Pete Doherty was a wanted man after a warrant for his arrest was issued when he failed to show up in court. The case deals with an incident that occurred in August of last year when the rocker smashed a photographer’s camera after she took a picture of him before he returned to a clinic for drug treatment. On Thursday, the British court finally ordered that he must pay damages to the photographer in the tune of almost $2,000 for breaking her camera. While the court did accept that there was a degree of provocation in the incident, Pete was still found guilty. Pete commented to the reporters outside the court saying “Yeah, it was okay today, it should have been sorted out ages ago to be honest. It’s been hanging over me for a long time.”

Posted: July 27th, 2008 under Celebs Arrested, Courthouse, Pete Doherty.
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R Kelly’s trial is finally set to get moving along as jury selection has been completed and things are ready to go. 12 jurors have been selected, 8 of which are white and 4 are African American. Gender wise, there are 8 males and 4 females. Coincidentally enough, and it may be bad for the R&B singer, the final juror selected was a rape victim. The defense tried to get her dismissed but they ran out of their 7 peremptory strikes and unfortunately for them, the judge wouldn’t grant an 8th. The defense had also accused the prosecution of going after white jurors. I’m just hoping for a fair trial and that justice be served.

Posted: May 20th, 2008 under Courthouse, R Kelly, Singers.
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Foxy Brown tested the patience of judges when she was in prison and she’s testing them out just when she recently got released. A judge has issued a bench warrant for Foxy’s arrest on Monday morning after she failed to show for a hearing in Brooklyn Criminal Court. The judge called her later in the morning and her defense attorney didn’t know where she was and hadn’t heard from the female rapper. She’s still facing assault and weapons charges stemming from an incident in which she allegedly bashed a Brooklyn woman with her Blackberry. This is not the time for her to be MIA.

Posted: May 8th, 2008 under Courthouse, Foxy Brown, Singers.
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Brit’s lawyers filed papers to try and have her custody case moved to federal court on Thursday. But the Superiour Court isn’t giving in just yet. They said, “It is our view that all current orders in this matter remain in full force and effect.”

The motion was filed in an attempt to have the conservatorship which was granted to Britney Spears’s father Jamie cancelled. It would also null the 21-day restraining order against Britney’s pal Sam Lufti.

We’ll have to wait and see what happens as this progresses…..

Posted: February 17th, 2008 under Britney Spears, Courthouse, Divorce and Breakups, Music Artist.
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Britney Spears’ father is now in control of her affairs. The move follows her admission to a hospital psychiatric unit earlier this week. A Los Angeles court has awarded Jamie Spears and attorney Andrew Wallete temporary command of Brit’s multi-million dollar estate.

The order, referred to as a conservatorship, is passed in circumstances where a court rules that an individual is incapable of caring for himself or herself or unable to properly manage their own affairs.

In a separate ruling, the judge at Britney’s hearing also issued a restraining order against Brit’s pal Sam Lutfi, after concluding that he had been harassing the star. The move, which effectively bans Sam from visiting Brit in hospital, is currently in place for 22 days but legal insiders say Brit’s family could turn it into a permanent order at the end of that period if necessary.

Brit’s father also has permission to change the locks on her property, and remove anyone who is there. Nice.

Posted: February 5th, 2008 under Britney Spears, Courthouse, Family, News, Performance, Photos.
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After a number of missed court appearances and then last Monday’s show up and leave without ever going in, Britney Spears finally decided she better go in. After all, last Monday’s stunt left her without any rights to her two sons, Jayden and Preston.
Yesterday, though, was a different story. Britney showed up and then spent two hours being questioned by ex-husband Kevin Federline’s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan. It is assumed that she was interrogated about her drug and alcohol abuse, her refusal to comply with court orders, and her parenting skills, or lack thereof.
Kaplan plans to use the evidence he gained to convince the court that K-Fed should have primary custody of the children. The trial will take place in April. Kaplan previously said, “Kevin wants nothing more than to be able to parent his children with participation by their mother. But the best interest of the children require that they be in the most sound, safe, nurturing and consistent environment. That is paramount.”

Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Alcohol, Britney Spears, Courthouse, Divorce and Breakups, Drugs, Kevin Federline.
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Music producer and Paris Hilton’s sidekick Scott Storch is facing allegations that he is one really bad baby daddy by stiffing his baby mama on child support. Sources say that documents filed in Miami-Dade County Court state that Storch is behind in his $7500 per month support payment for Jalen, who turns two in April.

Storch has reportedly missed on last month’s payment and this month’s as well. Dalene Daniel claims that he’s been “habitually late” in payment and even bouncing checks. And here’s the thing, Storch is considered one of the most successful music producers with Forbes estimating his 2006 income at $17 million. So why isn’t he forking over the cash?

Posted: January 20th, 2008 under Courthouse, Family, LifeStyle, Money, Music, Rumor, Scandal.
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As if she isn’t in enough trouble as it is; Britney Spears failed to turn up for her court-ordered deposition. She claims to be too sick to attend, claiming high anxiety as the cause. How convenient.

The singer was due to undergo questioning by ex-husband Kevin Federline’s lawyers in the custody battle for their sons. Britney’s friend-and-assistant Sam Lufti claims she was distressed by the media attention surrounding her court appearance.

He said: “She is sick, both physically and high anxiety. There are millions of people outside. It’s too much.”

A new date for Britney’s deposition has been chosen, but not been revealed. Her questioning, which isn’t expected to last longer than a day, is set to address her alleged drug use, her failure to follow court orders and her capabilities as a mother.

If I were Britney then I would suffer high anxiety about being questioned on my mothering abilities too.

Posted: December 14th, 2007 under Bad, Britney Spears, Celeb Rehab, Celebrities, Courthouse, Divorce and Breakups, Famous People, Kevin Federline, LifeStyle, Music, Music Artist, Rumor, Scandal, Singers.
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Donna D’Errice and Nikki Sixx were in court recently to settle financial matters in their divorce. While some people would fight tooth and nail for some money, Donna just wants it all over with regardless if she gets any money or not.

The judge has expressed concern for Donna but both parties waved their rights to financial support. The former couple reached a settlement agreement on the rest of their finances and that all matters related to their son Frankie would be kept confidential.

Donna says that she was happy that it was over and that she was in the process of writing an autobiography. Oooh! Dirt!

Posted: December 3rd, 2007 under Bad, Celebrities Marriage, Courthouse, Divorce and Breakups, Famous People, LifeStyle, Money, Music Artist, Personal, Photos, Singers.
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It takes a real man to fill the troubled shoes of one Amy Winehouse. Literally.

A couple of drag queens carrying Amy-face cutouts and dressed exactly like Wino, complete with beehive wigs, showed up at a London courthouse this past weekend to show their support for Amy’s hubby Blake Fielder-Civil who has been in jail for the most of November for allegedly trying to tamper with a case.

I wonder if the fans went as far as marrying gold diggers, scratching themselves until they bleed, removing their teeth or inhaling unidentified substances in public just to show their undying support for the rehabbed rocker.

Posted: November 30th, 2007 under Amy Winehouse, Courthouse, Music Artist, Personal, Prison, Rumor, Singers.
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