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Nov 30
'07
OJ Simpson shunned by his children


OJ Simpson and two of his co-conspirators have pled not guilty to multiple charges including felony kidnap and armed robbery stemming from a coordinated holdup on September 16th of two sports memorabilia dealers in Vegas. Three of the other guys who joined OJ in the raid have accepted plea deals and will not stand trial with the others. OJ and his gang claim that they weren’t armed when they stole the goods. Prosecutors say they took tens of thousands worth of stuff that had nothing to do with OJ. A trial date is expected to soon be set.

OJ’s two children, Sydney, 22, and Justin, 19, are both away at college and neither wants anything to do with their dad. They are said to be “furious and embarassed” by their dad’s latest crie, which could land him in prison for up to 20 years:

“When O.J. murdered [Sydney and Justin’s] mother 13 years ago they were too young to understand what was going on.

“But now they are both in college and are aware of their father’s misdeeds.”

Sydney, 22, currently attends Boston University, while Justin, 19, is at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

“Sydney doesn’t really have a relationship with her father - it’s strained at best,” said the source. “She’s mortified by her father’s current situation.”

And Justin has confided to a pal he’s embarassed by his father, added the source.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 3, 2007]

Even if the Enquirer doesn’t have a source that knows those two, they’re probably right. It’s not like either one of OJ’s kids is rallying by his side and why should they? It may have been his stuff that was for sale, but he didn’t have to storm in there with a bunch of guys with guns to get it back. There’s been some speculation that he was set up and egged on to commit the crime, but he ultimately did it of his own free will. It will be interesting to see if any of those conspiracy claims come out in the trail.

Last week we reported that OJ was pleading with Fidel Castro to let him move to Cuba, where he could hide from prosecution. This whole story is just so bizarre, but this is the guy who committed double murder and helped make our society just a little more celebrity-obsessed as we watched him get away with it. It’s not like committing armed robbery and fleeing the country are out of character for him.

OJ is shown on 11/10/07 outside of court, thanks to Splash News.

Posted in Crime, Family, O.J. Simpson

Written by Celebitchy         See post for comments
Oct 24
'07
Did David Copperfield use his magic act to lure women?


People were wondering why the FBI raided magician David Cooperfield’s warehouse and seized his computer and camera after he was accused of raping a woman while in the Bahamas. It made sense that the FBI had jurisdiction because the crime is a federal issue since it happened outside the US and the alleged victim filed a complaint against Copperfield when she was back in the states.

The real reason the feds may have taken Copperfield’s effects may have to do with the insidious nature of the alleged crime. TMZ reports that Copperfield lured women for sex through his magic act, pulling some backstage and asking them a series of questions to determine how vulnerable and willing they were. Like Akon but with more panache, Copperfield is said to have used promises of appearing in his magic act to get women to submit to the first phase in his elaborate seduction:

Sources now tell TMZ Copperfield designed part of his show around “a system for picking up women.” During his show, David goes into the audience and chooses women to come on stage. We’re told that if David likes a girl, he’ll use code words with assistants like “mama” and “secrecy.” The assistants mark the women on a map of the inside of the Hollywood Theater at MGM Grand. After the show, the women are brought backstage — and that’s where the profiling begins.

The women are told that David may use them in his show when he comes to their hometown. They are then photographed with a digital camera, asked questions like, “What is your favorite men’s cologne?” and “Where do you like to vacation?” We’re told one of those vacation spots mentioned by staff is the Bahamas, where the accuser claims she was assaulted. Copperfield owns a cluster of islands in the Bahamas — which he bought for $50 million.

This may explain the FBI’s interest in David’s camera system and hard drive. If the accuser is a woman who was brought on stage, the FBI would be interested in a possible M.O.

[From TMZ.com]

Is David Copperfield a serial seducer that uses his semi-celebrity status and dimestore hypnosis to woo women? Does he get violent and aggressive when his intended targets don’t submit to his advances?

Right now it sounds like a he said/she said case, and while I usually side with the victim we may never know what really happened since she didn’t get the necessary evidence against him by going to the hospital after she said she was attacked. Unless more women come out and say that Copperfield forced himself on them too, there may not be enough of a case against him. He could have done it, he might be innocent and something else happened between them, and/or he could be just a creep and not a rapist. Even if he is declared innocent he’ll always have the stigma of a rape accusation hanging over his head, especially if he tried to get women to date him by using his magic act. How lame!

David Copperfield is shown performing on stage in Hollywood with his penis extension motorcycle on 2/2/07. Thanks to PRPhotos.

Posted in Crime, David Copperfield

Written by Celebitchy         See post for comments
Oct 12
'07
Uma Thurman’s Stalker Caught

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Uma Thurman’s stalker has been arrested, he’ll appear in court Thursday, after being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.

An obsessed creep has been busted for terrorizing sexy screen star Uma Thurman with a campaign of stalking that included camping outside her house, invading a movie set and penning a bizarre drawing in which she was depicted digging a grave, court papers allege.

Jack Jordan, 35, of California believed that he “loved” the “Kill Bill” star ever since he started stalking her two years ago. He eventually left a letter at her Manhattan apartment that contained a bone-chilling threat, the papers said.

“I feel afraid that if I see you out again with another man, I will want to kill myself. Maybe even after we meet,” he wrote in the missive left at her building last month.

FOXnews

The report actually reads like a complete movie cliché of a stalker – the threats about killing themselves, seeing her with another man would drive him over the edge, time spent by the stalker in a mental hospital, before coming out and lingering near the victims home. Hopefully it doesn’t act out like a Hollywood film for Uma, where her stalker would be deemed not a threat in the eyes of the law. Then he’d continue stalking the successful single woman, being rather more clever and not leaving any evidence for police, so when he breaks into her house and her distressed call is made from her apartment it’s ignored. Then they battle it out in her house, running upstairs, when the exit is down, dramatically leaping down fire escapes, probably doing something nasty to her cat, before she kills him accidentally so she can never be prosecuted. Or she’ll be recued by that guy who she isn’t engaged to, and the movie ends with a wedding, and a man watching her creepily from the shadows. I always like a crap sequel.

I think I’ve missed my true calling. I feel a script coming on…

Anyway, I hope you’re fine Uma. Maybe I’d cast you in my movie. In the meantime she’s busy filming The Accidental Husband and My Zinc Bed, and hosting the Fashion Rocks for the Prince’s Trust 2007 event.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Uma is shown in the header image on 7/7/07 at Valentino Garavani Fashion Show/

Posted in Crazy, Crime, Uma Thurman

Written by Helen         See post for comments
Oct 5
'07
Designer indicted on 59 sex assault charges

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Anand Jon Alexander, founder and designer of the celebrity-loved clothing line Anand Jon, has been charged with 59 counts of sexual assault involving 28 different victims. There’s a mix of felony and misdemeanor counts, and the charges include everything from rape to battery to committing a lewd act on a child. It’s just disgusting. Alexander’s website is still up, in which he has lots of pictures of himself posing with celebrities (including a very bleary-eyed Paris Hilton in what appears to be a pretty old photo). Basically the guy would find women on the internet, lure them over to his place with promises of modeling opportunities, and then attack them. But of course according to his lawyers, a lot of the women are making these claims to become famous. I can think of few things I’d less like to become famous for than that, and I’m guessing all women are with me.

“Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was indicted on 59 counts of sexual assault in a move prosecutors said Thursday would keep his accusers from having to testify at a preliminary hearing. Prosecutors previously charged Alexander with more than 40 felony and misdemeanor counts involving 18 victims that included rape, sexual battery and committing a lewd act on a child. He pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges. The indictment, unsealed Thursday, added two more victims to the original case, bringing the total number of victims to 20, and said the crimes targeted women and girls from 15 to 27 between November 2002 and March 2007.

“Alexander, 33, is suspected of meeting women on the Internet then assaulting them when they visited with him about modeling opportunities. His defense has claimed some of the women made the allegations to seek fame. Alexander’s lawyer, Anthony Brooklier, said in some of the cases, the victims either kept in contact or met with the fashion designer after the alleged crimes occurred. ‘We think this is made up of whole cloth, the entire case,’ Brooklier said Thursday outside of court.”

[From USA Today]

The asshole is also under investigation in several other states for doing the same. Luckily the guy has been held in jail – he strikes me as the type that will just keep doing what he’s doing – but then again, most sex offenders are that way. This guy is so disgusting. That isn’t even a strong enough word. It looks like most of the celebrity photos on his site are reasonably old, so hopefully people aren’t associating with him anymore. If I were the designer clothing sort and had any of his stuff, it would currently be residing in the fire pit in the backyard with a healthy layer of kerosene and fire.

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Posted in Anand Jon Alexander, Crime, Legal Troubles

Written by JayBird         See post for comments
Oct 3
'07
Nicolas Cage wakes up to find a strange man in his house… wearing his coat

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Note by Celebitchy: Both Helen and JayBird covered this, so here’s Helen’s take on it, followed by JayBird.


Sometimes even a gated community isn’t enough. Sometimes you just need some security, and police, and I don’t know – a rottweiler? Nicolas Cage at least had the first two when an intruder broke into his house at 1:30am Monday. His wife Alice Kim and son Kal-El were also in the home at the time.

Robert Furo was charged with residential burglary and remanded to jail on 100,000 dollar bail, after allegedly breaking into Cage’s oceanfront home in NewPort Beach, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of here, said the local district attorney’s spokeswoman Farrah Emami.

“The defendant, Mr Furo, is accused of breaking into the home of the victim, Nicolas Cage … and wearing Mr. Cage’s jacket” early Monday, she said.

Inquirer.net

Nick escorted the intruder into his backyard, and when he got there he discovered the guy was wearing his jacket. It must have been a nice jacket. Nick Cage likes them action movies, so I’m guessing he’d have a really nice home entertainment unit, you might steal that first. Or even his cell phone. Or some cash you found lying around. Not so for this intruder, not when you can have a nice jacket instead.

The intruder will appear in court on 10th October. He’s listed his occupation as ‘tailor’, so either he’s not so crazy and recognises the amusement of stealing only a jacket, or it was really a very lovely jacket and he simply recognised that as part of his profession.

Written by Helen, JayBird’s version to follow


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I’m sure being a celebrity isn’t all sweetness and light. I know we all would like to be famous, or at least rich, and most of the famous people we talk about here sought out their fame, and thus chose it, with all the good and the bad that comes with it. Still, there’s some freaky elements to deal with, like… stalkers! Now they say you’re no one in Hollywood until you have your very own stalker, and while it’s nice to know you’ve arrived, it’s probably not so nice to realize it when someone’s trying to slash your tires… or your throat. Nicolas Cage got a little bit of the weirdo action when he woke up on Monday morning to find a man in his house… wearing his coat. I gotta tell you, if I were to break in to a rich person’s house, trying on their clothes would not be my first order of business. Which makes me think this dude is likely crazy. Or just obsessed with couture who knows.

“Sweet dreams aren’t made of this. An Orange County man has since been arrested and charged with burglary after Nicolas Cage woke up early Monday morning to find the guy shuffling around his Newport Beach home. Cage reported seeing a strange male in his home to his community’s gate guard, who in turn called the cops.

“Newport Beach police told “E! News” that Robert Furo Jr. was wearing Cage’s jacket when the actor spotted him shortly before 1:30 a.m. The Oscar winner then escorted Furo outside, where officers took him into custody without incident a few moments later.

“Police said that there was no sign of forced entry and Furo didn’t give them, or Cage (minus the trauma factor) any trouble. The Ghost Rider star’s wife, Alice Kim, and their son Kal-El, who turns two on Wednesday, were also asleep in the house at the time.

“Furo pleaded not guilty to felony burglary Tuesday and is currently still behind bars. Bail was set at $100,000 and the defendant, who identified himself as a tailor, is due back in court for a pretrial hearing Oct. 10.”

[From E! News]

Well at least it sounds like this Robert Furo Jr was one of your nicer, better behaved crazies. There’s a sliding scale of crazy: the bottom being the guy who stands outside your house with binoculars, the second being the guy who walks inside, takes his pants off and sits on all your furniture, and the third being the guy that stabs you in the kidney. There is nothing between the pants-off guy and the stabbing guy. So considering that rule, it sounds like Cage’s crazy guy was right in the middle – the report doesn’t mention the sate of Furo’s underwear, so I’m going to assume it was around his ankles. I’m glad Nicolas Cage and his family are alright, though I’d recommend they purchase a top of the line steam upholstery cleaner, just to be safe.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Nicolas Cage is shown on the set of “National Treasure 2″ in London on 8/3/07. Thanks to PRPhotos.

Posted in Crazy, Crime, Nicolas Cage, Stalkers

Written by JayBird         See post for comments
Oct 3
'07
Life still sucks for O.J., and that still makes us happy

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You know what makes me happy? The thought of O.J. Simpson being someone’s bitch in prison. Yeah I know the likelihood that he’ll go to prison is pretty slim – it’s O.J. after all, he could go all Rambo on the inside of a police precinct and somehow get away with it. And I know the likelihood that he’d be someone’s bitch is also pretty slim – but a girl can dream, right? And that’s my dream, because I have a frighteningly retributive nature. But after the thought of O.J. going to prison and O.J. bending over, the thing that makes me the next happiest is O.J. losing all his stuff to Fred Goldman & Company. I can’t believe the Juice has been able to live his lavish lifestyle for so long, but better late than never.

“A California judge on Tuesday ordered the ex-football hero to fork over a Rolex watch, among other items, to help satisfy the $33.5 million judgment for the wrongful deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. David Cook, a lawyer for Goldman’s father, Fred, said after Tuesday’s hearing that the Submariner Rolex could be worth anywhere from $5,000 to $20,000. ‘In this case, if it’s Mr. Simpson’s, then it would be ours,’ Cook told reporters outside the Santa Monica courthouse. Simpson’s Los Angeles-based attorney, Ronald Slates, expressed doubts about the Rolex’s authenticity and said he had already collected the timepiece from his client and planned to turn it over to Goldman’s camp by Tuesday afternoon. ‘Know any Rolex watches that sell for 125 bucks?’ he asked, noting that’s the amount Simpson told him he paid for it. But the lawyer conceded that if it is a knockoff, ‘it’s a pretty good copy.’”

[From E! News]

The very best part? If any of that “sports memorabilia” that Simpson was arrested for trying to steal back is found to actually belong to him, he has to surrender it – so he loses either way. Party up in here!

“Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg also ordered the Naked Gun star to surrender any of the memorabilia from last month’s purported Las Vegas heist that is found to belong to Simpson. He is currently facing 11 criminal counts, ranging from armed robbery to kidnapping, for taking the items. Simpson, 60, has proclaimed his innocence, stating that all the mementos belonged to him and he was just conducting a ‘sting operation’ to get them back.

“As for the cache of memorabilia, Slates said he had no way of handing over any of it because Las Vegas police have confiscated it for evidence. Cook countered that Rosenberg’s ruling states that should Simpson be found to own any of the disputed collectibles, which reportedly includes footballs, jerseys and photos, then they must be given to the Goldmans. ‘As we said earlier, Mr. Simpson is going to walk out of Las Vegas bust. You’ve always heard that expression,’ Cook added. ‘He’s not walking away with that sports memorabilia. That’s what the judge ordered, and he’s going to literally walk away empty-handed for all his trouble.’”

[From E! News]

I wish you all could see my happy dance. It’s very undignified, completely unhinged, and totally worth it. I love to see this wife-battering murderer getting what he deserves. I doubt much of anything will wipe the smug grin off his face, but maybe living in a box down by the river might be a good start.
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Posted in Crime, Justice, Legal Issues, Legal Troubles, Money, O.J. Simpson

Written by JayBird         See post for comments
Oct 2
'07
Lou Pearlman, who created NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, is a pedophile

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Lou Pearlman has been in a Florida jail since June after he was finally arrested for a ponzi scheme in which he took hundreds of millions of dollars from investors and just moved it around without investing it, taking at least $150 million for himself. He was on the run from the law for eight months on that charge, having been seen in June Indonesia by German tourists, who tipped off authorities.

He’s best known for starting the careers of several successful boy bands, including NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Take 5, and LFO. Pearlman screwed all the musical acts he represented out of significant shared of income, using legal tactics and methods to take 75% of revenue off the top, and insure he received an ongoing percentage of merchandise and tour revenue. Every musical act he’s worked with except one has sued him.

Pearlman also started a talent search agency that bilked people out of millions. It was the subject of multiple lawsuits and was eventually closed by the state of Florida.

Not only is Pearlman an accomplished con artist, he’s said to be a pedophile too. There’s an upcoming story in Vanity Fair, covered by Page Six today, that details alleged incidents of molestation of the young boys Pearlman worked with:

“I would absolutely say the guy was a sexual predator. All the talent knew what Lou’s game was,” Steve Mooney, an aspiring singer who was Pearlman’s assistant, told VF’s Bryan Burrough. “Some guys joked about it. I remember [one singer] asking me, ‘Have you let Lou [fellate] you yet?’ ”

Mooney said he once asked Pearlman, who was known as “Big Poppa,” what it would take for him to get into a band. “I’ll never forget this as long as I live. He leaned back in his chair, in his white terry cloth robe and white underwear, and spread his legs,” Mooney told Burrough. “And then he said, and these were his exact words, ‘You’re a smart boy. Figure it out.’ ” Mooney added that a singer groped by Pearlman told him, “Look, if a guy wants to massage me, and I’m getting a million dollars for it, you just go along with it. It’s the price you got to pay.”

Phoenix Stone, an early member of the Backstreet Boys, tells Vanity Fair Pearlman was “definitely inappropriate” with Nick Carter. Nick’s mom, Jane Carter, wouldn’t get into specifics, but said, “Certain things happened and it almost destroyed our family. I tried to warn everyone. I tried to warn all the mothers . . . I tried to expose him for what he was years ago.”

Tim Christofore, a member of Take 5, recalls that during a sleepover at Pearlman’s house, the music czar swan-dived onto his and another boy’s bed and wrestled with them wearing only in a towel, which came off. “We were like, ‘Ooh, Lou, that’s gross.’ What did I know? I was 13,” Christofore told Vanity Fair.

Rich Cronin, lead singer of LFO, recalled Pearlman told him of an “ancient massage technique that if I massage you and we bond in a certain way, it will strengthen your aura.”

[From NYPost.com]

And as I was researching this story, I came across a statement by Justin Timberlake in a 2006 interview with Rolling Stone. Timberlake got his start in the business in the band NSYNC, managed by Pearlman. He said “Looking back at those days… I was being monetarily raped by a Svengali.” [From Wikipedia]

This guy should go away for the rest of his life. It turns my stomach to think of someone taking advantage of young boys like that. The only way he could be a lower form of human is if he was a serial killer, but he’s not too far from that level.

Posted in Backstreet Boys, Crime, Justin Timberlake, Lou Pearlman, NSYNC

Written by Celebitchy         See post for comments
Oct 1
'07
Michelle Rodriguez may end up back in women’s jail… just like she likes it

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Michelle Rodriguez seems hell-bent on her whole “I’m the victim” “the system is the problem” line of thought when it comes to her DUI conviction. Michelle has a pretty involved rap sheet that began long before her most recent DUI arrest in Hawaii while she was filming “Lost.” In 2002, she was arrested for assault after getting into a physical fight with her then-roommate. The roommate refused to press charges. In 2003, she was charged with eight misdemeanors including hit and run and a DUI. She pleaded no contest to the hit and run, DUI, and driving with a suspended license. Want to know how much time she spent in jail? A grueling 48 hours. She also had to do community service in two New York City morgues, and finished a three-month alcohol program. As a result, Rodriguez was placed on probation for three years. So all she had to do at that point was just not drink and drive and run people over. Sounds fairly easy, right? Well apparently not so much.

Between August 24th and October 1st 2005, Rodriguez was pulled over three times in Hawaii for speeding, and given tickets for doing 83 mph in a 55 zone, 90 mph in a 35 zone, and 80 mph in a 50 zone. But did that hamper her style? Nope. Because she then decided to outdo herself and drive home (speeding, naturally) after drinking. She was charged with a DUI and eventually pleaded guilty. And you know what really says a lot about her character? Rodriguez chose to pay a $500 fine and go to jail for five days instead of having to do 240 hours of community service. Because isn’t jail always better than doing something good for others?

That arrest was a violation of her previous probation, so Rodriguez was back to jail for the probation violation as well. Though she was sentenced to 60 days in jail, she only spent a matter of hours in what I can only assume was the lady’s shower, before she was released due to overcrowding. Rodriguez also had to serve 30 days of community service and work with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, along with wearing an alcohol-detecting ankle monitor, which she repeatedly bitched about publicly, comparing the experience to George Orwell’s novel “1984.”

But Michelle’s hatred of helping others has hampered her again: it appears she hasn’t actually done all of her community service, and hasn’t done her required alcohol education program.

“Rodriguez went to court Friday to answer to the latest claims by the city attorney’s office, which said the former ‘Lost’ actress submitted a document stating she performed community service on Sept. 25, 2006, but later admitted she was actually in New York City that day. If she is found to have violated terms of her probation, Rodriguez could face between 477 to 537 days in county jail and a $2,000 fine. Rodriguez, 29, kept quiet in court as her attorney, Richard Beale, argued that she performed 30 days of community service and said ‘a clerical error’ caused the discrepancy in the paperwork.

“Superior Court Judge Daviann L. Mitchell granted Beale’s request to call two county sheriff’s supervisors who signed off on her community service forms to testify. A hearing was set for Oct. 12. In August, the judge found that Rodriguez had not completed a required alcohol monitoring program and ordered her to perform 30 days of road maintenance work. On Friday, the judge noted she had not completed the program or the maintenance work.

“Beale said she is making progress, but the judge admonished Rodriguez to take her probation more seriously. ‘I’m not impressed with your completion schedule,’ she said. ‘There were 55 people here in court today and all but very few have completed their responsibilities. They work on much less flexible schedules than you do.’”

[From Yahoo! News]

I hope Michelle Rodriguez goes back to jail. I bet she hopes so too. (In case you’re missing all the snide references - or just don’t follow Michelle Rodriguez with the macabre fascination that I do - she’s a sorta-closeted lesbian. Hence all the women’s prison and women’s shower jokes. Because I’m sophisticated like that). She’s talked a lot about how ridiculous and unfair the system is, and has written on her blog ad nausea about it. Honey, if you don’t like it, stop drinking. Stop hitting other cars and leaving the scene. Stop speeding when you knock too many back and decide it’s a great idea for you to drive home… really, really fast. Then you won’t feel like a victim of the system so much… and everyone else won’t feel like they’re about to be your hit and run victim. See how everyone wins!

Picture Note by Jaybird: Here’s Michelle at the Miami Vice World Premiere in July, 2006. Header image of Michelle at the Los Angeles Municipal Court in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday. Images thanks to Splash Photos.

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Posted in Addictions, Alcohol, Crime, DUI, Drunk, Entitlement, Legal Troubles, Michelle Rodriguez

Written by JayBird         See post for comments
Sep 27
'07
Mistrial declared in Phil Spector case

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Music producer Phil Spector wears his crazy on his sleeve just like Michael Jackson. He just looks the part of a rich, unbalanced eccentric, but despite all the circumstantial evidence that he shot a B movie actress at least two people thought it was too much of a logical leap to declare the guy a murderer. After a trial that lasted five months, and deliberations for eight days, the jury said it could not reach a verdict and a mistrial was declared. The jury announced for a second time that it was hung on whether to find Spector guilty of second degree murder, and said they were divided 10-2. It is unknown which way they were leaning.

philspectorinset.jpgAfter a week of deliberation in which they remained deadlocked 7-5, the judge was considering giving the jury the option to consider an involuntary manslaughter charge, but it was not offered to them. Spectors lawyers said that would make the appeals case stronger and the judge agreed.

Spector was being tried for the February 3, 2003 murder of a B-movie actress that he picked up when she was working as a hostess at the House of Blues that night. Spector asked 40 year-old Lana Clarkson to come back to his mansion for a drink. She was found the next morning, dead in a chair in his foyer from a shot to the mouth. She had a .38 revolver at her feet and someone had tried to clean up the blood with a diaper.

Spector’s chauffeur testified that he saw him in the driveway that morning and that he said “I think I killed somebody.”

lanaclarkson.jpgSpector’s lawyers claimed Clarkson committed suicide and was depressed in the months leading up to her death. A friend of the victim testified that she said “I don’t want to live anymore… I want to end it.” Prosecutors note that Clarkson had her purse over her shoulder, indicating that she was shot when she tried to leave.

According to evidence submitted by the defense, the blood spatter pattern on Spector’s jacket shows that he was too far away to have put the gun in Clarkson’s mouth and pulled the trigger.

Spector has a history of threatening women and it’s possible he killed Clarkson, but at least two people thought there wasn’t enough hard evidence to convict him of second degree murder.

Spector is known for his crazy permed giant afro hair, but changed his look to a bowl cut toupee in March before jury selection. He is shown in the header image with his wife, struggling actress and singer Rachelle Short. They were married in September, 2006.

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Posted in Crime, Deaths, Phil Spector, Trials

Written by Celebitchy         See post for comments
Sep 25
'07
Nick Hogan fined $1000 for traffic infraction

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You know who I’ve decided I hate more than most people? Nick Hogan, Hulk Hogan’s idiotic son. He’s the one that thinks it’s awesome to drive double and triple the speed limit, even when he gets pulled over three times in one night. He’s also the one who was drag racing on a heavily used road and smashed his car, sending his passenger to the hospital and leaving him there, nearly a month later, still in critical condition. You are my Most Hated, Nick Hogan. I’m creating a special category just for you. I don’t care that you’re 17, there’s some people that you can just tell were born with a sense of entitlement, and no one else’s life will get in the way. Hogan plead guilty to a different traffic offense (he’s gotten about six in the short time he’s been driving).

“Hulk Hogan’s son, Nick Bollea, has pleaded no contest to a charge of speeding in a construction zone. On Aug. 10, a Pinellas Park police officer spotted Bollea going almost double the speed limit. According to Ron Stuart, a spokesman for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Clearwater, Judge William Overton adjudicated him guilty Monday morning and ordered a fine of $1,000, the maximum fine for the offense.

“The judge also ordered the 17-year old to complete a 12-hour driver improvement course within 90 days. Furthermore, the judge adjudicated Bollea guilty on a failure to wear a seatbelt charge and and fined him $73.50. The Pinellas Park traffic stop happened a few weeks before Bollea crashed a yellow Supra into a palm tree in Clearwater, injuring his passenger John Graziano, who remains in critical condition.

“Police say Bollea was speeding in that accident and are still investigating. No charges have been filed in that case.”

[From Bay News 9]

Way to teach a douchebag a lesson. Not that I’m optimistic enough to think that much of anything would get through to this kid, unless something drastic actually happened to him, instead of everyone around him. So here’s my solution: You. Me. Outside. You blindfolded, me with an awesome Revolutionary War musket that doesn’t always do what it’s told. At the end, if you keep your arms, you can keep your driver’s license too.

Note by Jaybird: Here’s Nick with an unnamed date at Aaron and Angel Carter’s birthday party last year. Talk about being on the Q list. Header image at the launch for Tiffany’s 2007 Blue Book Collection. Way to dress well for the occasion. Images thanks to PR Photos.

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Posted in Crime, Hulk Hogan, Nick Hogan

Written by JayBird         See post for comments
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  • hellcat: I’m too tired to get into the issue of gay/transsexual people having children, but look: can we please...
  • lola lola: True. She has the cutest face!
  • geronimo: See now, Ron, you’ve just made this story 100 times more interesting. I think I’d rather read...
  • Starla: Am I missing something? What about Maddox & the other kids? Kinda left out? B&A said they wanted to...
  • Ron: Ha, ha, one time homo experience, give me a break! Any man that engages in a foursome with his own brother is a...