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Impeached Ill. Gov. Blagojevich to appear on ‘Apprentice’

In Celebrity Crime on October 9, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Rod Blagojevich is currently facing federal corruption charges for trying to sell President Barack Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat.

But that won’t stop the impeached Illinois governor’s pursuit of reality stardom.

Blago has will appear on this season of Donald Trump’s The Celebrity Apprentice and try to avoid being fired from this gig…

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Mystery Shrouds Defense of Accused Letterman Blackmailer: ‘Screenplay’ Defense?

In Celebrity Crime on October 5, 2009 at 8:22 am

How did a veteran “48 Hours” producer end up being accused of a $2 million blackmail attempt on David Letterman? madonna-letterman.jpg

“There is another side of this story,” Gerald Shargel, attorney for Robert J. Halderman, said. “This story is far more complicated.”

What could the plot to the other side of the story be?

Halderman has already entered a “not guilty” plea to first-degree attempted grand larceny.

According to Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, Halderman wrote to Letterman stating that he needed to “make a large chunk of money.” Attached to his letter was a one-page screenplay treatment, which described how Letterman would have a “ruined reputation” after details of the CBS “Late Show” host’s sexual relationships with young female employees were revealed.

The 51-year-old producer used a novel method to deliver the “screenplay.” Early in the morning on Sept. 9 the letter and other materials were left in the back seat of Letterman’s car, which was parked outside his Manhattan home.

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Will Jon Gosselin land in jail?

In Celebrity Crime on October 4, 2009 at 8:53 pm

Kate Gosselin (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

A top flight Los Angeles lawyer for Kate Gosselin, Marty Singer, has written a hardball letter to Jon Gosselin’s lawyer Mark Heller alleging that Jon withdrew $200,000 from a joint bank account.

According to Singer’s letter, Jon and possibly his attorney have violated a court order.

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Fugitive director Roman Polanski finally arrested

In Celebrity Crime on September 27, 2009 at 9:04 am

Roman Polanski (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Director Roman Polanski fled the United States in 1978 after he had pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in California.

The long time fugitive has been arrested in Switzerland.

The Zurich Film Festival, where Polanski was to receive a lifetime achievement award, released a statement which said that the Oscar-winning director was in custody after his arrival in Switzerland Saturday.

A U.S. warrant for arrest was issued when Polanski ran from the sentencing hearing. Polanski never returned to the U.S.

Extradition hearings in Switzerland are the next step in the case.

Earlier this year, a California court said that the director must return to the U.S. if Polanski wanted to seek a dismissal…Excerpt – FOR MORE CLICK HERE

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Rihanna Photo Investigation Places Two Cops on Suspension

In Celebrity Crime on September 12, 2009 at 4:00 pm

rihanna1(3).gifTwo LAPD officers have been placed on a forced leave due to an internal investigation into how a photograph of then beaten and battered pop singer Rihanna was leaked to the TMZ Web site.

The photos of Rihanna are from her February 8th incident with former boyfriend Chris Brown.

The two officers, nine-year veteran Rebecca Reyes and rookie Blanca Lopez, have not had any charges filed against them.

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‘Vampire Diaries’ stars arrested for allegedly flashing traffic

In Celebrity Crime on September 11, 2009 at 3:35 pm

ff37e68892dbdbee_vampire-diaries-promo-poster-1.jpgDrivers in Forsyth, Georgia were probably distracted as they drove past the intersection near the Rumble Road Bridge, as some attractive young female actresses from a hot new television show posed for pictures.

Four of the stars of the CW’s new series, “The Vampire Diaries” were arrested for purportedly flashing motorists from a bridge.

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Dr. Phil Weighs in on Jaycee Lee Dugard Story

In Celebrity Crime on September 10, 2009 at 3:53 pm

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Dr. Phil McGraw, host of the daytime television show “Dr. Phil,” has weighed in on the Jaycee Lee Dugard case.

The television psychologist told the CBS “Early Show” that one of the most frustrating things about the case is people asking how Jaycee could be controlled for so long by her alleged abductors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido.

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Critical time gap may be key to Michael Jackson homicide case

In Celebrities, Celebrity Crime, law on August 28, 2009 at 8:54 am

A critical 81 minute gap between when police indicate that Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, found the singer not breathing and when the doctor called 911 may be a key part of a criminal prosecution for the singer’s death.

According to the LAPD, Murray found Jackson totally unconscious, but then called his office and remained on the phone call for a half-hour.

The timeline in a police affadavit does not bode well for the physician.

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O.J. Simpson’s Courtroom Fate

In Celebrity Crime, Entertainment and Media, Hollywood, law, OJ on September 16, 2007 at 9:02 pm

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A poetic turn toward justice seems to have taken place in the strange saga of O.J. Simpson.

The former athlete, actor and murder defendant was recently arrested on multiple felony counts. The charges involve serious felonies—robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a firearm.

The Las Vegas police followed textbook criminal procedure, carefully arresting, charging and questioning the accomplice and obtaining two firearms and other evidence before going after O.J.

The accomplice, Walter Alexander, was arrested on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon, enough charges to induce a deal with prosecutors.

Simpson seems to have a strange strain of narcissism that makes him think he is immune to the workings of the justice system. “I’m not walking around feeling sad or anything. I’ve done nothing wrong,” he told the Los Angeles Times.

Ironically, O.J.’s arrest comes as his book, “If I Did It,” a hypothetical account of his ex-wife’s murder, hits the bookstores.

In 1997 a civil jury found O.J. responsible for the deaths of wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman and ordered him to pay the families of the victims $33 million. Goldman’s sister Kim said she is not surprised by the robbery allegations because Simpson “thinks he can do no wrong.”

If the current case goes to trial, any actions taken by O.J. in avoidance of payment of the judgment would become relevant. If he had been involved in autographing memorabilia and secretly selling it to avoid paying the judgment, additional criminal charges could ensue.

David Cook, a Goldman family lawyer, said he plans to go to court to make sure the mementos were not sold but instead turned over to the family to be used to help settle the civil judgment.

Even though it is in the early stages, this O.J. trial may drastically differ from the “Trial of the Century.” O.J. will probably be unable to afford a “dream team” of lawyers, Nevada prosecutors will likely be more proficient and the judge less star struck than counterparts in the murder trial, a D.A. will be less inclined to permit a change of venue to another jurisdiction and, with any luck, cameras in the courtroom will be disallowed.

O.J. has already admitted to some of the crimes of which he is accused. He said that he entered a man’s room with a group of friends, one of whom was posing as a potential buyer, after being tipped off that some of his personal items were for sale there. He also said his friends helped him carry the items from the room, although he claims no guns were involved.

When all is said and done, Orenthal James Simpson may go to prison for a long stretch this time around, a punishment that would fit—like a glove.

Live Earth is a Con – cert

In Celebrities, Celebrity Crime, Celebrity News, global warming, Gore, Hollywood, live earth, Politics on July 7, 2007 at 6:39 pm

What an event!

Led by a failed politician who doles out junk science and fails to disclose his ownership of carbon offset enterprises as he basks in the media spotlight, we are then preached to by rock stars, rap stars and actors, the repository of all wisdom.

Fergie says she’s selling her SUV and donated the proceeds “to global warming.”

Madonna performs while she invests in the biggest polluters on the planet and the whole lot of them are the most conspicuous consumers in history.

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