A dash-cam video of Reese Witherspoon’s recent disorderly-conduct arrest provides a rare glimpse of one of Hollywood’s best-known actresses unfiltered as she, after “one too many” glasses of wine, takes on a no-nonsense Georgia state trooper following her husband’s traffic stop.
In video of the April 19 early-morning incident in Atlanta, posted Thursday by TMZ, the 37-year-old actress seeks to intercede as her husband is being administered a field sobriety test by the trooper. READ FULL STORY »
Lindsay Lohan’s whereabouts were unknown Thursday hours after her attorney told a judge that the troubled actress had checked into a rehab facility only to later learn that the starlet apparently never checked in for treatment.
Lohan’s lawyer and publicist did not return messages Thursday seeking comment about the actress’ decision to quickly leave a rehab facility that a state official said is not licensed to perform the type of restrictive in-patient treatment a judge sentenced her to undergo. READ FULL STORY »
An attorney for concert giant AEG Live says the company could not have known while promoting comeback concerts that Michael Jackson was using an anesthetic that killed him.
Lawyer Marvin S. Putnam addressed jurors on Monday in opening statements of the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jackson’s mother against AEG.
He says the company didn’t have access to information shared between Jackson and his doctors.
Putnam’s remarks came after Katherine Jackson’s attorney played a song Jackson recorded for his children and detailed the singer’s struggles with addiction throughout his life.
Her lawsuit accuses AEG of failing to properly investigate the doctor who cared for Jackson and was later convicted of causing Jackson’s death with a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol.
Putnam called Jackson an addict and said the company shouldn’t be held responsible for his death.
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A federal judge postponed Lauryn Hill’s tax evasion sentencing on Monday but not before scolding the eight-time Grammy-winning singer for reneging on a promise to make restitution by now.
Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. At that time, her attorney said she would pay restitution by the time of her sentencing. It was revealed Monday in court that Hill has paid $50,000 of a total of $554,000. READ FULL STORY »
NBC sportscaster Al Michaels was arrested Friday night in California on suspicion of drunk driving. According to Sgt. Richard Lewis of the Santa Monica Police Department, Michaels made an illegal u-turn, was pulled over by police officers, and registered a blood alcohol level over the legal limit, in the range of 0.08 or greater. Michaels was ordered to appear in court on June 26.
“We are aware of the situation and have been in contact with Al,” said NBC Sports, in a statement. “We have no further comment at this time.” Inquiries to Michaels’ agent were not immediately returned.
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The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown in the first Peanuts television specials has pleaded guilty to threatening and stalking both his ex-girlfriend and a plastic surgeon who gave her a breast enhancement he paid for.
City News Service says 56-year-old Peter Robbins entered the plea Wednesday in a San Diego court and could get up to three years in prison at his sentencing next month.
Prosecutors say Robbins called his former girlfriend dozens of times a day and told her he would kill her and her son if she did not give back his dog and car.
They say he made similar threats and demanded a refund from the plastic surgeon.
Robbins provided the voice of the title character in 1965′s A Charlie Brown Christmas and 1966′s It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
Rapper Gucci Mane was indicted Tuesday on a charge of aggravated assault, according to Georgia’s Superior Court of Fulton County. Mane, born Radric Davis, is accused of hitting a man in the head with a champagne bottle at a downtown Atlanta nightclub. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the alleged victim says he told Mane’s security guard, “I’m in the military. I wanted to get a picture with Gucci Mane, is it okay?”
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Former adult film superstar Jenna Jameson was arrested Saturday evening for misdemeanor battery.
Police in Newport Beach, Calif., confirm that the person who was allegedly assaulted made a citizen’s arrest of Jameson and called officers to the scene. The actress was taken into police custody and later released without having to post bail.
While representatives for Jameson, who retired from porn in 2008, have yet to comment on the incident, CNN reports that she took to Twitter Sunday afternoon, claiming a friend “broke into my home and took everything.” The tweet has since been deleted.
In the years since her retirement from adult entertainment, Jameson has had multiple run-ins with the law, including a May 2012 arrest for suspected DUI.
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Gerard Depardieu again couldn’t make it to trial to face drunken driving charges, but a lawyer for the combative French actor wrested yet another court date Friday.
A Paris criminal court adjourned Friday’s hearing after scheduling a new one on May 24, said defense attorney Eric de Caumont. The actor wasn’t there because he was in the United States filming a movie about another Frenchman known for run-ins with the law, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the lawyer said.
The court agreed to the delay because investigators turned up new evidence about the harmless incident in November, when Depardieu toppled over on his scooter in Paris and was charged with drunken driving, the lawyer said. If convicted, Depardieu could face up to two years in prison and a 4,500-euro ($5,700) fine, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. READ FULL STORY »
Stephen Baldwin is set to appear in New York court between appearances on All-Star Celebrity Apprentice in hopes of getting past a state tax charge.
The youngest of the four acting Baldwin brothers is due Friday morning in Rockland County Court. He’s accused of failing to file state income tax returns in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Baldwin’s lawyer has said he can avoid jail time under a tentative plea agreement. The attorney said Baldwin would have up to five years to pay back $350,000 in taxes and penalties. READ FULL STORY »
