Star Offenders

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has filed a lawsuit against his former accountant, accusing him of mishandling company tax reports.
Francis alleges his former CPA messed up his firm Mantra Films, Inc’s books. He claims that the accountant, Michael Barrett, failed to alert him to tax issues and alledges he breached a duty of loyalty by not doing so.
Francis also claims that Barrett was desperate to claim a $10 million reward from the IRS, despite being responsive for preparing, filing, and signing tax returns.
He’s seeking an unspecified amount in damages.
Even if he’s right, I still think this guy …read more

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Fiddy won’t be changing his name anytime soon. For now, 50 Cent is suing mad at Taco Bell for using his name in advertising to promote their “Why pay more?” campaign.
They reportedly asked the rapper to change his name from 50 Cent to 79, 89, or 99 Cent for a day.
He’s suing for $4 million in damages.

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John Cusack is suing movie production company over his role in the unfinished movie, Stopping Power. He filed the lawsuit in court yesterday, claiming that Intermedia Film Equities USA offered him $4.5 million for the film even if it wasn’t done.
He also claims that all of his expenses were to be paid, including $50,000 for his staff in Germany.
He’s suing for $5.6 million in compensation.

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Bosses on Rachael Ray’s show are facing legal action from a former employee. Aaron Ferguson, who suffers from anorexia, has filed papers in Manhattan’s Supreme Court accusing bosses on the Rachael Ray Show of exhibiting hostile behavior and making vile comments about him. He says he was forced to quit due to his supervisors’ behavior.
His lawyer says, “The things that were said in front of my client were hurtful, and once they knew he had a problem with it they should have stopped.”
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Steve-O is facing more legal troubles. A security guard is suing him over an alleged assault at the launch of Paris Hilton’s clothing line. Apparently the doorman, Roland Cano, was hired to work at the Kitson store in L.A. in August 2007 to provide extra security when Paris unveiled her fashion line.
He has accused Steve-O of attacking him when he was denied access to the event.
Cano alleges in the papers that Glover “without provocation, violently punched (his) head repeatedly” and is suing the stuntman for unspecified …read more

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Jennifer Lopez is being sued by Lisa Wilson, an air stewardess, who claims that J Lo’s pet dog Floyd lunged at her during a flight in 2006. I have to wonder why this is being brought out now? Considering that J Lo and Skeletor got so much money for their twins’ baby pics….coincidence?? I don’t think so.
Lisa is claiming that she fell over after she was bitten and needed surgery for debilitating back pain. She’s suing for $5 million.

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Queen Latifah is suing the production company behind the movie that she starred in, The Perfect Holiday. She claims that she is yet to be paid for her appearance.
Her lawyers have filed a lawsuit on her behalf in Manhattan, claiming bosses at Perfect Christmas Productions breached her contract and have yet to fork over the $275,000 for her role in the comedy.
Isn’t everyone suing everyone else these days, what’s up with that?

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50 Cent is said to be seeking to sue his ex-girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, for defamation after she accused him of causing the fire that set his New York mansion ablaze.
Shortly after the blaze, she told the press: “He tried to kill me and his own child. I know this came from 50 Cent.”
But 50 Cent has slammed the claims, and his lawyers are now preparing a defamation complaint against Tompkins, reports the New York Daily News.
His attorney Brett Kimmel says, “There comes a point where you can no longer sit on your hands and listen to her spread …read more

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And if you guessed Nick Hogan and those whiney taped phone calls to mommy and daddy, then you’d be correct.
Apparently, little Nicky doesn’t realize that phone calls made from jail are public domain and the media can do whatever it wants with them.
Spoiled little rich boy doesn’t understand why he’s in solitary confinement, either. He doesn’t get the fact that he’d be violated in a manner of minutes if he were in general population. He’s fresh meat to those seasoned criminals.
Maybe they should mix him in with the rest of the people. He …read more

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I didn’t know that you could sue someone or a company for having a name too similar to yours, but that’s what Sean Combs is considering.
The cufflink company in question, CuffDaddy.com, is a family-owned cufflink company and Sean’s lawyers are thinking that it’s too similar to the name that Puffy used to use, Puff Daddy.
It doesn’t sound like trademark infringement to me. Besides that, how many lawsuits is Puffy going to get huffy about??
First Diddy, and now this? He doesn’t own everything….
The company insists that they aren’t trying to cash in on Puffy’s name and they …read more

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