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  • Unruly Passenger Starts A Fight On American Airlines Flight 1284, Troublemaker Identified

    An American Airlines flight from Miami to Chicago made an emergency landing in Indianapolis on Monday after an unruly passenger hit two officers on the plane, reports said.

    Daniela Velez-Reyes, 25, has been identified by the police as the unruly passenger who caused commotion in American Airlines Flight 1284, Monday evening. She has been detained at the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis. The woman is charged with battery resulting in physical injury, battery without injury, criminal recklessness, disorderly conduct, battery of a public safety officer, and disrupting the operation of an aircraft.

    Based on the online flight log, the incident occurred at around 5:30 pm EST. According to one passenger, Velez-Reyes exhibited weird behavior.

    “She was disoriented through the entire flight, not being able to find her seat, walking back and forth,” said fellow passenger Marian Frendt, “And when she came to the back, she was sweating profusely.”

    The woman kicked the seat of the passenger in front of her but when the man turned to ask her, she hit him.

    A flight attendant came to settle the commotion but Velez-Reyes, according to a witness, “grabbed the flight attendant by the face and kissed her, then punched her in the face.”

    The pilot decided to make an emergency landing in Indianapolis at around 5:45 p.m. according to Jeff Dutton, Indianapolis International Airport communications manager. The unruly passenger kicked the police officer who escorted her off the plane.

    The victims were a 52-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman. Reports said they suffered minor injuries.

    The flight interruption caused the passengers to arrive in Chicago 90 minutes late.

    It is still not clear whether the U.S. Department of Justice will make federal charges against the unruly passenger, according to ABC News.

  • Diddy Arrested for Assaulting His Son’s Football Coach With a Kettlebell

    Diddy just got hauled to jail for throwing his weight around. Well, it was somebody’s weight.

    Sean “P. Diddy” Combs was arrested today after allegedly assaulting a football coach at UCLA, where his son, Justin Combs, is a red-shirt defensive back on the football team.

    UCLA issued a statement about the Diddy incident earlier today.

    “Shortly after 12:30 p.m. today, Sean Combs (also known as P. Diddy) was arrested at UCLA’s Acosta Athletic Training Complex on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, which was a kettlebell. No one was seriously injured and UCPD is investigating. Combs is expected to be transported to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Inmate Reception Center later this evening.”

    The particulars of any argument that preceded the alleged assault are not clear at this time. But UCLA’s football coach Jim Mora issued a simple statement:

    “I’m thankful that our staff showed the level of professionalism that they did in handling this situation. This is an unfortunate incident for all parties involved. While UCPD continues to review this matter, we will let the legal process run its course and refrain from further comment at this time.”

    According to TMZ, the coach Diddy allegedly went after with a kettlebell was strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi. They say sources tell them that Diddy assaulted the man he heard him yelling at his son. Other sources say that Diddy was acting in self-defense and that Alosi attacked him first.

    Combs is the father of six children. He does have a tendency to spoil his children. When Jsutin turned 16, Diddy gave him a $360,000 Maybach car, complete with chauffeur.

    Diddy himself played football in high school for Mount Saint Michael Academy. His team won a division title in 1986.

  • Jenelle Evans: ‘Teen Mom 2’ Star Adds New Mugshot to Collection

    Jenelle Evans has a new mugshot to add to her collection. The Teen Mom 2 star was arrested yet again–this time for driving without a license.

    Evans is no stranger to arrests. Her past is riddled with arrests for infractions of the law including harassment, stalking, possession of heroin, breaking and entering, being violation of a restraining order, assaulting a woman, and attacking her husband.

    On Tuesday, Jenelle Evans was stopped and booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center around 3:00 PM. She posted a $237.50 bond about an hour later and left the jail.

    Evans claims her license was suspended for paying a seat belt violation late. She also claims she wasn’t told her license was suspended as a result of that late payment.

    Jenelle Evans clearly thinks she’s getting unfair treatment both in the media and among her peers.

    Do you think the Teen Mom 2 star–mom of two–will ever get her act together? Some claim her relationship with fiance Nathan Griffith is a mess, too, and they just had a baby together. He is reportedly a control freak and is living off the money she makes. Will she wind up losing custody of their child, too?

    It seems nothing has yet convinced Jenelle Evans that she is expected to live above the law–just like everyone else.

    Do you see a decent future for her and her children? Or will this pattern of infractions of the law–and collection of mugshots–follow Jenelle Evans throughout her entire life?

  • Katt Williams Sued for Throwing Chairs at a Family After a Show

    Katt Williams is digging in pretty deep lately. Getting busted with Suge Knight was a pretty high-profile problem. But it is not the first time he’s run afoul of the law, and it is not even the most recent of his troubles.

    Katt Williams is now being sued by a family in Seattle who say that he threw chairs at them and sent his entourage to run them down.

    Back on December 2 of 2012, Williams ran into some problems with the Seattle police when he was accused of being involved in an altercation at a South Lake Union bar after skipping out on a show in town that evening. Williams allegedly brandished a pool cue in the incident. Bystanders also say that he flicked a lit cigarette at a woman and threw a rock at a car. Police say that he struggled with officers at the scene, as well.

    The charges were misdemeanors, but an arrest warrant was issued when he failed to appear for court.

    The newest lawsuit from the family stems from the same visit to Seattle, but this from the night before. Charles Adams, Domonique Adams-Swanson and her teen child went to the Katt Williams’ show on December 1. Adams is a promoter, and had a backstage pass to meet Williams before the show. After the show, he brought his family up on the stage to meet Williams.

    Adams’ lawsuit says Williams posed for several photos with the family, then began swearing at them, even threatening to shoot them.

    They say that Williams threw chairs at them and sent his entourage after them when they tried to leave. The family went for medical care after the altercation. The lawsuit does not specify an amount sought, but does seek compensation for injuries and an award for mental anguish.

    Williams recently entered a guilty plea over an incident when he pepper-sprayed a man who tried to take his picture near LAX airport. Reportedly, Williams asked the man for his phone, on which he had taken the photo, and the man refused.

  • Man Arrested For Giving Cop A Wet Willy

    Man Arrested For Giving Cop A Wet Willy

    Are you familiar with a “wet Willy”? It’s a “prank” usually done by grade school kids where one sucks on the end of their finger and sticks it into another person’s ear. Oh the hilarity involved with someone feeling disgusted and uncomfortable now that they have spit transferred from one of the dirtiest parts of the body directly in their ear.

    Our story takes place in Mankato, Minnesota, where after drinking at some local bars that closed early on Saturday, Riley Swearingen, 24, hopped on the Late Night Express (a $1 per ride bus for all the winos.)

    At 2:20 AM while in the idling drunk bus, Swearingen snuck up behind a police sergeant who was chatting with the driver, prepared both of his index fingers by lathering them in tongue juice, and then stuffed them in both of the officer’s ears, the Mankato Free Press reports.

    The officer felt “wet with saliva being pushed into his right and left ear canals, which caused pressure and discomfort” which prompted him to turn around and see Swearingen walking back to his seat like nothing happened.

    “I thought it would be incredibly funny to give a police officer a wet Willy, to which I was sorely mistaken,” Swearingen said, according to the Free Press. “I’m incredibly sorry for what I did. I never thought I would be going to jail for the weekend.”

    Swearingen was charged on Monday with a fourth-degree assault on a peace officer involving bodily fluids (a felony in Minnesota), a fifth-degree assault, and disruptive intoxication, KTOE reported. Shortly after, Swearingen, who was on leave from a U.S. Air Force base in North Carolina, settled with a plea deal by pleading guilty for a lesser charge of disruptive intoxication, a misdemeanor.

    According to Minnesota statutes, a fourth-degree assault of a police officer is a gross misdemeanor, unless it involves bodily fluids (in this case, saliva) or feces. If you decide to use your bodily fluids or poop to assault an on-duty peace officer, then the gross misdemeanor escalates to an even grosser felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to three years in prison with a fine up to $6,000.

    Officials said that the alcohol played a key factor in the “hilarious” wet Willy joke; Swearingen’s blood alcohol content was 0.18, which, for a 160 pound male is equivalent to roughly eight beers. Imagine going through a six-pack of Miller and then polishing off two more – would you transform into a grade school kid?

    Wet Riley was sentenced to three days in jail and paid $77 in court fees for his wet Willy.

  • Florida Man Charged with Beating Autistic Kid at Party After Video Winds Up on Facebook

    An 18-year-old Okeechobee Florida resident has been arrested and charged with child abuse “without bodily harm” after police identified him in a disturbing video posted on his Facebook page.

    Andrew Wheeler can be seen repeatedly punching, kneeing, and dragging an unnamed 16-year-old boy in the midst of what appears to be a house party. According to police, the video was tagged with Wheeler’s name and when they watched it, they were able to identify him as the attacker. The victim in the video is reported to have autism.

    Be warned, the video is hard to watch.

    WPTV in West Palm beach has some more details about what happened that night.

    The victim told detectives he was invited to a party on SW 9th Street in Okeechobee last Friday where he drank alcohol and was then told to go outside and fight someone.

    The teen said when he refused 18-year-old Andrew Wheeler was called.

    After Wheeler arrived, the victim says Andrew began beating the teen. In the incident report he claims Wheeler followed him outside, choked him until he lost consciousness and struck him in the face.

    The boy was found in the middle of the road and taken to a local hospital. He apparently suffered a concussion, multiple contusions, and a sprained neck.

    Though admitting to police that he “lost control of his temper,” Wheeler maintains that he was called to the house to make a drunk guy leave. He claims that he was told the boy was assaulting others, and that he even tried to take a swipe at Wheeler when he was told to leave.

    Kids – don’t beat the shit out of helpless people. Don’t record each other beating the shit out of people. And for the love of all that is sane, don’t post videos of you beating the shit out of people on Facebook.

    You know what, let’s just stick with don’t beat the shit out of helpless people. Police might want to reconsider the “without bodily harm” designation after they watch the video a few more times.

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  • Mark Wahlberg: From ‘Transformers’ to Dad

    Mark Wahlberg: From ‘Transformers’ to Dad

    Mark Wahlberg plays a rather protective father in the upcoming film Transformers: Age of Extinction, but he thinks he likely plays an even more protective role as a real dad at home.

    “He’s an ordinary guy forced to do extraordinary things just to keep his daughter alive,” Wahlberg said of his character. “And people can certainly identify with that and root for him.”

    “I don’t plan on ever letting my daughters date,” Wahlberg said during a recent interview with CBS about his real, off-screen children. “I’m going to try to do everything I can to prevent it. You know, it just terrifies me. It just terrifies me.”

    His feelings likely stem from the life he led long before he was the front man for Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch or a sought-after Hollywood actor. He was a high school dropout who assaulted a man and spent time in jail for doing so.

    “I have a lot of real life experience that I can draw on,” Wahlberg said. “And I think that shows in the characters that I play because I’m always trying to find somebody — or find characters to play that I can identify with on a personal level or relate to. And I think it makes for a little bit more of an honest portrayal.”

    Mark Wahlberg also talked about second chances–something he is grateful for getting–but something he hopes his own kids–two boys and two girls who span the ages from 4 to 10–are never in need of, at least not for the same reasons.

    “Once I got a second chance, I was never going to do anything to mess it up. And I, you know, I feel so fortunate to do what I do,” Wahlberg said. “It’s only right that I give it my all and I respect what I do and the people that I work with… People are taking chances on me. I make sure that I deliver.”

    Mark Wahlberg has lived enough real-life lessons to instill strong values in his children, however in this day and age sometimes that makes no difference at all. Peer pressure and the media count for a lot of what impressionable young people say and do, regardless of their upbringing. Wahlberg is a devout Catholic and his children are growing up attending church regularly, however. The actor believes that will play a vital role in the people they become.

    Mark has worked on his physique to prepare for roles–including this latest one in Transformers: Age of Extinction. In fact, he’s pretty buff. No one would want to mess with a guy like Mark Wahlberg–and that includes any of those daughters’ boyfriends–if they are ever actually allowed to date.

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  • Hope Solo Gets Out Of Jail, Pleads Not Guilty To Assault

    U.S. soccer team’s goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested on Saturday on domestic violence charges. Solo visited her sister’s home in Kirkland and authorities were called to the home a little before 1 a.m. to respond to a 911 call.

    The police found Solo upset and intoxicated. Her sister and nephew had scratches and injuries. They said that Solo attacked them.

    Based on police documents, the jawbone and nose of Solo’s nephew were red and his mother’s cheekbone was swollen.

    A statement from Solo’s nephew said that Solo insulted him and called him crazy. They exchanged harsh words that resulted in Solo charging her nephew and hurting him. Solo’s sister entered the room and was also attacked by Solo.

    On Monday, Solo, 32, appeared in court and entered a not guilty plea. According to her lawyer Todd Maybrown, Solo was the victim in the incident. “She was hit over the head with a broom handle,” he said. Her nephew, however, reported that he hit Solo with a broom handle to stop her from attacking him and his mother.

    Solo is scheduled to have a pretrial hearing on August 11. She was released from custody, but the judge barred her from drinking alcohol and from having any type of contact with her nephew and sister while the case is still ongoing.

    This is not the first time Solo made headlines. In 2012, Solo criticized Olympic soccer commentator Brandi Chastain on Twitter for her negative commentary during the 2012 London games. That same year, she received a warning after positively testing for a banned diuretic. She said that she did not know it was present in the premenstrual medication she was taking.

    In an interview with CNN in 2012, Solo said, “I have a bad rap. People look at me as selfish, outspoken. But I know who I am.”

    Who is Hope Solo?

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  • Spider-Man Trial: Woman Was Punched In The Face By Man In Costume

    On Tuesday, Spider-Man went on trial for hitting a woman. Philip Williams, who roams the streets of New York dressed as Spider-Man, allegedly hit a woman when she refused to tip him after taking a picture with her children. The incident happened in February 2013.

    Victoria Goreaciuc, the mother, said that Williams cursed at her and punched her in the face after she threw snow at him. According to Williams, he just defended himself when he felt a blow to his head.

    In the courtroom, evidence that was presented include the Spider-Man costume that Williams wore. There were also questions asking if Batman was there to witness the incident, since some say that he tried to break up the fight between Spider-Man and Goreaciuc. Williams is facing harassment and other charges. If convicted, he could serve up to 90 days of jail time.

    In court, Criminal Court Judge Anthony Ferrara said, “They chased down Spider-Man – apparently, he could not get away.”

    Spider-Man’s case is just one of the many misdemeanor cases against costumed characters who make a living by roaming the streets and getting tips from tourists. A few years ago, Super Mario was accused of groping a woman and Cookie Monster allegedly shoved a child.

    Goreaciuc is an information technology worker. She said that the family was celebrating her son’s seventh birthday when the incident with Spider-Man happened.

    After the confrontation, the Goreaciuc family continued shopping and visiting different stores in Times Square, but the kids kept asking about Spider-Man’s reaction and the curse words that he said. That’s when Goreaciuc decided to alert the police.

    In court, the defense asked whether Williams was actually the one who Goreaciuc had an issue with, since his identity is party hidden behind the costume. Goreaciuc admitted that initially, she reprimanded the wrong Spider-Man.

    Spider-Man’s trial will resume on Wednesday.

    Meet the costumed characters of Time Square

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  • Camille Grammer: Grand Jury Didn’t Indict Ex

    Camille Grammer is “shocked and disappointed” that a grand jury didn’t indict ex-boyfriend Dimitri Charalambopoulos on felony assault charges following his assault on her in a Houston hotel room last year. Charalambopoulos appeared in front of a Texas grand jury this week but they didn’t believe there was enough evidence for a conviction if the case went to trial. He was still charged, however.

    “I was just shocked. I’m very disappointed,” the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star told E! News.

    Grammer was initially granted a temporary restraining order against her former boyfriend immediately following the attack. From there she secured a three-year restraining order against him. That was granted in January.

    Camille Grammer hasn’t experienced the best set of circumstances in recent years. Her very public, bitter divorce and from Frasier star Kelsey Grammer–and the accompanying custody fight– were difficult enough. Then she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. That was discovered last October and by January she had completed a course of both radiation and chemotherapy. It was shortly thereafter that Dimitri Charalambopoulos allegedly assaulted her.

    Despite this week’s set back with the grand jury, Camille Grammer is maintaining a positive outlook.

    “That said,” she said of the grand jury’s decision, “I’m just so happy I’m in remission. I got a really good report from my doctor and that’s the most important thing. “We’ll see what happens next. I am disappointed, but I’m going to put it in the past and move on.”

    She also has loads of support from her Twitter followers.

    Remaining positive is important for everyone and has been proven to be especially important for those fighting serious diseases like cancer. Camille Grammer’s attitude is definitely a strong and positive one–not only with regard to this week’s court decision, however. Back in March she sounded determined to beat the odds in all facets of her life. She tweeted some incredibly positive sentiments that she no doubt still stands by today.

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  • Teacher Fired After Telling Kids to Beat Up Another Student

    A middle school teacher in St. Lucie County, Florida was fired just over a year after being accused of ordering a group of students to beat up another student. The attack was caught on a surveillance video, which shows the teacher motioning at two of the boys involved in the assault shortly before it began.

    The attack happened in March of 2013 at Northport K-8 School after seventh grader Radravious Williams said something disrespectful to his teacher, Dru Dehart, during his second period class. Dehart claims that Williams threatened her in class, but Williams said that never happened. He admits to getting in trouble and telling Dehart that he wished he could curse at her, but says no threats were ever made. Other students verified Williams’ account of the in-class incident.

    Williams said that two students came to get him from his third period class to see Dehart. Williams says that when he entered the hall, he saw Dehart walking away, and a group of six students began attacking him shortly thereafter. The students hit and kicked Williams, slammed him into the lockers, and hit him with a belt.

    View footage of the attack in the video below (attack starts at the 0:13 mark).

    According to Williams’ mother, the students forced her son to apologize after beating him up. “They picked him up, carried him, holding him by the neck, took him down to her classroom and forcibly made him apologize to her,” said Latasha Darrisaw. “And her remarks to him were, ‘I’ve got my eighth-grade boys on you; you’re not so tough now.’”

    Police arrested the six students involved in the attack; no charges have been filed against Dehart to date. Dehart was suspended from teaching without pay in the fall, and the St. Lucie County School District unanimously voted to fire her in a meeting last week.

    “(She) made a very poor decision that day,” said school district representative David Miklas. “She used students to carry out discipline.”

    Dehart hasn’t spoken out on the incident, but her lawyer Mark Wilensky says that his client “wishes she would never stop teaching.”

    Darrisaw says that her son is still traumatized from the attack. “It’s like a nightmare. He’s not the same. He’s had some sleepless nights,” Darrisaw said. The mom also mentioned that Dehart never apologized. “As a person and as a parent you would like some kind of apology, but I guess we will get that whenever she’s ready.”

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  • Walmart Assault Caught On Shocking Video

    A local CBS affiliate in Los Angeles reports that a woman was shopping in an area Walmart this week when she was assaulted and almost robbed. She fought the attacker off, but Walmart employees urged her not to call the police about the incident.

    Linda Andrade, of San Bernardino, said she was in a grocery aisle in the Highland Walmart when she felt someone touch her neck. Then she felt the yank from someone trying to steal her necklace.

    “All of a sudden I was jerked back,” she said. “I couldn’t figure out what was going on. Your mind is going a million miles.”

    Her necklace chain broke but the would-be thief did not have a grip on it, he lunged at her again, trying to get it, and she went into a defensive posture, then lunged back. He turned and walked quickly away.

    Security video of the store shows the incident plainly. A young, black male approached the elderly white lady and tried to steal her chain.

    But Andrade says she screamed for help, and no one came. She talked to management and asked them to call the police, perhaps fearing leaving the store to go home. She says the manager told her it would be a waste of time to call the police, and that it would take them far too long to get there and several hours to handle her complaint.

    She said one employee asked why she was worried about it, she still had her necklace.

    But police say the Walmart folks were wrong and that they should have called them.

    Walmart corporate seems to agree. They issued a statement and apology to Andrade, saying:

    “We are committed to providing our customers with a safe shopping environment. While we can’t always prevent crime from happening, we can definitely do a better job of how we respond in a situation like this,” Walmart Spokeswoman Dianna Gee said. “We have reached out to Ms. Andrade to apologize for how this was handled. We have also reiterated our policies and procedures to those involved. We will work with local law enforcement to provide any information we have such as surveillance video to help identify the suspect responsible.”

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  • Kris Jenner Comments On Kanye West Assault

    On Monday, Beverly Hills police confirmed that Kanye West had been named as a suspect in an alleged battery case.

    “The named suspect was identified as Kanye West by the victim and several witnesses,” says the police statement. “Mr. West had left the location prior to officers’ arrival. As of this writing, BHPD detectives are conducting a follow-up investigation.”

    And like always, Kanye’s soon-to-be mother-in-law had to put her two cents in about the incident. “I do know that how it started was this person got really, a lot of racial, hateful, horrible things that he was saying. Apparently many times. Very hateful person. And I think that’s where it started,” said Kris Jenner. “I’m not quite sure how it ended,” she added. “I’ve literally been doing press all day today and have not been home so I haven’t talked to anybody to give you a better update. But somebody got really out of line.”

    According to the Beverly Hills police, the responded to a 911 call at Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California at 12:15 p.m. on Monday. Apparently, Kim Kardashian, Kanye’s fiancé, was trying to make it into a furniture store, but was unable to do so because of she was surrounded by paparazzi.

    An 18-year-old, white, bystander decided to help Kim, but went about it the wrong way. He started yelling racial slurs at the paparazzi, and when Kim told him to stop, he began verbally attacking her. Kim immediately called Kanye, who came running to her defense.

    “Kim was walking into a furniture meeting for their new home,” a source told PEOPLE. “Kanye was there ahead of her for the meeting. So Kim gets there and walks into the building with a million paparazzi trailing her. At this point Kim was seriously afraid for her life,” the source continued. “He was going nuts. Kanye came down to help her but then the guy ran into a chiropractic office so Kim and Kanye walked in after him.” At that point, the bystander ran into a chiropractic office, continuing to yell at Kanye, who followed him in and allegedly punched him nearly 30 times.

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  • Kanye West Under Investigation For Assault

    On Monday, police confirmed that Kanye West has been named a suspect in an alleged assault case that occurred at Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California at 12:15 p.m. on Monday.

    “The named suspect was identified as Kanye West by the victim and several witnesses,” the Beverly Hills Police Department said in a statement. “Mr. West had left the location prior to officers’ arrival. As of this writing, BHPD detectives are conducting a follow-up investigation. No further information at this time.”

    A rep for Kanye has not yet commented on the situation, but a source reveals that it wasn’t Kanye who started the altercation. Apparently, Kim Kardashian, Kanye’s fiancé, was trying to make it into a building, but was surrounded by paparazzi. An 18-year-old bystander decided to help Kim, but went about it the wrong way. He started yelling racial slurs at the paparazzi, and when Kim told him to stop, he began verbally attacking her. Kim immediately called Kanye, who came running to her defense.

    “Kim was walking into a furniture meeting for their new home,” a source told PEOPLE. “Kanye was there ahead of her for the meeting. So Kim gets there and walks into the building with a million paparazzi trailing her. At this point Kim was seriously afraid for her life,” the source continued.

    “He was going nuts. Kanye came down to help her but then the guy ran into a chiropractic office so Kim and Kanye walked in after him.” After entering the chiropractic office, the bystander continued yelling at Kanye, who then, in return, punched him.

    West is already facing misdemeanor battery and attempted grand theft charges for an incident with the paparazzi at the Los Angeles International Airport in July 2013.

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  • Chris Brown Rejects Plea Deal For Recent Charge

    On Wednesday attorneys for Chris Brown and his bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, rejected plea deals for recent assault charges.

    In October the R&B singer, along with his bodyguard, were arrested after a man said they assaulted him. Apparently the man tried to get in on a picture Brown was taking with two other people outside the W Hotel in Washington D.C. when Brown and Hollosy allegedly assaulted him. Brown and Hollosy were charged with one count of misdemeanor simple assault.

    One of Brown’s attorneys, Danny Onorato, said they rejected the plea deals because Brown is not guilty.

    Prosecutors believe they have surveillance video that will prove otherwise. Though they did not say what it shows, prosecutors will be turning over the surveillance video soon.

    Fans and supporters came out in D.C. today. They were there as Brown entered the courthouse and were still there when he left. There were so many people outside the courthouse that US Marshals had to be present.

    Many on Twitter were happy to see Brown looking more like his old self, instead of the bleached blonde hair look he had been sporting for quite some time..

    Not long after his arrest in October Brown checked himself into rehab and one person on Twitter thinks his time in rehab is doing him some good.

    Another hearing is scheduled for February 20 where Brown’s attorneys expect a trial date to be set.

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  • Mariska Hargitay: SVU Season Premiere Tests Emotions

    Mariska Hargitay: SVU Season Premiere Tests Emotions

    Mariska Hargitay talked a couple of months back with Katie Couric about her role on Law & Order: SVU, and she even answered some fan questions. Hargitay stars as Detective Olivia Benson for her 15th season of the hit NBC show when it premieres on Wednesday.

    Old wounds are opened as the season starts, and Hargitay found this emotionally taxing. As Olivia Benson meets her attacker from season 14 (played by Pablo Schreiber) she must once again relive her harrowing hostage situation. Hargitay explains why meeting her perpetrator again was important for Olivia.

    “[A] lot of time people sort of put Benson up on a pedestal, right? Because they think she’s so strong, ‘I wish I could be like that.’ A lot of this is sort of Joyful Heart-induced and I always say, ‘She’s not so strong.’ We can’t define ourselves by an event. That’s something that happened to you,” she explained during an interview with Matt Lauer on The TODAY Show.

    “I think it was important for her to face him again because she can, and victims, I feel, need to sometimes be reminded of their own inner strength. That’s what I wanted to do,” she said. “Yes, it’s a struggle. I couldn’t take any of the advice I’ve been giving people all these years because it’s different once you’re in it and it just shows how hard it is and how courageous she is. But that’s what I love about her, it’s not that it’s not hard, it’s that we feel the fear and we do it anyway and we fight through. And she is a fighter, even at all odds. He was in her head; she didn’t know that she could do it. Plus, she’s battling a moral issue, which is she’s under oath, that’s her badge. It’s her honor. For me, I found the story so compelling, I thought it was even better than the season premiere.”

    Hargitay then explained how emotionally difficult this rehashing of her kidnapping was for her.

    “I couldn’t sleep before the night we shot the courtroom scene. I was so scared. Scared as an actor, just hoping it was going to be good, and then scared because I knew where I had to go,” she said. “It was like double, you’re scared because you want it to be good because the premiere was so good and I wanted to make it as raw and truthful and frightening and nuanced on different levels as it was.”

    It’s not all emotionally harrowing scenes on the set of SVU, however. Mariska posted a link to a YouTube video just hours ago that features the cast in a spoof called Special Family Unit.

    There aren’t many TV actors who are quite the caliber of Mariska Hargitay. For fifteen seasons she has entertained in her role of Detective Olivia Benson, and yet during none of those seasons has she become predictable or boring. Fans no doubt hope she’ll continue on in her role for many seasons to come.

    Tune in Wednesday night on NBC for the season premiere of Law & Order: SVU.

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  • Rose McGowan Witnesses “Knockout Game” Beatdown

    Rose McGowan has claimed that she personally witnessed a distressful “knockout game” attack in LA, Thursday.

    McGowan was going about her business when a masked man suddenly appeared and walloped an unsuspecting elderly man in the head before fleeing the scene on a skateboard.

    The knockout game is an assault in which an assailant punches an unsuspecting victim. In most cases, the assailant uses a single “sucker punch” in an attempt to knockout the victim.

    Describing the incident on Twitter, McGowan said that she was out and about Venice Beach when she witness a 65-years-old man become victim of assault.

    Rose described the attacker as a “criminal” wearing a mask and riding a skateboard. The 40-year-old actress also said she tried to run after the attacker but he was too fast and escaped.

     

    Rose called the ambulance after discovering that the elderly victim was bleeding from the ear. She also revealed that the victim had a dog with him but the attacker was too quick for the dog to protect his master.

    The identities of both the attacker and the victim still remain unknown.

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  • Chrissy Lampkin Arrested In New Jersey Brawl

    Love and Hip Hop star Chrissy Lampkin was arrested early Sunday for a bloody brawl with a woman in a New Jersey bar.

    The VH1 reality star was arrested and charged at around 2:30 am  for assault and disorderly conduct.

    Authorities said that the victim was badly wounded in the alleged assault.  According to TMZ  her injuries required  stitches above her eyes.

    Supposedly, the scuffle began when Lampkin objected to the woman sitting on the same sofa as her in the bar. Chrissy was later bailed out by her rapper fiancée, Jim Jones. The exact sequence of events were unclear as no video footage was captured.

    The 42-year-old reality star and her 37-year-old ‘We Fly High‘ boyfriend added to their notoriety after starring in the popular VH1 reality series Love and Hip Hop. The couple got engaged in 2011 during a party involving the entire Love and Hip Hop crew.  According to the couple, they both grew up in the same neighborhood in Harlem,  New York. They now have their own reality show called Chrissy & Mr. Jones which began airing in 2012 — Lampkin is one of the shows producers. The series concluded early last month. Jones is the co- CEO of Diplomat Records and an original member of hip hop group known as The Diplomats.

    This would not be the first altercation for Chrissy Lampkin. She is known for dishing out a few beatdowns and giving others a piece of her mind on the Love and Hip Hop show.

    Watch Chrissy beat down Kimbella on Love and Hip Hop

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  • Tennessee Road Rage Incident Results in Gunfire

    We’ve all had our moments of feeling some degree of road rage at one point or another. Rodney Lee Scott took his rage to a whole different level. The Tennessee man is currently being held on a $1 million bond for attempted murder.

    The incident occurred on Monday when Scott’s SUV nearly hit two motorcycles on the interstate. The drivers of the motorcycles waved their arms at Scott who then responded with an obscene gesture. He then backed his vehicle into one of the motorcyclists.

    Scott then fled the scene and drove back to his house. The men on the motorcycles followed him there and called the police. That is when Scott went totally ballistic. It is reported that Scott began shouting racial slurs and came out of his garage carrying two guns.

    The sheriff department confirmed that one of the motorcyclists, Tyler Lakin, was shot four times, three times in the back and one time in the wrist. Lakin was taken to the hospital and is currently in stable condition.

    This isn’t Scott’s first experience with road rage. In 2002, he was charged with assault. However, those charges were dismissed after he completed the terms of his probation.

    Currently, no agency keeps an official record of road rage incidents. However, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, reports of “aggressive driving” have increased about 7% each year since 1990. Whether a driver gets angry for being cut off or getting behind a vehicle driving too slow in the left lane, many of these “road rage” occurrences result in injury or even death.

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  • NYPD SUV Assault: Braszczok Pleads Not Guilty

    On September 29, 2013, Alexian Lien’s life was changed forever, thanks to a vicious attack by a motorcycle gang. In a bizarre series of events recorded by a helmet-cam one of the bikers was wearing, Lien was chased 50 blocks in New York City after bumping into a motorcycle which had appeared to purposefully slow-down in front of Lien’s vehicle. After this minor incident, the rest of the motorcycle gang lost their cool and started attacked Lien’s vehicle, bashing in windows and slashing tires. In order to escape their behavior, Lien took off in his Range Rover, running over one of the motorcyclists during his escape. Lien was eventually surrounded once again on 178th Street, where the gang then drug Lien from his car and nearly beat him to death in front of his wife and 2 year old daughter.

    After investigations by the NYPD, 14 suspects were arrested for their part in the crime. One of those suspects was Wojciech Braszczok, an undercover cop for the NYPD. At the time of the attack, Braszczok was off-duty. Many have questioned why he still did nothing to stop the events from transgressing, to which Braszczok responded that he could not risk his undercover identity seeing as he was participating in the ride under an alias. However, the prosecution for the case has pressed charges against Braszczok for gang assault, assault, and criminal mischief due to his violent actions committed against Lien’s vehicle, such as smashing the rear window and kicking the side of the vehicle.

    In court yesterday, Braszczok plead not guilty to the charges pressed against him. As was usual for Braszczok, he showed up to court with his appearance fully veiled, wearing a scarf over his face and his hood pulled up. The only words Braszczok uttered during his arraignment were “Not guilty.” Braszczok’s lawyer, John Arlia, had no comment after the proceedings.

    If convicted, Braszczok will face up to 25 years in prison.

    While the actions of Braszczok are reprehensible on every level, one has to wonder why the attention is focusing on the undercover officer. Considering the severity of the beating Lien suffered, one would think that the media focus would be on the bikers who attacked Lien and not his vehicle. However, the US media and populace seem to only want to focus on the most sensational aspects of any story. Does Braszczok have a bigger moral imperative to perform the right actions due to his employment as an undercover officer with the NYPD? Possibly. One does not need to be an officer, though, in order to follow perhaps the most important law as established by societies throughout time – that being, murder is not okay. While the bikers did not murder Lien, he suffered beatings which could have led to his death. Braszczok should be prosecuted for his actions, yes, but the perpetrators of the egregious violent actions against Lien should not escape media scrutiny due to Braszczok’s role as an undercover NYPD officer.

    What do you think? Are Braszczok’s actions more morally reprehensible due to his role as an NYPD officer? Let us know in the Comments Section Below.

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  • Patti LaBelle’s Son Testified in Bodyguard Trial

    Patti LaBelle’s Son Testified in Bodyguard Trial

    Zuri Edwards, Patti LaBelle’s son, testified on Friday in the ongoing assault trial of LaBelle’s bodyguard, Efrem Holmes. Edwards was involved in a confrontation at Bush Continental airport, between Holmes and a drunk instigator, Richard King.

    Holmes’ attorneys say that he was defending his client and her son from the onslaught of King, according to AP.

    Edwards testified that Richard King was “intoxicated, loud, obnoxious”. He was allegedly hurling racial epithets at his mother, Patti LaBelle. Then, he said, “I am instantly struck on my face, on the right side of my face.”

    King, a 23-year-old West Point cadet, had a blood-alcohol level of .28 percent. That is almost 3 ½ times Texas’ legal limit! He has claimed that he does not remember what happened the day of the airport incident, but decided to sue Patti LaBelle and Efrem Holmes anyway, for which they have countersued.

    Well, the courtroom knows what happened. Prosecutors showed a surveillance video which shows Edwards chest-bumping King, taking a punch from King, and then Holmes stepping in and punching King three times in the face. But, it didn’t end there. LaBelle’s hairdresser then got in the middle of it and hit King.

    LaBelle testified Thursday that she and her son, who works as her manager, had just arrived in Houston with Holmes, whom she described as “cuddly, very nice, very gentle”. She said that her son, Zuni Edwards, was loading luggage into an SUV for a trip to a performance at a Louisiana casino. That’s when Richard King staggered up to the limousine in which she sat and jiggled the handle, trying to get in.

    He then began yelling at her and that’s when Edwards intervened. King punched Edwards, and Holmes, the bodyguard, punched King, she said.

    “Nobody was trying to hit that kid,” said LaBelle, 69. “He started everything.”

    Time will tell who comes out on top of this mess, but I can make a guess…

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