s Facebook page and he wrote “Now you know….Everyone else needs to know. It’s a secret I have kept….he must be stopped.

“Adrienne did not put me up to this…..I feel everyone needs to know. I’m sure she will be relieved everyone knows.”

Adrienne and her estrange husband, Dr. Paul Nassif, have been locked in a nasty divorce battle and Guzman claims that the pictures were part of the court documents submitted two weeks ago.

“Now you know who and what he really is,” Guzman wrote and said “Adrienne Maloof was pushed to the ground. Punched and beaten. He is a beast.”

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Adrienne claimed in her court documents that she was a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her husband.

Maloof said in her sworn declaration: “Paul Nassif has often shoved me to the ground, pulled my hair and yelled at me. Most recently, in July 2012, he shoved me to the ground with enough force that I hit my head on the floor when I fell. I immediately jumped up because I knew that if I stayed down I could be kicked. He grabbed my hair and pulled. I grabbed his hair, trying to get him off of me.”

In the documents Guzman also alleged that he observed “Paul drinking large amounts of alcohol and in particular, scotch on a daily basis. While at the residence Paul had a nightly habit of drinking one-and-a-half highball glasses full of scotch without ice or water…..When Paul drinks, Paul tends to fight with Adrienne. I have overheard many arguments between Adrienne and Paul and during some arguments I have heard Adrienne say, ‘Get off me. Get away from me.’”

[From Radar Online]

It’s possible Adrienne told Bernie he could post these photos, but I’m thinking she’s probably embarrassed they got out. She has the facade of a woman who has her life and businesses under control and who isn’t easily rattled. I don’t see her wanting these photos to get out. I feel for her. What is it with these abusive relationships on RHOBH? Taylor Armstrong went through some horrific abuse at the hands of her husband, who went on to commit suicide. I never thought that Paul was abusive to Adrienne, he seemed like too nice of a guy, but I believe it now.

Paul’s lawyer. Marty Singer, has responded to these photos by saying “Any suggestion that the photos show my client struck Adrienne Maloof is a complete fabrication. No physical assault ever occurred. I can’t speculate how these marks occurred. I know the woman does martial arts.” Why would she ask her chef to take photos of her injuries if they were just from kickboxing? Who gets injured like this from martial arts?

Here’s one of the photos. It’s tough to look at.

Paul and Adrienne are shown in April. Adrienne is shown on 8-21-12 launching her shoes for Belk at an event in Las Vegas. Credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com