A few days ago, rumors and reports began to circulate that Elisabetta Canalis’ name was being heavily mentioned during the course of an ongoing cocaine-and-hooker scandal in Milan, Italy. Basically, hookers/call girls/escorts were hired to hang out with rich clientele and VIPs in some nightclubs. Some of the hookers who got caught up in the investigation began dropping Canalis’ name, saying stuff like, “Yeah, I totally did coke with Eli a bunch of times, back when we both worked the scene” – not an exact quote, but something like that. These escorts were not necessarily paid in cash money, per se, but often got “paid” in coke and rich, generous boyfriends. Some of you complained that I implied too heavily that Elisabetta was a cokewhore. Maybe I did. But I still think she has cokewhore roots.

So… this could be a horrible scandal, or it could totally be sufficiently whitewashed. People Magazine hasn’t reported anything about it yet, but the story is on heavy rotation on other entertainment sites. Neither Elisabetta nor George Clooney has said anything about it yet, but E! News has some sources in the Clooney Camp to do a little mainstream damage control. Guess what? Clooney isn’t done with that bodacious ass!

George Clooney’s pristine rep seemed in danger of being sullied when accusations emerged that his ladylove was just as familiar with nose candy as he was with arm candy.

And while Elisabetta Canalis and her Oscar-winning other half have yet to publicly acknowledge the testimony that connects the Italian TV host to a nightclub cocaine and prostitution ring, sources close to the duo tell E! News that privately, she is “distraught.”

“I have heard that Elisabetta is distraught but that George is standing by her,” Milan socialite and party girl Francesca Biagini told E! News. “In Milan, everyone is talking about this. It’s a huge scandal and we think more celebrities will be named.”

Biaglini, a regular on Italy’s club circuit, made clear that while she routinely saw Canalis out on the town, she never once saw Clooney’s girlfriend du jour engage in any form of illicit behavior.

“Elisabetta was a regular at Hollywood in Milan for several years,” she said. “She’s friends with a lot of the models who live in the city. I last saw her there at a birthday party last year for the captain of AC Milan. I never saw her doing cocaine, but she’s always the life and soul of the party. She’s a fun girl.”

And while Biaglini never witnessed indiscretions on Canalis’ part, she is certainly not disputing the other claims put forth in the incriminating testimony.

“A lot of girls would come out of bathroom stalls sniffing and they would check their noses in the mirror,” she said.

Another source added that the club’s management secretly filmed the celebrities (and presumably, the less bold-faced names as well) on their bathroom drug excursions, so if footage of Canalis engaging in such behavior exists, it’s likely only a matter of time before it makes its way out.

“Perhaps the club manager was planning some sort of blackmail/extortion,” the source said. “That makes sense as he’s currently under house arrest.”

Whether or not any famous company is in his future remains to be seen.

[From E! News]

Ooh, I love the euphemisms! Whenever you see “model” read it as “hooker.” And then do a shot of vodka. And whenever you see “She’s a fun girl” read “She loves orgies, cocaine, rich men, whips, jewelry and anal.” And then do a line off of a hooker’s ass. Ah, Italia!

George & Eli on October 17, 2009, and on January 11 & 12, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Oooh, this is delicious! Elisabetta Canalis’ name has been mentioned in an on-going cocaine-and-hooker scandal in Italy. Radar has the specifics, but for added fun, you should try reading between the lines – no one is coming right out and saying Elisabetta Canalis (George Clooney’s current girlfriend, for those who don’t know) is a prostitute, but it’s certainly being implied. The basics: various Milan clubs hired a cadre of hookers to “help” the clubs’ big-wig clients spend lots of money on drinks and coke. These hookers were often “paid” in booze and coke. One hooker talks about doing coke with Elisabetta. Is it all connected?!?

George Clooney has a squeaky clean reputation but his Italian model girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis has just been implicated in a cocaine scandal that led to the arrests of five people.

RadarOnline.com has discovered that Canalis has been implicated in an Italian cocaine scandal where one witness testified: “I’ve done cocaine with other people including Elisabetta Canalis.”

According to one of Italy’s most prestigious newspapers, Corriere della Sera, an investigation was launched in 2008 into two Milan, Italy nightclubs that were allegedly running an escort and prostitution ring fueled by alcohol and cocaine. Those nightclubs were regularly frequented by celebrities.

“They [the girls] were brought into the clubs by the various characters acting as PR for the evenings to entertain customers at the tables of the private club,” prosecutor Frank Di Maio stated in the investigative documents.

“Their job was to encourage these customers to drink alcohol as to increase the table’s bill, followed up by sex off premises.”

Karima, a 26-year-old model from Paris, France testified she lived in Milan for over a year and ended up as a prostitute at one of the nightclubs implicated in the ring, The Club.

Karima gave verbal testimony to prosecutor Di Maio on October 21, 2008 stating she had done cocaine with Canalis, 31. That testimony was recently handed over to Judge Giulia Turri. (Clooney did not start dating Canalis until 2009.)

Using the investigation and testimony obtained in 2008, prosecutors were able to seize and shut down the nightclubs on July 26, 2010 as well as put five of the main offenders under house arrest.

The two nightclubs – Hollywood and The Club – were described as a “free zone” with “free cocaine for VIP’s” where celebrities considered themselves above the law.
“The VIP’s were protected, hidden…able to safely conduct themselves in any way, hidden from the court of public opinion,” Di Maio said.

“They were often given cocaine for free by those who want to sit at a table of famous people…they want the visibility that comes from being seated at a central table, and to be seen with models, or celebrities from fashion, entertainment and sport.”

David Guglielmini, Director of Vimar – the company that operates Hollywood – is one of the offenders currently under house arrest.

[From Radar]

Now, is Elisabetta Canalis a cokehead? Well, I think she once was, and might even still be. She seems like the kind of girl who tweaks it. But was she a hooker? My theory: yep. That’s how she met Clooney in the first place! Of course, the white-wash on this will be awesome. This might even be what gets Clooney to dump her. Fascinating!

Header: Elisabetta on July 3, 2010 in Milan. Credit: Bauer-Griffin.

Here are some new photos of Angelina Jolie promoting Salt in South Korea. Wearing another black dress, I see. It’s just kind of shapeless and shiny and it looks kind of like a fancy trash bag, right? And yet, it still kind of works. I hate her hair in these photos though. If she’s just going to let her hair be limp, she should have just pulled it back into a bun.

Anyway, Andrew Morton is still leeking random information from his unauthorized biography on Angelina, and I think that Morton might be the source of Star Magazine’s cover story this week. Apparently, Angelina did drugs when she was younger! I know, that’s so shocking. And Star Mag got the photo evidence to prove that she not only did drugs, but that she also liked to accessorize with dog collars and black tape on her nipples. SCANDAL!

While promoting Salt, Angelina Jolie has been photographed looking picture perfect in destinations around the globe — whether she’s leading her brood through a Tokyo airport or looking breathtakingly beautiful in a crimson dress at her Moscow movie premiere. However, Star has obtained exclusive scandalous photos that could spell the end of her relationship with Brad Pitt.

In the Aug. 9 issue of Star, on sale today, we have eight never-before-seen graphic photos — taken by a friend who she often did drugs with — that Angelina would rather forget.
In one set, the now-mother of six has black tape over her nipples and a dog leash around her neck. Others show her during a 14-hour heroin-smoking bender.

“The photographs are a startling reminder to Angelina of a period in her life I’m sure she wants to forget, a shady piece of her history that she’s kept hidden away, even from Brad,” celebrity biographer Andrew Morton, author of Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography, tells Star in our cover story.

Pick up the new issue of Star today to see the exclusive pictures from Angelina’s x-rated photo shoot and read our complete story about Angelina’s lurid past — including a contract killer, a psych ward, multiple lovers and endless drugs.

[From Star Magazine]

All this makes me think is that Angelina used to be a hell of a lot of fun to party with. Hey, Angie, remember when we put black tape on our nipples and got wasted? Good times. I don’t know exactly what this proves…? Are we under the impression that Angelina is running for office? Or that she’s denied that she ever did drugs or had wild sex or did crazy sh-t like play with knives and taped up her nipples?

More pics from South Korea:

Yesterday we saw Lindsay Lohan get booked into jail while sporting an orange spray-on tan, extensions she’ll have to remove, and ridiculously high belted peep toe boots. The sheriff’s spokesperson then issued a statement confirming that Lohan would most likely be released in less than two weeks, on August 1 or 2, due to overcrowding. At that point, she’ll be headed immediately to rehab for 90 days of court-ordered treatment. It’s a shame that they can’t add in another 76 days on top of that to compensate for the rest of her prison sentence.

Is in a cell right next to the reality star who robbed from her
The jail pod where Lindsay is being housed is in a section separated from the general population and is in the same area where Paris Hilton did her time in 2007. Currently residing in Paris’ former cell is a woman named Alexis Neiers, who starred on the E! reality show Pretty Wild and is serving six months for her role in burglarizing Orlando Bloom’s house. Neiers was part of the “Burglar Bunch” gang who targeted celebrity homes, including Lindsay Lohan’s. The sheriff’s spokesperson has refused to comment on whether Lindsay and Alexis are housed next to each other, but People reports it as if it’s a certainty. (Alexis has been faring poorly in jail and has had an allergic reaction to antibiotics along with losing weight.)

Paris Hilton told People that she regularly talked to other inmates through the vents while she was confined in her cell, and that they were sweet to her. Ironically Lindsay might soon be befriending a woman who robbed from her. It’s not like she’ll have much else to do in there.

You can send Lindsay books, mail and snacks in jail
Lindsay tried to enter jail with a copy of Hemingway’s “The Old Man & The Sea,” but was denied. The jail only allows books for prisoners if they’re sent directly from Amazon or Barnes & Noble online.

Lindsay is also allowed snack packs sent through an official program.

You can send books and mail to Lindsay via:
Century Regional Detention Facility
11705 S. Alameda Street
Lynwood, CA 90262

To get you started, here are a few suggestions for books to send to Lindsay. (I have not read any of these books and can’t comment on whether they’re worthwhile.)
Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism
Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry
Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery.

Lindsay will be able to take her prescriptions in jail
TMZ reports that while in jail Lindsay will be able to take Adderall for her ADHD and Ambien to help her sleep. Lindsay’s father has long said that his daughter’s main problem is prescription drug addiction. At least she’ll soon be off the very powerful painkiller Dilaudid – presumably. She’ll surely try to score something while in jail. She may not be successful in jail but if she’s sneaky, and we know she is, she’ll probably be able to get some drugs while she’s in rehab.

Lindsay is “having a difficult time” and is crying in jail
Lindsay’s on-again lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, issued a statement to People about how her client is faring. She said “Understandably, Lindsay’s having a difficult time adjusting as it would be for anyone. She’s trying to make the necessary adjustments to an extremely stressful and difficult situation. There were some tears.”

“Generally, the first two days in jail are the most difficult. I just kept reminding her of that. She’s doing the best she can.”

“Her spirits aren’t high, but I spoke to some of the deputies and they said Lindsay’s reaction is the same as anyone in her situation.”

My heart bleeds for her. (Eyeroll) I do hope Lindsay cleans up, though, and that she’s able to become a more humble and more sober person as a result. It’s a long shot for sure.

Header art courtesy of anonymous British artist PEN1. Used by permission thanks to BeautifulCrime.com

These are photos from a photo shoot Lindsay Lohan did with Complex Magazine, shortly before she came back to Los Angeles after the whole Cannes Film Festival/ “lost” passport scandal. Back then, I think Complex probably just wanted to do a simple Lohan story and cover, but it morphed into something wicked and somewhat hilarious. Basically, Lindsay did this horrible crackhead photo shoot, and then subsequently refused to give Complex a cover interview. So instead of just scrapping the piece, Complex released an epic behind-the-scenes rundown on how Blohan is the biggest baller/player/prima donna out there:

Rappers might be on that rock sh-t, but Lindsay Lohan is on that rap sh-t. Flaking on interviews? Check. Unrepentant bad behaviour? Check. Gully enough to ignore a bench warrant, come back from Europe for a legal hearing, and have her court-supplied alcohol bracelet go off at the MTV Movie Awards? Check and mate. She’s Weezy, Yeezy, and motherf-cking Jeezy all in one. Who else would choose her comeback vehicles to be Robert Rodriguez’s Machete and the Linda Lovelace biopic, Inferno? That’s gully on both counts. She may have been a Disney ingenue, but about five years ago she took a hard left, and we’ve been loving her for it—movies or no movies. So yea we’ve been angling to get her on the cover for a minute now. And when it happened? We’re about to remind people that they’ve been underestimating Lindsay. We’re about to ride out together, Bonnie and Clyde style. But some funny things happend on the way to making magic—and they reminded us that Lilo’s not lost, she’s just trying to hide from the vultures.

LOHANDEMONIUM: WHERE WE CAME IN…
1. Perez Hilton coins the term “Lindsanity,” making it a daily feature on his site, and puts Lohan on 24-7 death watch. For the record, we prefer the term “Lohandemonium”—and we’re glad Perez could see past the eye jammie Will.i.am’s manager allegedly served up last year. We’d have gone with the two-piece-and-a-biscuit combo.

2. Several news sources, including the AP, announce that they have pre-written Lindsay’s obituary so they don’t have to scramble at the last minute like they did with Heath Ledger and Brittany Murphy. Former friends of Lindsay are quoted as saying, “I expect the call any minute now that she’s dead.” We’re quoted as saying, “Is the reason that you’re ‘former friends’ because you’re so backstabby that she cut you off?”

3. Estranged father Michael tries to sell rumors about her sex life—that she had an affair with Tommy Mottola when she was 17 and that she’s HIV-positive—to websites and tabloids. When no one bites, he posts the “news” on his Twitter, only to later claim that his account had been hacked. You stay classy, Mike.

4. The Complex cover shoot! She shows up five hours late at 12:30 a.m.—earlier than we’d figured, actually. However, we don’t get to start shooting until 3:45 a.m. Which is cool, since we had some sobering up to do ourselves. We keed!

5. The two photogs shooting the cover send a press release to tabloids claiming that the female photog and Lindsay are in a lesbian relationship. It turns out the photographers are trying to drum up publicity for their Bravo reality show, but LiLo quashes the rumor. At Complex, we remove the show’s season pass from our DVR.

6. From the “When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong” files: In a hotel room during the Cannes Film Festival, Lindsay’s photographed near what looks like Fun Dip that someone conveniently shaped into narrow lines. On a mirror. Danny Bonaduce and Corey Haim’s ghost cluck their tongues disapprovingly.

7. She loses her passport while in Cannes, which causes her to miss the last of her alcohol awareness classes from a 2007 DUI and cocaine possession charge. News outfits delight in reporting that she’ll be jailed upon her return. Must be nice to know everyone’s rooting for you.

8. She avoids jail, thanks to a hearing that tabloids breathlessly report on. Included in the decision is Lindsay being forced to wear a rather clunky SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) ankle bracelet. It’s nicer than T.I.’s house arrest bracelet, but could still use a touch-up, so we ask KAWS to hook up an OriginalFake x L.A. County Corrections Department collabo. Still waiting to hear back on that one.

9. Not long after, she has her wisdom teeth removed, and goes on a Twitter rampage against detractors while recovering in bed. A wise man once said: “You wanna f-ck with me? You f-cking with the BEST!” And it wasn’t even DJ Khaled.

10. Meanwhile, in an Elle cover profile, fellow actress Kristen Stewart is quoted as saying that Lohan is “off the rails” and talks smack about the Lohan family. Because her joyless ass was cast in a bullsh-t tweengasm movie, and thus other people’s lives ARE HER BUSINESS.

11. Lindsay attends the MTV Movie Awards, rocking a pantsuit to cover up the SCRAM anklet. Thankfully, she leaves the twins subject to plenty of scrutiny. Then the shark that the MTV Movie Awards jumped over in 2005 jumps over another shark and sets itself on fire with a fat-suited Tom Cruise.

12. Later that night, at Katy Perry’s afterparty, the SCRAM goes off, ostensibly because it detects a spike in LiLo’s blood alcohol level. Her mother vehemently denies that Lindsay was drinking, claiming that the SCRAM was fooled by “too many energy drinks.” We once had too many energy drinks, and all it did was make our pee burn. Of course, that could have been herpes.

13. Street artist Banksy throws up a stencil of Lindsay with red paint dripping from her nostrils—and below it, in the Coca-Cola font, the words “COKE DIET.” No one notices it. Wait, no, it’s the f-cking Internet; the image gets passed around like a Dutch at a Rock the Bells concert.

14. Post-SCRAMgate, the judge sets LiLo’s bail at $200,000—and once again, all the magazines that enjoy running pictures of celebrities in Starbucks parking lots hold their breath waiting to see if she will serve time.

So here we are. As we go to press, it’s late June—more than a month since we shot these pictures—and we still haven’t gotten our interview. Emails have gone unanswered; the same for voicemails we left with her mom, Dina. The photographers’ agent, who’s known Lindsay for a long time, admitted to us that he hasn’t had contact with her for weeks. When you don’t have a publicist and your personal assistant resigns, it’s a lot easier to disappear. Look, Lindsay: hard as this is to believe, we get it. And when you’re up on the tightrope, and the wind is whipping around you, and the whole world is waiting—f-cking salivating—for you to fall, sh-t can feel cold. What makes it worse is that you’ve been f-cked by everyone you were supposed to trust, everyone who told you they cared about you and had your best interests in mind. It’s you against the world right now; We’d disappear, too. But know this: whenever you’re ready, we’re ready. And we haven’t given up on you. So yeah, world, we got that white girl. But don’t think you, or anyone, are gonna get more than she gives you. Ever.

[From Complex Magazine]

I’d never really thought of it that way, but they’re totally right. Lindsay is the biggest, most crack-drama-y player out there. Even DMX is like, “Girl, you better slow down.” And don’t you love that Lindsay was just too f-cking BUSY to do an interview? Like, she was busy maintaining her own crack drama, and she just couldn’t sit down and do an interview, okay?

By the way: tomorrow is Lindsay’s jail time. And how is she doing? People Magazine, The Bible of Official news has a source who claims: “”It’s been a rough weekend. She has not been able to sleep and has barely been eating. All weekend, Lindsay kept crying, chain smoking and chewing her nails. She is a nervous, fidgety mess, and her legal team, family and friends are very concerned about her fragile state. She’s been picturing herself in jail and she can’t handle the idea of it. She doesn’t want to go. She doesn’t think it’s safe. She doesn’t know how she’ll make it.” I’m playing the tiniest crack violin for Lindsay right now.

Photos courtesy of Complex Magazine.

Lindsay Lohan is still hiding out in her new lawyer Robert Shapiro’s “Sober Living House” and shockingly enough, there hasn’t really been any crack drama since she checked in. Her mom and Samantha Ronson continue to come and visit her every day, and Lindsay hasn’t been crack tweeting since Friday. Is this Sober Living House like a spa? Does she have anything to do but just lay around and smoke cigarettes and whine to whoever comes to visit her? I don’t know. But her new lawyer (Robert Shapiro) is speaking on her behalf, and he’s got some interesting stuff to say:

Lindsay Lohan has officially hired lawyer Robert Shapiro to fight the July 6 sentencing that will put her behind bars for 90 days.

“I have agreed to represent Ms. Lohan on the condition that she complies with all of the terms of her probation, including a requirement of jail time that was imposed by Judge Marsha Revel,” Shapiro tells UsMagazine.com in a statement.

Lohan, 24, entered Shapiro’s sober living home, Pickford Lofts, Thursday — five days before she is required to turn herself over to the authorities. Mom Dina Lohan and ex Samantha Ronson were photographed visiting the troubled star in the luxe Hollywood facility, where residents live in lofts with designer kitchens, Internet access and flat-screen TVs.

“Ms. Lohan is suffering from a disease that I am all too familiar with,” Shapiro — who started the center after his son, Brent, died of a drug overdose in 2005 — tells Us. “Hopefully, I can be of assistance to Ms. Lohan and Judge Revel in implementing a treatment approach recommended by medical professionals for Ms. Lohan’s long term recovery and sobriety.”

But according to Deputy Kathy Roberts, Lohan’s new attorney is not officially recognized in the eyes of the court just yet.

“The court has received no notification of any change of counsel status on the part of Ms. Lohan,” Roberts tells Us. “We haven’t heard anything about any documents being filed. We haven’t received any documents. Whatever [Shapiro] is saying, it’s unrelated to the courts at this time.”

TMZ previously reported that Shapiro will try to convince Revel to reduce or eliminate Lohan’s jail sentence, though Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers tells RadarOnline.com it won’t work: “It’s a moot point to ask Judge Revel to send Ms. Lohan to rehab only as Judge Revel has already sentenced her.”

[From Us Weekly]

So now suddenly Lindsay has a “disease”? I thought she was just a “child” who went out and partied like everyone else and that was completely normal and plus, she never did any drugs EVER and she’s in complete compliance with her probation and it’s always everyone else’s fault because they’re just out to get her because she’s so famous and she’s just a milkaholic and WAHHHH!!!! Right? Those are Camp Lohan’s usual defenses. But now suddenly Lindsay has a “disease”? So all of that other stuff was just crack lie on top of crack lie?!? And now there isn’t going to be any crack drama regarding a last minute appeal of the jail sentence? What is this? Could it be that Lindsay has finally come to her senses? Probably not. But someone is giving her some good advice. Slow clap for Robert Shapiro.

Oh, God. Here’s a photo of Dina leaving the Sober Living House last night:

Lohan photos courtesy of GQ Germany.

Instead of running a good Mel Gibson cover story this week, The National Enquirer decided to just go with a solid “Whitney Houston is a crackhead” story. This could have been written at any point over the last ten years, but whatever. There’s good dirt in here. Apparently, Whitney’s still heavy into drugs, to the point where she’s more crack smoke than flesh and blood. While Whitney was on tour in Europe, her entourage was pouring thousands of dollars into the local drug communities to support Whitney’s habit:

With Whitney’s drug habit raging out of control, her entourage recruited a drug dealer who sold her $6,000 worth of cocain during a tour stop in June, as eyewitness to the deal told the Enquirer.

Although Whiteny claimed to be drug-free during her interview with Oprah, she was actually high as a kite at the time, said a source. Now an Enquirer investigation has discovered Whitney has spent $6,300 a week on drugs – or $327,600 a year.

“Whitney is a dead woman walking! With the amount of drugs she’s buying, she won’t be able to live long. She’ll be dead in months,” her friend Marlon David told the Enquirer.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition]

The Enquirer goes on to detail Whitney’s various “health” problems that have hindered her tour, and then there’s this bitchy observation: “While most people expect a coke addict to be rail thin, Whitney is not. When she was photographed in London, Whitney looked bloated and sported a puffy face – conditions that sources believe are side effects of prescription drugs for her respiratory ailment that cause her to retain water and have a voracious appetite.” Just in case you confused Whitney’s weight gain with her being clean and hungry, I suppose. Just in case you had dreams of Whitney becoming the next Aretha Franklin, some big, beautiful woman who is all about the voice and the fabulous hats.

There’s also an interesting story about a drug buy in Denmark, allegedly witnessed by this Marlon David person, who is identified as a “party promoter”. According to David, in a very long-winded story, Whitney’s people called a Swiss drug dealer and offered him $6,000 to bring 200 grams of coke into Denmark so that Whitney could “party”. The dealer took the train – and it took 13 hours! Ugh, I’m sure there was a local dealer, Whit. The dealer, speaking to David, said that Whitney “was about 60 pounds overweight, her clothes were frayed, and she talked in a whisper.” I’d be talking in a whisper too, if I had to wait 13 hours for my dealer to arrive. But seriously this story is really sad. They just go on and on about all of the drugs Whitney is buying and using and how everyone thinks she’s going to die soon.

Back in June, I wrote about a funny, strange little story in the National Enquirer, a story that was all about how John Stamos is “taking six months off” to find out why his relationships never work. I thought it was interesting because Stamos is pretty cute and because it was interesting to think that a guy who seems to have his act together would need to undergo six months of “intensive therapy” to understand his love life. Well, I’m getting some answers as to why Stamos might have a problematic love life. Last year Stamos accused a young woman and her lawyer of trying to extort him – this girl and her lawyer claimed that Stamos had sex with her when she was 17 years old, all during a cocaine-and-stripper binge in Miami in 2004. The girl claimed she had photo evidence of the night. So… that could be why Stamos has a problematic love life, right? Anyway, the trial is about to start, and Stamos is expected to testify on his behalf:

A woman charged with conspiring to bilk actor John Stamos of hundreds of thousands of dollars had a brief romantic fling with him when she was a 17-year-old high school student during a spring break trip to Florida in 2004, an attorney said Monday.

Defense lawyer Sarah Henderson made the allegation during opening arguments in the U.S. District Court trial of Allison Coss and Scott Sippola, even though the presiding judge last week ruled that testimony about whether the “ER” and “Full House” star had an intimate relationship with Coss would not be allowed. Opening statements are not testimony and cannot be considered by jurors as evidence but allow attorneys to outline the case they will present.

Stamos, who attended the trial’s opening day, declined comment to The Associated Press but is expected to testify. His attorney, William Sobel, issued a statement through publicist Matt Polk that said: “The allegations made today in the courtroom by the defendants during opening statements will not be proven because they are simply untrue.”

Polk declined further comment.

Coss, 24, and Sippola, 31, both of Marquette, are accused of conspiring to extort $680,000 from Stamos by telling him they had photos of him with cocaine and strippers. Prosecutors contend the pictures don’t exist, and FBI agents testified Monday they found no such photos while searching the defendants’ house after their arrest.

Henderson and Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat agreed in their opening statements that Coss and Stamos met in Orlando, Florida, in 2004 — shortly after Stamos had separated from his wife, actress and supermodel Rebecca Romijn. The couple divorced the next year.

Henderson said Stamos, now 46, noticed Coss and another girl at a club, asked friends to bring them over and later invited the star-struck teens to his hotel room. Stamos ordered a drink for Coss even after she told him she was 17, Henderson said.

Two women who worked as strippers eventually showed up in the room with a bag of cocaine, she said, and Coss and her friend took a picture of Stamos bending over a table where the drugs had been laid out.

Henderson said Stamos and Coss later kissed on a bed and got into a hot tub together after Stamos undressed and Coss stripped to her underwear. She said Stamos offered to perform oral sex on Coss, but she declined. Florida law makes it a second-degree felony for someone 24 or older to have oral sex with anyone 16 or 17 years old. It carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

Stamos eventually became frustrated, broke a bedpost with his hand and left the room before apologizing and inviting Coss to spend the night, which she did, Henderson said.
For the next few years, they maintained a “flirty kind of relationship” by e-mail, Henderson said.

Vermaat also said the two exchanged e-mails “with some regularity” but did not discuss details of the alleged 2004 encounter.

Stamos received two e-mails last fall from a “Jessica T” who claimed she was pregnant and Stamos was the father, Vermaat said. Later came a series of e-mails from a “Brian L” describing allegedly compromising photos and saying they would be sold to tabloids if Stamos did not buy them for $680,000. Prosecutors contend Coss and Sippola sent the e-mails.

Stamos contacted the FBI, Vermaat said. During testimony, two agents described a sting operation that ended with Coss and Sippola’s arrest at K.I. Sawyer International Airport near Marquette, where an agent posing as a Stamos representative had promised to leave a bag of cash.

“This is really just a get-rich-quick scheme that is based on lies and betrayal,” Vermaat told the jury of eight men and four women.

Defense attorneys acknowledged their clients tried to sell photos to Stamos but insisted they had a right to do so and considered it a legitimate business transaction, not a crime.

“Human beings make mistakes,” Henderson said. “Not all mistakes are illegal.”

[From Fox News Pop Tarts]

Is Stamos’ defense that none of this happened? Or that he was partying with a 17 year old girl, but not having sex with her and not doing cocaine off of a stripper’s ass? We’ll see. As far as the charges of partying with a minor and doing coke and having some strippers over, I could totally see it, especially since Stamos and Rebecca had just broken up. Some people mourn their relationships with ice cream. Some mourn with cocaine, strippers and underage girls.

Also – why would you deny John Stamos the chance to go down on you, only to later spend the night with him and have sex? I’m confused.

So will John end up going to jail? Is he guilty of statutory rape? Could be. But the young lady and her lawyer didn’t do their case any favors by trying to blackmail Stamos.

Stamos on November 16, 2009 & April 25, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Does anyone else think that former “Pary of Five” actor Jeremy London’s story about being kidnapped and forced to drink and smoke crack is the biggest load of crap of all time? Despite huge holes and just plain ridiculous claims, London is sticking to his story – and riding the wave of new attention from the press. Radar Online is reporting that his bizarre tale has earned London a spot on the next season of VH1′s “Celebrity Rehab” – and a $40K payday.

Mallrats star Jeremy London, who was involved in a bizarre kidnapping where he was allegedly forced to smoke drugs, is checking into Celebrity Rehab, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

The 37-year-old has been the subject of sensational headlines since the incident on June 10. He claimed three men held him for hours, drove him around town, made him buy and give out beer and forced him to smoke drugs. RadarOnline.com reported exclusively that the same night he repeatedly and bizarrely tried to climb a tree at a hotel, abandoned his beat-up Land Rover and later tried to slap both his mother and twin brother with a restraining order, but it was denied.

London has a history of drug problems. In September 2009, he entered a rehab center for his addiction to prescription drugs. At the time of his bizarre alleged kidnapping, London was being randomly drug tested after losing custody of his son. His wife is Melissa is also being randomly drug tested.

But in March of this year, he insisted that he was sober. Now it appears that he’s fallen off the wagon and is ready to get some help from Dr. Drew Pinsky.

RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that London will be checking into the Pasadena Recovery Center on either Sunday or Monday. A source close to London confirms, London’s wife will be taking Jeremy to the center and will visit him periodically. Melissa has been to rehab twice.

The two have a rocky marriage and have lost custody of their 3-year-old son, Lyrik. Jeremy was living in a rented house with Melissa, until recently when he was kicked out by her landlord.

RadarOnline.com has also learned that London will be paid $40,000 for his TV rehab experience.

Although London starred in Party of Five and 7th Heaven, he has fallen on hard times and the Celebrity Rehab payday will certainly come in handy.

London joins Tila Tequila, Jason Wheeler, Jason “Gummi Bear” Davis, Playboy Playmate Shauna Sand for Celebrity Rehab 4.

[From RadarOnline]

I’m conflicted. On the one hand, I’m kind of looking forward to Dr. Drew calling London out on his BS story on national television. Dr. Drew may be a douchey famewhore but he doesn’t suffer fools -or bad liars – gladly. On the other, offering an addict 40 grand and a change to be on TV isn’t the best motivation for him to clean up his act. How about if London cleans up privately and focuses on getting custody of his son back?

Oh, and I just had to share this ridiculous interview London did with People, in which he claims that his “acting skills” kept him alive.

Jeremy London’s alleged abduction by three armed men who then forced him to do drugs seems like a crazy story – and the former Party of Five star knows it.

“If I heard someone saying this, I would probably doubt it as well,” London, 37, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview.

But he insists it happened, and shares how he survived. “I was acting my way through the whole thing, telling myself, ‘Just play like you are one of them,’ ” he says.

As London tells it, on June 10 several men helped change his flat tire in Palm Springs, Calif., when they pulled a gun on him, drove him around for 12 hours while making him take ecstasy and smoke meth – then stole his car. A 26-year-old man has been arrested in the case.

At the time, London was in Palm Springs visiting his estranged wife, Melissa Cunningham, 39, and the couple’s 3-year-old son, Lyrik. As part of his fight to regain partial custody of Lyrik, the actor – a recovering addict – says he’s been sober since last September and has been undergoing regular urine tests.

“I haven’t tested dirty ever,” he says.

But London’s family members doubt his story. “After hearing Jeremy’s account of his alleged ordeal, it only brings up a million more questions about what really happened,” his twin brother Jason tells PEOPLE.

[From People]

This reminded me of that movie “Team America: World Police” (you know, the one with the puppets?). There’s a character named Gary who is a stage actor that is trained to be a CIA agent. He uses his “acting skills” to infiltrate a terrorist organization…with hilarious results. “Great acting skills, Gary!”

I’m making a prediction right now that we will see a tearful confession by Jeremy London on a major news show by the end of the summer in which he admits he faked the entire story. Who’s with me?

Jeremy on Dec. 3, 2009. Credit: WENN.

George Michael has been busted causing an accident while drunk driving, ramming his car into three parked cars, passed out in his car with drugs, passed out in his car at a light, and trolling for sex in parks, public restrooms, and the Internet – which he freely admits to. He’s also been busted for crack possession, admits to smoking 7-8 joints every day, and finds it humorous that Elton John and Bono want him to go to rehab. All that considered, is it surprising that Michael ran his Range Rover over a curb and into the side of a photo store in London at 3:30 in the morning? (TMZ and The Daily Mail have photos of the aftermath, would could be worse.)

George Michael has been arrested after he crashed his car into a shop front in the early hours of the morning.

The Careless Whisper singer was caught on CCTV mounting the kerb in his Ranger Rover and ploughing into Snappy Snaps in Hampstead, north London.

Following the collision, the shocked former Wham! star climbed out of his 4×4 and waited for police to arrive.

He was not breathalysed, insisting to officers he had not been drinking.

But he is thought to have been tested for drugs at a north London police station, the Daily Mirror reported.

No drugs were recovered and the 47-year-old star was released on bail until August.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed: ‘Police were called at approximately 3.30am on Sunday to reports of a vehicle in collision with a building.

‘Officers attended and a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive.

‘He was taken to a north London police station and later bailed to return on August 13 pending inquiries.’

The incident is the seventh time George, who openly admits to being a cannabis user, has been at the centre of a police investigation into his driving.

Last year, he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence when his Land Rover hit a lorry on the A34 in Berkshire.

He had just completed a two-year driving ban at the time and was subsequently released without charge.

Yesterday, the front of the photo shop still showed signs of damage, with the door frame window shattered and wooden panelling cracked.

The shop is close to Hampstead Heath, where George was caught having sex three years ago.

It is also near to his Highgate home.

[From The Daily Mail]

Is it just me or does anyone else get “Careless Whisper” stuck in a loop in their head once it’s mentioned? I just can’t stop singing it to myself, damnit. That’s why this guy is so rich. Quick – don’t think of “Last Christmas.”

Why didn’t cops give him a Breathalyzer and when is Michael going to get his license revoked for good? He had it taken away in 2007 for two years after pleading guilty to DUI. This is his seventh driving offense. They should rip up his license before he kills someone. He’ll have to hire a driver to help him troll the parks for sex with strangers. There comes a point when this kind of sh*t is no longer funny and in George’s case that was several years ago.

George Michael is shown out in October, 2009 (credit: Zibi/WENN.com) and performing in Australia on 2/26/10. (credit: Robert Wallace/WENN.com