Yesterday, I tried to sum up all of the sketchy, cracked out excuses Lindsay Lohan was making for her inability to fly back to Los Angeles to face her court date, which is today. Her lawyer claimed that Lindsay had lost her passport, and that they were trying to get some kind of emergency temp passport from the American embassy. Dina Lohan went to Radar and threw herself a little pity party because there wasn’t “someone in a higher echelon to help us” at the French embassy. Uh… French embassy? That would be necessary if a French citizen was caught in America. Not an American citizen caught in France. Ugh, Dina, f-ck your damn lies. Anyway, as predictable as this sounds, it turns out that the Lohans got caught out on their bullsh-t quick. Radar is reporting that according to the duty officer at the U.S. Embassy in France, Lindsay has not applied for a new passport.

Lindsay Lohan has not requested a new passport and may be stuck in France for a little while longer, RadarOnline.com has exclusively confirmed. Maryse Nebatti, the Duty Officer in Marseille for the U.S. Embassy in France, told RadarOnline.com that Lindsay reported the passport stolen but “has not requested a new passport.”

The embassy office in Marseille is the closest location to Lindsay who has been in Cannes promoting her latest role as porn star Linda Lovelace.

Lindsay’s mother Dina told RadarOnline.com that her passport was stolen and she was turned away from a flight back to the United States on Tuesday.

“This was not a planned scheme,” she said.

The U.S. Embassy confirmed that Lindsay faxed a copy of her passport to their Paris embassy but has not specifically requested a new one. According to the Duty Officer, neither Lindsay nor her mother Dina have contacted the Embassy, but a representative of hers from the United States phoned the Embassy in Paris at 6:25pm local time.

The Embassy closed at 6pm local time but the representative spoke to an after hours staffer.

Nabatti told RadarOnline.com that even though she has not received a request for the new passport, she has contacted the Consul to alert them of Lindsay’s situation.

“There is nothing we can do this late,” Nabatti told RadarOnline.com.

According to the Embassy, Lindsay needs to fill out the paperwork to get a temporary passport. That paperwork cannot be obtained until Thursday morning. Danette Meyers, the Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles who is handling Lindsay’s case, told RadarOnline.com that she will seek to jail Lindsay for up to 180 if she is found to be in violation of her probation. Lindsay’s mother Dina insisted this was not an excuse for Lindsay to get out of the court hearing on Thursday in Los Angeles.

“I’m exhausted… I’ve been up for the last 24 hours with Lindsay and her attorneys dealing with this,” she told RadarOnline.com earlier on Wednesday. “We are actively dealing with the French Embassy as we speak but unfortunately they close at a certain hour so we¹re trying to get someone in a higher echelon to help us.”

[From Radar]

Jesus, what cracked out drama. And for what? Because Lindsay wanted to party in France. Because she wanted to f-ck Dominic Cooper and pose on red carpets and do the heavier French drugs. And because she doesn’t give a sh-t about court appearances or even doing the very bare minimum to see that she doesn’t go to jail. Well, she’s still “stuck” in France. So she’s going to jail.

By the way, LaineyGossip did a really great, epic post about Lohan Drama yesterday and she pointed out several two points. One: “They were floating around the excuse that she might not make it due to volcanic ash. Please. The ash is only affecting flights to the UK. France to Germany and then connecting to North America – at press time – is fine…. She’s here because she’s an asshole.” Second point: “On the advance tip sheet for a party happening tomorrow night, her name was ON IT. So if she was supposed to be back in LA, how come someone told the party organizers that she’d be showing up?” Because Lindsay’s plan was to have a cracked out adventure in France all along. Wouldn’t it be awesome if she stayed there, a la Roman Polanski? Like, she would be a cracked-out fugitive from justice.

By the way, I’m doing these close-ups of her so you can see how f-cking dirty her skunky crackface is. Look at her filthy face! How do her ears get that nasty?

Lindsay Lohan in Cannes on May 17, 2010. Credit: WENN & ANG/Fame.

On Friday, we previewed an upcoming press conference featuring Gloria Allred, one of her clients, and accusations about Roman Polanski acting skeevy towards yet another underage girl, this time in 1985. Well, the press conference went on, and I’m sorry I’m just getting to it now. The accuser is a British actress named Charlotte Lewis, which, incidentally, is the name of a character on Lost, so that threw me off initially. I kept expecting to see photos of a redhead with “flash” trauma. But this Charlotte Lewis, the real Charlotte, worked with Polanski when she was 16 years old, on a film he directed in France called Pirates. During the press conference, Lewis claimed that Polanski “sexually abused me in the worst possible way when I was 16 years old.” Here’s more:

A 42-year-old British actress is alleging that “she was victimized” by controversial director Roman Polanski when she was 16 years old, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.

Charlotte Lewis, who starred in the Polanski film Pirates, spoke at a news conference Friday saying “he (Roman Polanski) sexually abused me in the worst possible way when I was 16 years old.” Lewis is represented by high-powered attorney Gloria Allred, who said she if Charlotte’s allegations are true, they “are relevant for his sentencing.”

After being a fugitive from justice for more than 30 years, Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009 for unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in 1978. He is under house arrest and is fighting extradition to the U.S. where he faces up to two years in California state prison.

Allred says “If Charlotte’s allegations are accepted as true; then Mr. Polanski was able to victimize another child while he was a fugitive from justice.”

The legal age of consent in Paris is 15.

Allred says she has taken the case to the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA District Attorney’s Office. While Lewis would not give specifics, she said “In addition to the fact that both myself and his previous victim were underage, I believe that there are other similarities in the crime that he committed.”

She continued, “Mr. Polanski knew that I was only 16 years old when he met me and forced himself upon me in his apartment in Paris. He took advantage of me and I have lived with the effects of his behavior ever since it occurred. All I want is justice.”

Through her 20 year career, Lewis was on an episode of Seinfeld and multiple TV shows. When asked if she was shopping a book deal, Allred responded by saying “next question.”

[From Radar]

It’s unclear what Lewis is trying to achieve. Obviously, by doing the press conference in Los Angeles after so much time has passed, it looks like Lewis isn’t interested in any criminal charges Polanski could have faced in France. Perhaps Lewis really is just interested in influencing the sentencing for the California case, and perhaps changing the conversation about Polanski in general. Personally, I don’t doubt Polanski had sex with a 16 year old actress – I think he likes to rape/have sex with teenagers in general, and he was only charged the one time.

Radar is also running two other pieces about Lewis. One is this interview with Lewis’s friend Jon Jacobs, who is basically acting as her character reference. Jacobs tells Radar: “I’m not going to doubt her. She’s not a liar.” Radar also ran a piece about who else Lewis has dated in the celebrity/Hollywood community. Allegedly, she dated Charlie Sheen in the late 1990s, which would have been pre-Denise Richards. She’s also rumored to have dated Eric Clapton and Eddie Murphy. Oh, and she posed for Playboy.

Promotional images of Charlotte Lewis from Polanski’s ‘Pirates’ in 1986. Credit: WENN.

Radar is reporting that another woman is about to come forward at a press conference today and claim that she was the victim of a sexual crime perpetrated by Roman Polanski. I think. We don’t know this woman’s name, but Radar says that she’s got Gloria Allred representing her, so I really don’t know what to think. Good Lord, is it Rachel Uchitel? Does Uchitel have a tape of Polanski telling her how much he loved her? Of course I jest. We all know that whatever happens, Polanski is the real victim, right?

A new woman is coming forward with sexual charges against Roman Polanski, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively. In what is sure to cause an uproar, the new alleged victim will hold a news conference Friday with famed attorney Gloria Allred in Los Angeles, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.

The shocking twist to Polanski infamous story comes as legal wrangling over his 1977 case has heated up with the filmmaker under house arrest in Switzerland, fighting extradition to the U.S. where he faces up to two years in California state prison.

In 1978, Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. He reached a plea bargain deal but when the judge in that case said he would renege on the deal, Polanski fled to France. He has been a fugitive since then.

He was arrested in Switzerland on September 26, 2009.

It is not yet known if the new woman will charge that she was underage when she was allegedly the victim of a sexual crime by Polanski.

Polanski has long been a controversial figure, celebrated for his art and demonized for his actions with an underage girl and subsequent flight from the United States and avoiding punishment.

Now, with new sexual charges about to be leveled against him, the controversy surrounding Polanski is certain to erupt and grow. RadarOnline.com will continue to update the story as it develops.

[From Radar]

This is kind of a non-story until we know the exact nature of what this woman is alleging. It could seriously be anything from sexual harassment to statutory rape to infidelity to bullsh-t. I can’t say that having Gloria Allred for an attorney at this point really gives this whole thing an air of credibility, but I’ll save my judgment until I hear this woman’s story.

Throughout the 2009 awards season, I was somewhat amazed at how well Anne Hathaway had rebounded after her disastrous relationship with her con artist, fraud and thief boyfriend Raffaello Follieri. Not only was she nominated for every major award last year, but after Follieri was charged and put in jail, no one really asked Anne about it. Anne certainly behaved with class during the situation, and at some point last year, she began dating a very low-key dude named Adam Shulman. Did I say “low-key”? I meant “art thief”. Yes, Anne’s new boyfriend might be as much of a criminal as Follieri. Except not really – Shulman is just being accused of stealing a part of an outdoor mural in NYC, not of bilking millions of dollars from some of the most influential people in the world. Here’s more:

Can’t Anne Hathaway — one of Hollywood’s most angelic and seemingly nice young actresses — just find a guy without some sort of criminal implications?

The ‘Alice in Wonderland’ starlet is stuck in the middle of more headlines thanks to a significant other, as her new boyfriend Adam Shulman allegedly took off with part of a painted mural. Unfortunately for Shulman, someone else claims the mural is his property, and is going to press charges unless it’s returned.

According to the New York Post, H&H Builders president Ken Hart claims the artwork painted by infamous New York City street artist Mr. Brainwash was taken from him by Mr. Shulman, but in true forgive-and-forget fashion, promises that “if he brings me back the art, it’s over … But if he doesn’t, I’m going to the police to report it stolen!”

For Hathaway, this must be a blatant reminder of her romantic woes past. She previously was in a long-term relationship with Raffaello Follieri, who is currently serving jail time after he pled guilty to fraud charges. Follieri was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for bilking investors out of nearly $4 million in a real estate scam.

Just how did he scam all that money? Follieri told his investors that because he had ties to the Vatican, he could easily secure church property for well below market value.

Hathaway has kept mostly mum about Follieri since splitting with him months before his sentencing. She did reference him in an Independent interview, saying: “The worst thing that happens to you can be the best thing for you, if you don’t let it get the best of you.”

She even joked about her dating record while on ‘The Late Show With David Letterman.’ After being grilled by Dave about Follieri, Hathaway joked: “You do have to give me credit because as far as relationships crashing and burning goes, c’mon, I did pretty great. I mean, scorched that earth!”

Here’s wishing Miss Hathaway a happy and drama free future with whoever her man of choice is.

[From PopEater]

It sounds more like a prank or a shenanigan rather than an art heist. Although if it was taken from private property, I guess Adam should have known better? Anyway, Shulman should return the mural and all will be forgiven. Even if he doesn’t, he’s still got a way to go before he’s a Follieri-type con artist/criminal mastermind.

At this point, it’s kind of easier to make a list of things that Lindsay Lohan has NOT stolen. The latest item that Lindsay is accused of stealing is a $35,000 Rolex which belonged to one of her “friends”. Seriously, TMZ put “friends” in quotes, like they can’t believe it either. Like “if you were really Lindsay’s friend you would know she’s a cracked out jewel thief.” So, let’s add “Rolex” to our list of sh-t that Lindsay has stolen throughout the years: a fur coat, clothing and leggings designs, $10,000 worth of clothes from a friend, thousands of dollars worth of jewels in Paris, $400,000 worth of jewelry from a magazine shoot, and those are only the ones I could find in a quick 2-minute search. Ugh. Here’s more from the Rolex heist:

Lindsay Lohan has been named a suspect in the theft of a $35,000 Rolex watch, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

We’re told the watch belongs to one of Lindsay’s “friends,” who accidentally left it at Lindsay’s house earlier this year — and never got it back.

But sources tell us that cops have photographic evidence which could prove Lindsay knows exactly where the Rolex went. We’re told cops rolled over to Lohan’s pad Wednesday to question the actress about the Rolex — but Lindsay denied any involvement in the theft.

So far, no arrests have been made in the case — but it’s another major issue for Lohan … who seems to be in a downward spiral.

Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, tells TMZ, “The allegations are completely untrue.”

[From TMZ]

Wow, Lindsay still has a lawyer! There’s a silver lining, I suppose. But this Holley dude isn’t the same one who filed the milkaholic lawsuit! Oh, Lindsay must have multiple lawyers to cover up all of her cracked out shenanigans.

Oh, TMZ just updated their story - apparently the cops have a photo of Lindsay wearing the stolen Rolex. TMZ thinks that the photo could be from last week, when Lindsay was doing some cracked out shopping instead of making an appearance at her deposition – but TMZ doesn’t know if it’s the same allegedly stolen watch. Look at me, I dropped an “allegedly” on Lindsay! F-ck me, I know she did it. Here are photos from the same day, with Lindsay wearing this watch that could be the stolen one:

Lindsay on April 14, 2010 in LA, Credit: WENN.

The violent demon from hell known as The Naomi has struck again. This time she attacked a camera… no mention of the person handling the camera, but Naomi does have a way of handling objects so that people get hurt. Could a camera be the bedazzled Blackberry? Who knows. The backstory on Naomi’s attack is pretty interesting: she was being interviewed by ABC about blood diamonds, and whether she received a huge blood diamond from genocidal madman Charles Taylor. Naomi denied that she got a blood diamond, but she has also refused to testify at Taylor’s war crimes tribunal. When asked repeatedly about it during an interview, Naomi then attacked the camera. F-cking bitch.

Naomi Campbell’s violent outbursts are truly going global.

The supermodel threw a punch at an ABC News camera and stormed out of a heated interview over an international controversy involving “blood diamonds,” deposed African despot Charles Taylor and crimes against humanity.

Campbell has been accused of receiving a “huge,” uncut “blood diamond” from the dictator; she denied the allegation and has also refused to cooperate in Taylor’s international trial for crimes against humanity.

“I didn’t receive a blood diamond and I’m not going to speak about that,” Campbell spat angrily before storming off and punching the camera in the producer’s hands.

Prosecutors in the Hague in the Netherlands told ABC that Campbell has refused to be interviewed by the Special Court of Sierra Leone, which says Taylor (Liberia’s former president) killed and amputated thousands of people in Sierra Leone between 1997 and 2001.

“The diamonds made possible the continuation of the conflict,” a prosecutor in the case explained. Prosecutors charge that Taylor purchased weapons for his vicious soldiers by using the “blood diamonds” as currency.

Campbell’s involvement with Taylor was first pointed out by actress Mia Farrow, who told ABC News that the model bragged of receiving a “huge diamond” from Taylor. A lawyer for Campbell had no comment to ABC News.

Campbell lashed out at a limo driver in NYC last month, but no charges were filed. In 2008 she pled guilty to attacking two police officers at London’s Heathrow Airport; a year earlier, she was sentenced to community service for throwing a phone at a maid; in 2005, an assistant accused her of slapping her and beating her with a BlackBerry. In 2000, she pled guilty to a 1998 case involving an old assistant — who claimed Campbell assaulted her with a telephone and threatened to throw her out of a moving car.

[From Us Weekly]

Haul her dumb, violent ass to the Hague. She’s a horrible, violent, terrible person who should be in jail. Her crimes, tantrums, hissy fits, violent attacks and abuse are so wide-ranging, I can’t even properly sum them up – just go to our Naomi Campbell archives for a refresher. And it’s funny because she recently gave an interview talking about how she would stop beating people when she turned 40 years old. Ugh. As far as the blood diamond thing – I don’t believe her denial. She’s the kind of woman who would accept a huge diamond from a genocidal madman and think “He loves me, I’m fabulous, I won’t beat him.” And when we’re standing in front of the one dude who really deserves a f-cking beatdown, and you don’t follow through? That’s a war crime, in my book.

UPDATE: Sh-t, here’s the video. She’s a demon from hell:

The man who stalked and videotaped ESPN anchor Erin Andrews has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and ordered to pay a total of $12,366 in restitution. Andrews, 31, was victimized by 48 year-old insurance executive Michael Barrett, who booked hotel rooms next to her in three or more states, often filming her covertly from peepholes. His video of the sportscaster nude was initially pitched to adult websites and became an Internet sensation. In a statement to the court, Andrews said that the video will probably always be available online and that she is still “being victimized every day.” She said that she has nightmares and anxiety and has had to hire security for protection.

A Chicago-area man who posted a nude video of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews on the Internet – after filming her through her hotel door – was sentenced to federal prison Monday.

Michael David Barrett, 49, of Westmont, Illinois, received a 2 1/2-year term and was ordered to pay $7,366 in restitution to Andrews, who is also a contestant this season on Dancing With the Stars.

Barrett admitted that he stalked Andrews for 18 months, tracking her to at least three different hotel rooms in three states in 2008. He made the video after removing the peephole from her door in one of the hotel rooms and used his mobile phone to capture video of Andrews while she was naked.

At the hearing, Andrews told U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of the fear, anxiety and public humiliation that she suffers as a result of having been stalked.

“I’m being victimized every day … and I did nothing to deserve it,” she said, adding the videos will likely always be on the Internet. Real noted that Andrews will suffer for the rest of her life.

Prosecutors told the court that Barrett posted on the Internet another 32 videos that showed another 16 as-yet-unidentified victims.

[From People]

Radar Online has more of Andrews’s statement along with Barrett’s statement to the court. They also have a video of her press conference after the hearing. She said she’s pleased with the judge’s ruling given the parameters he was working with but that she would have liked a longer sentence. Andrews also emphasized that Barrett had many other victims. She said she received “A ton of letters from victims of stalking and video voyeurism that said ‘please fight this.” She also emphasized that she’s still dealing with the trauma from being violated. “Google my name, see what happens… I didn’t deserve this… The 16 other women [Barrett victimized]… didn’t deserve this.‘”

Can you imagine finding nude videos of yourself online and having no idea at first who recorded them? I really hope that Andrews’s civil lawsuit is successful, although it’s likely that the guy is completely broke now and won’t be able to pay much her more than the $7,366 dollars he was ordered to, if that.

After all that Andrews has gone through, she has something positive to look forward to. She’ll be a contestant on the upcoming season of Dancing with The Stars, which starts airing next Monday, March 22.

Oh, brother. The wild beast known only as “The Naomi” has attacked once again. This time, her victim is not some poor little assistant who “stole” $200 jeans and needed to be smacked in the head with a bedazzled phone. Nor was the victim a paparazzo who was obviously in desperate need of having his eyes clawed with Naomi’s Talons of Doom. Nor was the victim a Heathrow cop who happened to be standing around, waiting to be spit at while Naomi was trying to have a massive hissy fit. This time the victim was a limo driver who incurred The Naomi’s wrath by… driving her around New York. That seems to be it. He was just driving when The Naomi began punching and slapping the back of his head. JESUS.

Ill-tempered temptress Naomi Campbell allegedly attacked a hired chauffeur today who was driving her around the city, then fled the car once he called 911, police sources said.

The model was being driven by the unidentified driver at about 3 p.m. when she flew into a rage and hit him near the corner of East 58th Street and Second Avenue.

Police did not say what prompted Campbell to get mad and punch the driver. The attack caused the limo driver to call 911 to report the alleged assault. The 39-year-old Campbell, who was sitting in the back seat, then fled the car, police said.

Cops later interviewed the 27-year-old driver at the 17th Precinct station house, along with Campbell’s assistant, who had hired him for the day. The driver reported having “bumps and bruises” as a result of the attack, a police official said.

The former British-born supermodel has had some anger management issues in the past.

In February 2000, Campbell pleaded guilty in Toronto to an assault charge for beating an assistant two years earlier.

In another famous case involving Campell, she was charged in March 2006 with throwing a cell phone at her maid Ana Scolavino in Manhattan.

Cantankerous catwalker eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault for hitting Scolavino and was sentenced to serve two days of anger management classes and five days of community service cleaning up Sanitation offices.

In June 2008, Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service after she pleaded guilty to being abusive towards a British Airways crew at London’s Heathrow Airport.

[From The New York Post]

Oh, yes. The Naomi bolted. The police had to “canvass the area”. I swear to God, I heard the Law & Order “DUN-DUH” chang in my head while reading this. You know Jack McCoy is going to handle this case personally. As of Tuesday evening, The Naomi’s spokesperson told Us Weekly: “There shouldn’t be a rush to judgment. Naomi will co-operate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye.” Uh… more than meets the eye? You do know that you’re client beats people in the face and claws at their EYES don’t you?

UPDATE: As of 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, The Naomi is still on the loose on the streets of New York. Her limo driver, a 27-year-old dude named Miodrag Mejdina has not pressed charges, but police have still filed a harassment report. Radar has comments from the NYPD police commissoner: “We’re looking to talk to her. We anticipate that will happen,” Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told the NY Daily News. “He said Ms. Campbell had struck him in the back of the head or neck while he was driving, causing him to hit his head on the steering wheel.”

Naomi with her married lover Russian millionaire Vlad Doronin in London for the ELLE Style Awards on February 22, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Not content to simply tell the world that child rapist Roman Polanski “is not a predator”, Johnny Depp has decided to put his time and effort to freeing three convicted murderers known as “The West Memphis Three”. I won’t go into any depth about the crimes these three men were convicted of, because this isn’t a legal or crime blog, and the details of the case are really gruesome, but if you’d like to know more, try this or this. Basically, these three men were convicted (while still teenagers) of murdering three eight-year-old boys. The teenagers (dubbed “The West Memphis Three”) were thought to have committed the crimes because of some kind of satanic urges/rituals. Anyway, Johnny is the latest celebrity to take up the cause of the West Memphis Three, and will even appear on Sunday’s 48 Hours Mystery about the case.

Johnny Depp may have fallen through a rabbit hole. To promote his movie version of “Alice in Wonderland,” he’s advocating the release of three men convicted of murdering three boys in a suspected satanic ritual.

Depp will appear on CBS’s “48 Hours Mystery” on Sunday to call for reopening the case of the West Memphis Three — convicted as teenagers of beating three 8-year-olds to death in 1994 — because he believes they never got a fair trial.

Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison, and Damien Echols, who is on death row, have all spent 16 years behind bars. But Depp joins such supporters as Eddie Vedder, Metallica, Winona Ryder and the Dixie Chicks in arguing they were convicted because they were devotees of heavy-metal music, Stephen King novels and the occult.

Famously private Depp’s agreement to appear on the “mystery” news documentary show even shocked CBS workers, with one staffer telling us last night: “Johnny Depp on ’48 Hours’ — are you joking?”

But Depp, who’ll also be on “The CBS Early Show” Thursday to promote “Alice,” his new Disney movie produced by Tim Burton, says Echols is running out of time.

He says on “48 Hours,” “I firmly believe Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley are totally innocent. It was a need for swift justice to placate the community. Damien Echols is on death row to be killed by lethal injection.”

The “48 Hours” investigation will highlight supposedly crucial new DNA and forensic evidence which could potentially clear the trio, as well as alleged juror misconduct that contributed to the convictions.

A rep for Depp — who plays the Mad Hatter in the 3D “Alice” being released March 5 with Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover and Anne Hathaway — did not return calls or an e-mail.

[From Page Six]

I was vaguely familiar with the case, and re-reading some of the details reminded me of just how sketchy the prosecution’s case was at the time. I have no idea if these men committed the crimes when they were teenagers, but I do think they should definitely get a new trial. There’s enough new evidence, and enough evidence of wrong-doing in the prosecution’s case (including recanted statements and shoddy forensic work) that the best solution would simply be a retrial. I wonder if Depp’s involvement will make a difference?

Here’s a clip from Depp’s appearance on 48 Hours:

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Usher’s car was reportedly robbed of $1 million worth of Christmas presents about a month ago, including furs, jewelry and clothing and $20,000 worth of cash. This report sounds suspicious to me due to the added detail that two laptops were stolen that just happened to contain “the only versions of vocal tracks that have never been heard before.” Doesn’t that sound a little too convenient? Like who only keeps one copy of such important files? Usher was in Atlanta parked across from a mall when the goods were lifted.

R&B singer Usher had over $1 million worth of Christmas gifts — as well as laptops containing the only copies of new tracks he was working on — stolen from his car last month, reported Access Hollywood.

According to an Atlanta police report, the singer’s GMC Yukon was broken into on December 14 and over a million dollars worth of jewelry, $50,000 in furs and clothing and about $20,000 in cash were snatched.

But he told police he was most upset about the loss of two laptops, as they contained the only versions of vocal tracks that have never been heard before.

A witness reportedly saw a man pull up to the vehicle and break into the car.

The alleged incident is currently under investigation.

[From Parade]

Usher’s sixth album, Raymond vs. Raymond, is due out in February. Two singles have been released so far, Papers and Hey Daddy, and neither have done particularly well. Hey Daddy, out last month, peaked at 94 on the Billboard 100 while Papers, out in October, fared better at 31 and number 1 on the R&B chart.

It just strikes me as strange that Usher’s songs were stolen and that there are no other copies available. Maybe we’ll hear that his CD release date will be pushed back after the tracks were “stolen.” Also, who keeps $20,000 in cash in their car? It all has the whiff of fraud about it. It could have happened that way, though. Someone might have robbed Usher’s SUV full of loot along with his laptops. The fact that we didn’t hear about it for a month makes it seem more legitimate, like he didn’t plan it that way. The way I envision it, Usher was legitimately robbed but then he figured that he’d claim that the car contained laptops with some new never-before-heard tracks. That way, he could buy some more time on his album. Or maybe he just left a car full of a million bucks of stuff sitting across the street from a mall and was dumb enough to leave his computers and important files in there too.