At R. Kelly's child porn last month, jurors were treated to a special screening of the tape that allegedly depicts the rapper urinating on a 13-year-old girl and having sex with her.
But what if that's actually the better of the "porn at jury duty" scenarios? CONTINUED »
Josh Waring, son of gold-digging robot Lauri from The Real Housewives of Orange County, was arrested in Laguna Beach this weekend for possession of heroin and ecstasy and intent to sell.
R. Kelly’s tell-tale mole has been found, the tape has been verified, the young girl has been identified by friends and family, and the prosecution in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial has rested its case. Yesterday, 27-year-old Lisa Van Allen testified that she had multiple three-way encounters with Kelly and the victim when the victim was underage.
When a 17-year-old girl claimed Sergeant David Rodriguez – who had responded three times to domestic violence calls at the victim's home – raped her in February, authorities believed the "smoking gun" in the case would be a DNA link between a piece of gum, that was supposedly shoved down the teen's throat as he raped her. Rodriguez, who is married to WNBC-TV co-anchor Darlene Rodriguez, was ordered to submit a DNA sample.
And the tests are back: The DNA doesn't match. CONTINUED »
… landlords of some 200 building in Manhattan have no problem renting our rooms for short-term "affordable" housing stays that cost tourists thousands of dollars each night. [NYS]
Well isn't this the feel good story you were looking for to take your mind off last week's tragic crane collapse?
Tatum O'Neal – who won an Academy Award at age 10 for Paper Moon, though the Oscars would probably like you to not include its trademark while mentioning this story – was arrested yesterday after being spotted buying crack on the Lower East Side, nearby her apartment.
When police nabbed her, she insisted she was just researching an acting role. Then they found a baggie of crack, a baggie of coke, and a crack pipe on her. And so she tried this line: "I've been clean for a long time. Today was the first time I was relapsing, but you guys saved me! Can you let me go?" [NYDN]
They did not. She was booked on charges of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
And yes, it was just eight months ago that she told Britney Spears to seek "recovery and get her disease of addiction together."
This adorable little girl in the pink dress is not starring in an advertisement for Barbie, Disney, or even a PSA aimed at parents who dress their children in ridiculous pink dresses. It's actually an ad about something far more sinister, but it does make awesome use of glow-in-the-dark technology. CONTINUED »
"As of 2005, New York City has the lowest crime rate among the ten largest cities in the United States.[16] Since 1991, the city has seen a continuous fifteen-year trend of decreasing crime. Neighborhoods that were once considered dangerous are now much safer. Violent crime in the city has dropped by 75% in the last twelve years and the murder rate in 2005 was at its lowest level since 1963: there were 539 murders that year, for a murder rate of 6.58 per 100,000 people, compared to 2262 murders in 1990. Among the 182 U.S. cities with populations of more than 100,000, New York City ranked 136th in overall crime (with about the same crime rate as Boise, Idaho)."
That's from the Wikipedia entry for "Crime in New York City," which clearly paints NYC as a delightful, super-safe playground for families and young people. Violent crime is down 75 percent for the last 12 years! Oh my!
Still doesn't mean we aren't living in a cesspool of thefts, murders, burglaries, and rape. CONTINUED »
Both Page Six and Rush & Molloy bring news that convicted tax cheat Wesley Snipes, who faces up to three years in prison for trying to get away with snubbing the government's little requirement that you send it a chunk of your income, enjoyed his last days by partying in the Hamptons. The dead man walking's drink of choice? A Hennesey sidecar.
Skeevy former boy band manager Lou Pearlman received the maximum prison sentence, 25 years, for his involvement in a $300 million scam that robbed people, some of them his friends and family, of their savings. The judge promised to reduce his sentence by one month for every $1 million returned, so if he returns all $300 million (25 years = $300 million X 300 months), he could go free? [AP]
… where are TMZ's cameras at Chicago’s Cook County Criminal Courthouse, where R. Kelly is finally facing his child porn wrap? Is this all we're gonna get?
Earlier this month, one of those media meme's popped up that worth a few seconds of your slack-jawed reaction: The New York Post published an editorial, about how racial profiling by the police was on the wane, on the same day one of its own writers filed a lawsuit against the city for racial profiling. Now, that freelance crime reporter, Leonardo Blair, is out of a job. CONTINUED »
Despite TV Guide's sale to Macrovision, Debra Birnbaum being named EIC, and the brand's reversal of mostly negative press, the magazine's outlook isn't all rosy, thanks to its attachment to Henry Yuen, the former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide who is officially a fugitive from justice. CONTINUED »
PELLICANO GUILTY "The Hollywood private investigator, Anthony Pellicano was found guilty Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles of using wiretaps and other illegal tactics to gather information for rich and famous clients involved in divorces or legal disputes. Mr. Pellicano, 64, was convicted of 76 of the 77 charges he faced." [NYT]
"A local TV reporter accused of hitting his girlfriend in a hotel room has been placed on a leave of absence, the station announced Tuesday.
"Officers responded to a call on Friday at about 7:50 p.m. and found a 42-year-old woman whose mouth and upper lip area were injured, police said. The woman and her boyfriend, Rodney "Rod" Luck, 58, are both from La Jolla, police said.
"'Rod has been put on a leave of absence, and the leave of absence does not have a timeline and is because of his arrest on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence and battery,' KUSI News Director Steve Cohen said after the announcement was made on-air Tuesday morning.
"'We thought it best to not have him on the air while he deals with these allegations against him, and once the case is settled, then we'll decide what we'd like to do from there,' Cohen said.
"The woman told officers that the KUSI reporter hit her in the mouth with his fist, police said. She was treated at the scene and released after giving a statement." [NBC SD]
"A bouncer at an East Village bar called Sing Sing Karaoke took a bullet to the chest early Saturday after breaking up a series of melees, police and witnesses said.
"As someone belted out Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" on stage, Carlos Salome staggered into the bar around 3 a.m. screaming that he'd been shot.
"'He was yelling, 'My arm, my arm!" said playwright Marissa Kamin, who was inside Sing Sing at the time of the shooting." [NYDN]
Because he was clearly not invited to Jenna Bush's wedding tomorrow in Texas, New York City refugee Fabian Basabe found himself in Los Angeles, at the nightspot Crown Room, being arrested for peeing in an alley behind the club. [P6] His attorney blames Basabe's "bladder problem" and the fact that the "entry way [to the club] was very congested." And not because he had drank too much before arriving and found trouble being let into the venue.
BIG DAY! After a mere five year delay, R. Kelly will finally face charges today that he is a creepy older gentleman who likes to pee on little girls, video tape it, and then sell millions of records to adoring fans. [AP]
Jack Jordan, the creepy fella who made Uma Thurman almost cry on the witness stand, has been found guilty of stalking and harassing the star after just a day's jury deliberations. On Friday, he told the court, "I think it was a clumsy and poor way of expressing my emotions for her. I had a longing for her. In retrospect, suicide [which he once threatened via email to Thurman's father] is a serious thing." He faces up to a year behind bars, where only a Netflix subscription can put him close to his true love.
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