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Dr.Phil Strikes Again, More Tales of the Boobie Grabber

October 8, 2009 By Cara Harrington Leave a Comment

I know, I know kittens. The news is dry this morning and I have resorted hammering on Dr. Phil who is like that creepy Uncle you try and avoid at holidays. Oprah’s boo turned Diet Coke version of Jerry Springer is being sued for his boobie grabbing.

TMZ reports that a woman by the name Shirley Dieu filed a suit in L.A. Count Superior Court that alleges brainwashing, physical, emotional abuse and forced nudity. She was seeking therapy from Dr. Phil in 2007 and has now come forward to seek justice.

“In the documents, Shirley claims Phil forced her to “be in the same room with a completely naked live man while he exposed his entire naked body, genitals and all.” Shirley alleges she tried to escape the building, but “was blocked by the staff to prevent her from leaving.”

[She] also claims Phil “touched her left breast during her therapy session.” Shirley also claims Phil lied to her about being a “real” doctor — alleging that the TV shrink “is not licensed to practice in the state of California.”

This guy is like the Megan Fox of the psychiatry world…no talent and only famous because someone plucked him out obscurity. So in summary Dr. Phil is a boob burglar and Michael Bay = Oprah.

Images Via: wenn.com

Filed Under: Celebrity Crime, Celebrity Gossip, Television, WTF?!? Tagged With: Assault, brainwashing, Crime, Dr.Phil, emotional abuse and forced nudity, molestation, Oprah, physical, Shirley Dieu filed a suit in L.A. Count Superior Court, Sued, touched her left breast

Ellen DeGeneres Sued!

September 11, 2009 By Holly Stafford 1 Comment

Oh the travesty! Talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres & her talk show’s producers for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” are being sued for the use of music during the “dance over” segment at the beginning of each show, where Ellen dances through the audience to some music having a good time interacting with everyone and it’s so hilarious and even I laugh. But the record companies don’t find it to be too funny – because they weren’t paid their licensing fees!

Per Huffington Post:

“As sophisticated consumers of music, Defendants knew full well that, regardless of the way they rolled, under the Copyright Act, and under state law for the pre-1972 recordings, they needed a license to use the sound recordings lawfully,” the suit states.

Plaintiffs include Arista Music, Atlantic Recording Corp., Capitol Records, Motown Record Company, Sony Music Entertainment, Virgin Records America and Warner Bros. Records. Typically, Ellen’s show plays less than 30 seconds of a song and it can be argued that it falls under fair use. Ellen’s people say they didn’t “roll that way,” on licensing, but they seriously need to come up with a better defense on that one!

Ellen’s show has been on the air for 6 years, so why are the record companies just now filing a suit?

Quoteables:

Evil Beat Gossip: “I’ll tell you what’s funny, though — no one would have reported on this story if Ellen hadn’t been named the fourth Idol judge this week. Success is a bitch.”

Gawker - “Here we thought the music industry was about bringing happiness into an otherwise dismal existence. Now we learn they’re only about profits. The horror!”

Filed Under: Celebrity Gossip, Ellen DeGeneres, Music Tagged With: Arista Music, Atlantic Recording Corp, Capitol Records, Copyright Act, dance, Ellen DeGeneres, Licensing, Motown Record Company, Music, Producers, Record Companies, Segment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sued, Suit, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Virgin Records America, Warner Bros. Records

Lindsay Lohan Sued For Tanning

July 7, 2009 By Crista Webster Leave a Comment

Poor Lindsay Lohan. She finally gets a little cash only to have ‘The Man’ try to take it away before she can spend it on Red Bull and nose spray.

It seems Lindsay claims to have helped a Las Vegas tanning salon owner create a fake at-home tanning spray. The pair are currently working together to push the spray, called Sevin Nyne, onto the public. However, distribution is currently halted as a Tampa chemist, Jennifer Sunday has come forward stating that Lohan and her sir-brusher stole the formula from her.

Via St. Petersburg Times:

“Sunday is suing Lohan, Simon, and Simon’s company for breach of contract, theft of trade secrets, civil conspiracy, intentional interference with contractual relations and deceptive and unfair trade practices.”

According to Sunday, she signed a confidentiality agreement with Lorit Simon, the Las Vegas businesswoman working with Lohan. However, Sunday is arguing that she is still working on the ingredients to the product and that she had no idea Lindsay Lohan would even be involved with the product, let alone take credit as a co-creator.

Lindsay should really stick to something she knows, like designing ho-hose leggings and hosting pool parties for 100 people she’s never met.

Filed Under: Celebrity Crime, Celebrity Gossip, Lindsay Lohan Tagged With: Chemist, Co Creator, Court, Las Vegas, Lindsay Lohan, Sevin Nyne, Sued, tampa, Tanning Spray

Chris Brown Sued For Another Alledged Beating

May 28, 2009 By Crista Webster 1 Comment

Chris Brown likes it rough. Not only is the singer/sometimes supposed actor still in hot water over allegedly (I can’t believe I still have to preface with that word) beating up on his one time girlfriend, Rihanna, he is now being sued for using a photog as a punching bag.

According to the paparazzo, he was shooting some pics of Brown back in March at an LA Fitness center when Brown’s bodyguards spotted him and told him to stop. As he was trying to leave, one of the center’s employees blocked the exit and that’s when the beat-down commenced.

Via TMZ:

“The photog says he then fell down a stairwell, which allowed the bodyguards to catch up with him — where they, ‘picked him up by his shorts and physically assaulted him.’”

This comes only one day after Brown posted a YouTube video of himself with his friend, um, BowWow (no longer, Lil’) claiming that he “isn’t a monster.”

All I got from this video is that Bow Wow’s job is merely to repeat everything Brown says, and that Brown really thinks you should buy his next album. Only the classiest singers head to YouTube for promotion, right?

Filed Under: Celebrity Couples, Celebrity Crime, Celebrity Feuds, Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity Health, Music, Rihanna, WTF?!? Tagged With: Album, attack, Basketball, Beat Down, beat up, beating, Bodyguards, BowWow, Center, Chris Brown, LA Fitness, Monster, Photog, photographer, Pictures, Rihanna, Sued, Youtube

Britney Spears Sued by Sam Lutfi

February 3, 2009 By Cara Harrington 1 Comment

Gee. Didn’t see this one coming. Sam Tons-O-Fun Lutfi is suing the Britney Spears Clan because he is either bored, running out of cash or combination of the two. (If you don’t recall this douche, he was part of the Axis of Evil that paved the path for Britney’s downfall.)

TMZ reports:

“Sam Lutfi has filed a lawsuit against Britney Spears and her parents for libel, defamation, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract.

According to the papers, Sam claims Jamie and Lynn “launched a campaign of lies and intimidation designed to destroy Lutfi and drive him out of Britney’s life.”

Basically Tons-O-Fun claims that late last year in January he was standing in Britney’s kitchen baking cookies and strudel (and not mixing mysterious purple gooey drinks chalked full of whatever he could find in his fanny pack/portable medicine cabinet), when Spears’ father stormed in. Jamie yelled at him and punched him in the chest.

His also made claims of libel and defamation that come from Lynne’s top notch parenting account, “Through the Storm.”

“[I] have been subjected to unfathomable amounts of ridicule and public scorn.”

Nope. I pretty much find him to be manipulating turd without having read Lynne’s book. Still haven’t read it. Probably won’t read it. I am guessing it could be summed up as such: “Dance baby! MONEY! More Money! Baldness? Grandbaby…Not So Bad = More Money, Damn Daddy Lookin’ Better Than Me, Less Money, Happy Family With Money Again…The End!”

What Others Said:

Dlisted - “What does Sam Lutfi do all day, really? I’m sure he spends a few hours sticking hot pins in Daddy Spears’ voodoo doll. After that, he plays Brit Brit’s “From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart,” cuddles up to one of her old used-up weave tracks and cries himself to sleep.”