As we first reported six days ago, Yoko Ono (of "I broke up the Beatles" fame) has accused her former chauffeur, Karol Karson, of blackmailing her with private tapes and pictures, and yesterday Ono officially indicted Karson on charges of attempted extortion.

Far from admitting to any wrongdoing, however, Karson fired back through his attorney, pleading not guilty and countering that Ono, "abused him," and "pressured him to do immoral and illegal acts." Karson's lawyer went on to assert that the "people's case" rests on Yoko Ono's credibility, then proceeded to undermine said credibility by painting the Beatle-wrecker as a "paranoid" nut-job of a boss who insisted on being "tucked into bed at night."

Though Ono's publicist was unavailable for comment, the always available to blabber Judith Regan added, "Paranoid nut-job of a boss?' Huh, I thought I'd trademarked that."