Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry had another hearing in their custody case yesterday following a battery and child endangerment allegation against Aubry. Halle previously tried to block Gabriel from all contact with their nearly four year-old daughter, Nahla, until the investigation is complete. According to a new report on Radar, she’s now backed down slightly and is requesting supervised visitation. (I assumed that a previous supervised visitation order was still in place, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.) In an earlier court appearance for Halle and Gabriel, the judge put off making a decision until the sitting judge, who is familiar with this case, returned from vacation. Well the original judge is back now and according to TMZ he didn’t make a ruling yesterday and needs more time, and an additional hearing, to sort it all out. Child and Family Services has interviewed both Halle and Gabriel separately and together and is reportedly suggesting that Gabriel attend anger management classes, that Halle get counseling, and that both of them take parenting classes together. They’re also recommending counseling for Nahla. Here’s TMZ’s take on what happened, since their coverage is brief and they aren’t being fed details by Gabriel’s team like Radar.

Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry have been urged to get some serious counseling for the benefit of Nahla, but their marathon court hearing today was contentious and largely unproductive … law enforcement sources connected with the case tell TMZ.

We’ve learned the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services submitted more than a dozen recommendations to the judge, including mediation … in which a 3rd party would sit with Halle and Gabriel and try to figure out how they can peacefully raise their child. We’re told Halle was receptive but Gabriel wasn’t.

And our sources say … Halle agreed to continue her individual counseling, which will help her deal with what has become an impossible situation.

As for Gabriel, he’s agreed to counseling for his anger issues.

And, as we first reported, both parties agreed today to send 3-year-old Nahla to counseling.

We’re told the judge did not make any decision on the fate of the nanny, whom Gabriel wants fired.

And the judge hasn’t ruled on Halle’s request to keep Gabriel from Nahla until the child endangerment investigation runs its course.

Sources say Gabriel has objected to most of the recommendations and the judge is on the verge of holding a full hearing — similar to a trial — so he can firmly call the shots.

[From TMZ]

I’m firmly team Nahla as both of her parents seem unable to reach an amicable co-parenting agreement. I think that Halle vilifies her exes and that Gabriel is responding by lashing out and is playing right into her hands. Prior to this whole fiasco I would be on his side, but the details he’s been leaking to Radar make him sound like an a**hole who is definitely capable of pushing and screaming at the nanny. Incidentally, Radar is also reporting that Halle has been paying Gabriel’s legal fees, as is supposedly standard when one party in a custody agreement makes vastly more than the other.

Also, Halle and her new man, Oliver Martinez, staged some “happy family” beach photos over the weekend with Oliver kissing Nahla. Multiple agencies have these photos so you know they were prearranged to present an image of Halle as a more capable parent and of Oliver as some kind of would-be stepfather. This is how Halle uses the paparazzi that she professes to hate. How would Halle react if Gabriel did that to her? She was reportedly livid when he even dared to go on a date with Kim Kardashian. How petty she is. This is a J.Lo move, except J.Lo is much more publicly civil towards, and gracious about, her ex.

Halle has a cast on her foot, which is probably related to breaking it last September. She’s also wearing what looks to be an engagement ring, although she’s often worn a ring on that hand and reports vary as to whether it’s official. She hasn’t made an official announcement, and all we heard so far is a tweet from Oliver’s ex, Kylie Minogue, congratulating them.

Halle, Gabriel and Nahla are shown out at the beach in Malibu on 1-29-12. They’re also shown out at lunch on that same day. Gabriel and Nahla are shown out on 1-12-12. Credit: Fameflynet and WENN.com

Jackson’s kids at his tribute concert.

Yesterday we heard that a photo of Michael Jackson nude after he was deceased and was laid out was shown on live television during the trial of Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray. The Daily Mail, TMZ and The Mirror have published the photo of Jackson and none gave a warning about it or obscured the photo other than covering his private parts, which was already a part of the image before it was shown in the courtroom. (I’m not going to post the links here, you can find them easily enough if you’re interested.) I was really shocked and saddened to see the photo right on TMZ’s website and on the front page without a lead-in. Even though this is my job, I probably wouldn’t have clicked on it if they would have given me a choice. I don’t like to see dead people, and there’s something so really heart-wrenching to me about the fact that we’re able to see this. I know that sounds melodramatic: Jackson was a public figure, he had a reputation as a pedophile, and he was a drug addict. Still, he was somebody’s father, brother and son and he was so private he covered his kids’ faces when they went out. He wouldn’t have wanted anyone to see him like that, and his kids don’t need to be confronted with that image whenever they want to do a google search on it.

I was also upset to hear that the details of Michael’s kids’ reactions to his death were made public a couple of weeks ago as part of the trial. Of course they were distraught and crying and screaming. That’s how people react when a family member dies! There was also more revealed yesterday about what Paris said in the wake of her dad’s death. We don’t need to know that!

We’re not covering the Jackson trial much here because it’s just not our usual fare. This is sad, it’s depressing and apart from some colorful witnesses there hasn’t been much to report. What do you even say about it though? None of this trial should have been open to the media and the details just don’t seem that interesting to me. Once a verdict is reached, we’ll probably cover it though. RIP Michael.

Jackson’s kids are shown at his tribute concert on 10/18/11. Credit: WENN.com

The first juror in the Casey Anthony trial has spoken to the press. Jennifer Ford, a 32 year-old nursing student, spoke with ABC’s Terry Moran to explain how the jury reached a “not guilty” verdict in this very controversial case. (Video of her interview is above.) I found her very convincing, logical and well spoken. Ford explained that the prosecution simply didn’t come up with a scenario of how Caylee was murdered and that was why they couldn’t reach a guilty verdict. She said that they carefully weighed the evidence, that the 10 hours of deliberation does not mean that they all agreed right away, and that many jurors were upset and crying after delivering the verdict. Here’s more, from ABC, and the source has more details that you might want to read if you’re interested.

Casey Anthony juror Jennifer Ford said that she and the other jurors cried and were “sick to our stomachs” after voting to acquit Casey Anthony of charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

“I did not say she was innocent,” said Ford, who had previously only been identified as juror No. 3. “I just said there was not enough evidence. If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be.”

Ford, a 32-year-old nursing student at St. Petersburg College, praised the jurors, but said when deliberations began there were “a lot of conflicting ideas.” At first, people came down on both sides of whether Casey Anthony killed her daughter, Ford said, and the first vote was 10-2 for “not guilty.”

“I toggled on manslaughter and not guilty,” Ford told “Nightline” anchor Terry Moran in an exclusive TV interview. “It doesn’t feel good. It was a horrible decision to have to make.”

The jury’s jaw-dropping not guilty verdict shocked court observers, but it was also a difficult moment for the panel, Ford said in her exclusive interviews with ABC News. No one from the jury was willing to come out and talk to the media in the hours after the verdict.

“Everyone wonders why we didn’t speak to the media right away,” Ford said. “It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict. We were crying, and not just the women. It was emotional and we weren’t ready. We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial.”

Ford told Moran she thought Casey Anthony’s claim that her 2-year-old daughter accidentally drowned and she lied for three years was more believable than the evidence the prosecution presented.

“I’m not saying I believe the defense,” she said. “Obviously, it wasn’t proven so I’m not taking that and speculating at all. But it’s easier for me logically to get from point A to point B” via the defense argument.

Ford said that she couldn’t make out “logically” the prosecution’s argument because there were too many unanswered questions about how Caylee died, including how Casey Anthony would have used chloroform to smother her 2-year-old daughter, then put her in the trunk of her car without anyone seeing her.

“If there was a dead child in that trunk, does that prove how she died? No idea, still no idea.” Ford told Moran. “If you’re going to charge someone with murder, don’t you have to know how they killed someone or why they might have killed someone, or have something where, when, why, how? Those are important questions. They were not answered.”

[From ABC News]

Some other telling quotes from Ford include “It doesn’t feel good, it’s a horrible decision to have to make, but I had to do it based on the law,” and “If they want to take someone’s life they have to prove it, or else I’m a murderer too, I’m not any better.” Maybe if the prosecution wasn’t going for the death penalty it would have been easier to convict.

The prosecutor Jeff Ashton, spoke with Matt Lauer on the Today Show yesterday morning, and he said that he was shocked by the not guitly verdict after less than 11 hours deliberation. He felt that they presented a clear case to the jury and that “One of the strongest pieces of evidence that we had in the case was that her actions, we felt … [were] just so completely inconsistent with just some accidental explanation for the death.”

As for whether he would go after Casey’s mom Cindy for perjuring herself by trying to take the blame for the Internet searches, he said he had no idea. Ashton is retiring after this case.

I’ve been overseas this summer so I have not been as exposed to this case as many of you. It looks extremely bad in that Casey lied to the police repeatedly, fabricated entire scenarios about what happened to her poor daughter and went out partying in the month after her daughter’s death. In this case I don’t think it’s fair to blame the jury for doing their job, though I know many of you will disagree. Given Casey’s behavior, she’s the one who should be blamed for this, and she will be for the rest of her life. Like Ford said, “Not guilty doesn’t mean innocent.” It’s just a shame that Casey won’t have to rot in jail for the rest of her days.

After I wrote all that, People came out with a new story with details from a letter from Casey to another inmate. She wrote that she dreamt she was pregnant, has considered adopting, and that she misses mani pedis and wearing nice underwear. It made me a little sick. The Enquirer is also reporting that Casey is telling people she’s pregnant. I hope that’s a lie like so many other things that come out of this bitch’s mouth. It’s possible that Casey, who has only been convicted of four counts of lying to police, could walk free today. I guess we know how she’ll celebrate.

Update: Casey was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $4,000 for her four misdemeanor charges of lying to police. She’s already served three years and her calculated release date with time off for good behavior is now July 13, next Wednesday.

Paris Hilton might want to rethink her paparazzi-friendly living arrangements. Her boyfriend, Cy Waits, was attacked outside of a court appearance where they were to testify against a guy who broke into Paris’ house last August wielding two knives. (TMZ has video of the incident, and it’s not as dramatic as it sounds in the story below.) The attacker was another stalker of Paris’, not the defendant, and he smacked Waits in the head and was promptly restrained and arrested. The guy claimed to be there to propose to Paris, who said she recognized him as someone who was arrested on her property late last year. So Paris had to see two stalkers in one day. She does have security at her house, and she had a bodyguard with her who restrained the guy until police could get there.

Paris Hilton and her boyfriend Cy Waits had a scary incident before they entered a Los Angeles County court Wednesday afternoon and RadarOnline was there to witness what happened.

As the couple walked into a Van Nuys, Ca. court, a man took a swing at the pair, and landed a punch on the back of Cy’s head. Cy was stunned by the hit but continued into the courthouse, protecting Paris.

Paris’ bodyguards, though recognized the attacker and jumped into action. The man in question, James Rainford, was arrested last October when he rode his bike through the gates of Paris’ luxury Beverly Hills community, in a failed attempt to see her.

As RadarOnline reported at the time, he was subsequently ordered to perform community service and was placed on three year’s probation.

Paris instantly wrote on Twitter about what happened today. “That other psycho intruder just punched Cy in the back of the head as we were walking into the court house. So scary!”

Paris is in court to testify against another man, Nathan Parada, who is charged with breaking into her home with a large knife in his possession when Paris’ boyfriend, Cy Waits, held him at gunpoint until cops arrived. If convicted of the felony burglary charge, Parada could get six years in state prison.

[From Radar Online]

Poor Paris, it must be hard to tell the stalkers apart from the paparazzi. Only the real crazies with the knives and the marriage proposals stand out from the pack.

Remember last week, when actress Sara Salahi called out Paris Hilton via Twitter for almost hitting her with her car and supposedly running a stop sign? Well Paris told Extra that she wasn’t even driving that day. That sounds like the time she claimed that someone stole all the thoughtful gifts she purchased for her mom for Mother’s Day. So convenient. To be fair to a woman who doesn’t deserve it, there are a lot of skinny bird-faced women in LA with fake hair. There’s only one that drives a pepto bismol pink Bentley with custom license plates, though, so I think Paris is probably super identifiable when she’s driving.

Paris and Cy are shown on 4/9/11 (flower dress) and on 4/4/11 (eggplant dress). Credit: Fame. Paris is also shown alone and with her nasty aunt, Kyle Richards, on 4/26/11, and outside the late show with Cy (metallic dress, green dress) on 2/17/11. Credit: PRPhotos

Brooke Mueller is back on whatever she was smoking before, crack if the stories are to be believed, and is now in rehab yet again. It’s at least her fourth time in treatment that we know of and she seems to alternate between doing drugs or staying in a sober facility so she won’t do drugs. Brooke’s relapse gave Charlie the opening to step in between gigs on his crazy tour and request full custody of his two year old twin sons with Brooke, Max and Bob. There was a hearing yesterday to determine custody, and both Brooke and Charlie showed up. The judge shot Charlie down and left custody as it was, with Brooke. The boys are staying with Brooke’s mom and family, and won’t be cared for by porn stars and nannies at hotels while Charlie does his little ranting act around the country.

The embattled former Two and a Half Men star lost his fight against his estranged wife Brooke Mueller for full custody of their two-year-old twin sons, Max and Bob.

According to a source, a judge in Los Angeles presiding over a closed door hearing just allowed Mueller to maintain primary legal and physical custody despite a well-publicized relapse in her crack cocaine addiction.

Despite appearing “unsteady on her feet” and “glassy-eyed” Mueller was all smiles as she left the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.

“No comment,” she told RadarOnline when asked if she was pleased with the decision.

A source says that while Mueller undergoes drug treatment at an undisclosed rehab facility, her mother, Palm Beach, Fla, socialite Moira Fiore, will provide primary care for the boys.

Sheen wasted no time getting back to his work commitments. The 45-year-old hightailed it out of court and straight onto a plane to Chicago where he is scheduled to continue with his Violent Torpedo of Truth tour.

Meanwhile, Bob and Max were oblivious to the hoopla surrounding their parents – enjoying a day at the park with their nanny, playing on the jungle gym and swinging in the swings.

[From Radar]

At least the kids are ok. The odds are stacked against them with those two addicts as parents, but Brooke’s family is doing what they can. There are plenty of other people in Max and Bob’s lives who want to help too. TMZ reports that Charlie’s other ex, the sober one Denise Richards, offered that she’d take the boys for a while.

TMZ also reported that the Mueller-Sheen custody hearing was closed to the public after someone brought up “questions of abuse.” I hope it wasn’t anything serious. Thank goodness custody wasn’t granted to Charlie. He couldn’t be bothered to properly care for one of Denise’s pugs, who died of malnutrition as a result. She told him he couldn’t bring the other dog with him on tour and he proceeded to verbally attack Denise for it.

Here’s Charlie in Toronto on 4-15, where he had a “bipolar awareness walk” of about 1.2 miles from his hotel to his gig at Massey Hall, I’m not kidding, that raised thousands. Good for him?

Brooke is shown on 3-27 outside a Lakers game. Credit: WENN.com

But I thought Mel Gibson didn’t touch her and if he did touch her it was only because she’s a crazy golddigging whore who should be rightfully buried in the rose garden, which makes whatever Mel did or DID NOT do completely justified?!? Wow, my mind is blown. Mel Gibson has just accepted a plea deal on that whole “punching Oksana Grigorieva in the face” thing. The plea involves no jail time. Nuts!

Mel Gibson has struck an agreement with prosecutors and has made a plea deal in his looming criminal case … sources connected with the L.A. County District Attorney tell TMZ … and Mel will not get jail time.

Our sources say Mel will appear in court Friday and will plead no contest to simple battery — a lesser charge than corporal injury on a spouse.

As we first reported, Mel had been agonizing over the impending criminal charge — related to the January 6, 2010 blowout with Oksana Grigorieva — worried that a prolonged court fight would be a strain on his family, particularly his children. We’re told … even though Mel believed he could win the case — he struck the deal to protect his loved ones.

We’re told the deal involves counseling but NO JAIL TIME.

When contacted for a response, Mel’s lawyer, Blair Berk, released the following statement to TMZ: “I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price. That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due process can only be exercised in this case with an enormous media circus attached.”

Berk goes on, “Mel’s priority throughout all of this has been that the best interests of his young daughter Lucia and the rest of his children be put first in any decisions made. It is with only that in mind that he asked me to approach the District Attorney with a proposal that would bring all of this to an immediate end.”

[From TMZ]

You know what? I like TMZ sometimes because they get good scoops and they often offer a particular kind of gritty perspective into the raw slanted stories pushed by a celebrity’s publicity team (see also: Halle Berry, Lindsay Lohan), but for the love of GOD, I really wish they would STOP sucking Mel Gibson’s dick. I know Mel needs his dick sucked all of the time, and if he doesn’t get it done, he gets really, really upset and starts smacking babies, women and trees, but does TMZ’s analysis of the plea deal have to include details like “Mel had been agonizing over the impending criminal charge…worried that a prolonged court fight would be a strain on his family, particularly his children. We’re told … even though Mel believed he could win the case — he struck the deal to protect his loved ones”? For TMZ, Mel = Jesus on the cross.

By the way, did anyone else read Vanity Fair’s article about Mel in the March “Hollywood Issue”? There are a bunch of really petty jabs at Oksana in that piece too, all said by Gibson loyalists. It’s worth a read, just so you can see Mel’s dwindling support in Hollywood, and how they defend him.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Lindsay Lohan just had a hearing in the case of the purloined necklace/probation violation. It was in front of the same guy who seemed to go relatively lenient on her the last time, Judge Keith Schwartz, and TMZ was right in their prior coverage that he wants jail time for her – eventually. She wore a kind of low cut shirt and black suitjacket with a big stone necklace pointing at her cleavage. At least she was dressed more appropriately, but when she walked out I could see that she was wearing a tight white maybe miniskirt pants, since white signifies her “innocence.” The outcome was that another date was set for a hearing on March 10. The judge said that if Lindsay settles and cops a plea at that time she’s definitely going to jail. If she doesn’t settle, she’ll be seeing a different judge on a later date named Judge Sautner. This sh*t never ends. The highlights from Judge Scwartz’s speech include:

I’ve never met you before [your last hearing]. I treat all people the same

Number One, this case does involve jail time
If you plead in front of me, if this is resolved in front of me, you are going to jail, period. If the case settles here, you will be going to jail.

Number Two, if this case doesn’t resolve here… Judge Sautner will impose sentence.

There is going to be jail time in this case, the issue is what it is.

I don’t want you getting back into the system…

I want you to reach whatever potential you have and move on…

I would like to have additional psychological information…

Such as [seeing a therapist]

You need to get a reliable trustworthy and reasonable sponsor unrelated to any of your family members. I need somebody unrelated to you who is not moved by seeing anything other than you succeed…

You’re going to come back in front of me one more time.
If the case settles, that’s great…

The one thing you and your attorney have to understand is that the next time you see me on February 10 it’s either to settle or set another preliminary hearing.

So Lindsay squeaked by again and was seen smirking (screenshot above) when she realized that she wasn’t going to jail yet. All that talk about how she would go to jail at some point was lost to Lindsay, because she was smiling and thinking of her next fix.

TMZ explains it better than I can as I don’t get all the details in this case, but apparently if Lindsay doesn’t cop a plea she’s going to have to go to trial at some point, and that means up to a year in state prison.

TMZ broke the story this morning … the judge will throw Lindsay in jail if she accepts a plea bargain.

Judge Keith Schwartz told the famous defendant bluntly, “I don’t care that you’re Lindsay Lohan.”

Judge Schwartz did not say how much jail time Lindsay would do if she cops a plea.

And, Judge Schwartz wants a psychological evaluation that will help him understand what makes Lindsay tick and what particular sentence is appropriate.

The judge explained … if Lindsay pleads guilty or no contest, it will be an automatic admission she violated her probation.

And the judge announced what TMZ first reported … Deputy D.A. Danette Meyers made a formal offer to settle the case. Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, will noodle over the offer before deciding, but the judge indicated Lindsay’s probably not going to accept the D.A.’s offer. As we reported, Meyers wants significant jail time.

If Lindsay doesn’t accept a plea, she’ll stand trial and if she’s found guilty she could get 1 year in state prison.

Lindsay is back in court on March 10. She has the option of pleading guilty and basically throwing herself at the court’s mercy.

[From TMZ]

I see her taking her chances on a trial and getting way more time behind bars than she would by pleading out. This is far from over.

Update: Michael Lohan is giving a press conference bitching about how Dina is enforcing her order of protection against him, and how she’s using her children as “ploys to mediate things and pawns.” He said that he hopes this goes to trial because all the evidence wasn’t turned over to Lindsay’s lawyer until recently. He said of potential jail time, “I don’t see Lindsay as a criminal. This is all a result of her addiction.”

Lindsay Lohan has a cracked-out hearing today. She’s appearing before a new judge today, Judge Keith Schwartz, and I honestly can’t remember if this hearing if for the theft or if it’s just for her old probation issues. I think it’s just for her probation, although TMZ reports that the cracked-out jewelry heist will play a part in the negotiations. That’s right, there are negotiations going on – apparently the DA, Lindsay’s nemesis, Danette Meyers is offering Lindsay a plea that would involve jail time plus three years felony probation. Lindsay and her lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley are all “The Crackhead must NEVER go to jail!!”

The judge who will determine Lindsay Lohan’s fate in the probation and grand theft cases will be the middleman in plea negotiations today between Lindsay and the prosecutor … and sources connected with the case tell TMZ … the judge thinks Lindsay should do time.

Lindsay will appear today before Judge Keith L. Schwartz, and sources connected with the case tell TMZ that during the hearing prosecutor Danette Meyers will present Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, with a formal offer to plea bargain the case.

Sources tell us Meyers has already told Holley any deal will include significant jail time … but Lindsay steadfastly refuses to accept a plea that involves time behind bars.

Sources connected with the case tell us Judge Schwartz will propose that Lindsay accept jail time for the probation violation and three years felony probation for the grand theft case. But here’s the BIG problem with that — if Lindsay gets in trouble during the probationary period, she’ll go to state prison.

We’re told Holley has not seen the surveillance video yet, but Meyers will present her with her very own CD tomorrow — before the hearing.

If Lindsay doesn’t accept a plea, the judge will set a date for a preliminary hearing.

[From TMZ]

I don’t know what to think. I’m beyond hoping that Lindsay will go to jail for any serious amount of time, although I do find myself having a smidgeon of hope that there will be some stunning sentence handed down that will make the crack tears flow like tequila shots on Cinco de Lohan (5pm any weekday).

Meanwhile, People Magazine is even calling Lindsay out on her crack-BS, noting how often Lindsay has been partying over the past week:

Explanations? Or excuses? Through Twitter, Lindsay Lohan has issued disclaimers when the paparazzi have caught her out in the wee hours at – or near – clubs. Just what she’s been doing post-rehab is important since the actress, 24, needs to put her best face forward in her ongoing court appearances for her grand theft case, stemming from the $2,500 necklace she’s accused of stealing.

Already on probation in a DUI case, the last thing Lohan needs is for the judge to see her as an unreformed party girl. A violation of her probation could send her back to jail.

Lohan’s nocturnal activities began on Grammy night when she attended a Nivea bash in Beverly Hills. “She didn’t stay long at all, but the party started late at night,” a source tells PEOPLE. Lohan was next spotted leaving Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel with Samantha Ronson after midnight Thursday.

She later Tweeted, “I was just at roosevelt to meet Samantha and say happy birthday to a friend. i take my sobriety seriously. please dont believe this accusations. i know the rules and i wouldnt risk probation.”

Then on Friday night, Lohan hit up an NBA All Star party at Station Hollywood where a source says, “She arrived on the late side with an entourage of six.”

The next night, Saturday, Lohan took in a show at Hollywood’s Hotel Café where her pal Ferras performed. After getting photographed again, she wasted no time Tweeting why she was out and about.

“Went to see my friend @ohferras perform and was talking to a future costar – just to be bombarded by paparazzi,” Lohan wrote. “So much for being normal – im now winded and headed home.”

The purpose of Lohan’s hearing Wednesday is to see if the theft case can be settled with a plea deal. The L.A. County Probation Department is expected to submit a report on Lohan’s probation status. If a plea cannot be reached, a new court date will be set.

Lohan’s mom Dina, sister Ali, and brother Michael Jr. have recently flown into Los Angeles, reportedly to be by her side for the court appearance.

“Lindsay wants her mom here because she is a bit bored,” a source tells PEOPLE. “She is also nervous about court this week because her lawyer can’t guarantee that she won’t have to do jail time.”

[From People]

Oh, Crackhead Junior is BORED. Let’s try to mix things up, shall we? Also: is anyone else slightly disturbed with the idea that Michael Junior and Ali had to fly into LA for the court appearance? There are several things wrong with that. First of all, I didn’t know Ali wasn’t living in LA. She lives in NY? She’s like, 15 or 16, right? And Dina is always in LA – so who is taking care of Ali? And you never hear about Michael Junior. You know that boy is screwed up. I mean, you just know it. Also: why are this collection of crackheads only have family reunions in courthouses? Ugh. Poor Ali.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kaiser and I were tuned in yesterday afternoon to see if Lindsay Lohan would finally get her comeuppance, but as you know by now she was simply given yet another chance in a lifetime filled with wasted chances. When Lindsay realized she wasn’t going to jail at that point she smirked involuntarily and I’m sure everything the judge told her about how she was just like everyone else was completely lost to her, since it’s not at all true. Lindsay wore a short tight white dress and told TMZ that it signified her “innocence,” which goes to show that she thinks just like a murderous bisexual stock character. Justice may eventually come limping after Lindsay, though. Lohan has another court date on February 23 and faces charges both for stealing the necklace and for violating probation for the umpteenth time. Oh and she’s back on Twitter of course.

She’s due back in court for Feb. 23. In addition to a maximum three years in prison for the theft charge, Lohan could be looking at jail time for possibly violating her probation from her 2007 DUI cases, which isn’t set to expire until Aug. 11.

Less than an hour after hitting the road, Lohan was checking her Twitter account, responding to a concerned-sounding tweet from Celebrity Rehab establisher Dr. Drew Pinsky. (Oddly, her first apparent tweet was a link to a photo of her and Kanye West, taken Feb. 4 at a dinner party for designer Giuseppe Zanotti, but that disappeared a few moments later.)

So what did the celebrity Twitterverse have to say about the embattled star.

“That lindsay lohan necklace is one crummy looking piece of jewelry for twenty five hundred. can barely see it,” quipped Howard Stern, a relative Twitter newcomer, having just signed up last week. “Felony grand theft? I would get an appraisal on that piece of junk.”

“I am mortified how @Lindsaylohan is getting attacked when she is so fragile and just establishing her sobriety. Not at all what she needs,” read the more serious tweet from Pinsky.

“@drdrew thank you for your support.. I appreciate it,” Lohan tweeted in response. And that post stayed put.

[From E! Online]

Is Lohan ever going to get serious jail time for her crimes, or will she continue to skate on the edge of the law, laughing, popping pills and pilfering things she thinks she should get for free? TMZ reports that it’s likely she’ll cop a plea that will allow her to avoid jail time. She just got more publicity for her latest crime than for anything she’s done professionally for years. If she wants to retain any sort of career she’s got a lot of work to do. Lindsay expects everything to come easy for her, though, and I doubt she’ll be able to make any sort of comeback. She’s just too entitled, too addicted, and too much of a narcissist.

Photo credit: WENN.com

I know this is totally going to ruin my day, because now I’ll be waiting for hours and hours, like a crackhead waiting for Crack Santa on Saint Crackhead’s Eve. So, yes, all media outlets are in agreement: Lindsay Lohan is going to be arraigned today on a charge of felony grand theft for her crack heist of a $2500 necklace. The arraignment will be held at 1:30 pm, Pacific (Crack) Standard, and Lindsay’s presence in court is required. I can already hear the crack wails now… but if that’s what I’m expecting, you know I won’t get it. Anyway, I’m already disappointed. TMZ announced that Lindsay won’t be handcuffed and dragged, kicking and screaming into a police car while Samantha Ronson points and laughs. There will be no “perp walk” – Lindsay is going to “surrender” at the courthouse when she comes in for her arraignment. Then she will have yet another booking photo taken (a new one!) and then she gets bail.

So… no jail, for now. The bail will likely be low, and Mother Crackhead will only have to hustle a little bit for the money. However, if convicted of the felony, Lindsay would end up going into a California State prison. I also think this “surrender” was probably pre-arranged. Lindsay’s lawyer Shawn Holley met with the prosecutor on Monday, and I suspect this is the arrangement that was negotiated.

Just a few more things – Mother Crackhead a “source” puts these words in Blohan’s mouth: “I honestly feel I did nothing wrong.” And “I’m pleading not guilty because I’m NOT.” Which is a telling double negative! Also, TMZ compiled a list of all of Lindsay’s known crack thievery but they didn’t even get to some of her most ingenious heists, like that one in Paris where she also “borrowed” some jewels – forever.

These are photos of Lindsay visiting the Santa Monica courthouse on Tuesday. She looks like hell, right?

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