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Jennifer and Marc - Teaching Their Kids Greed?

trix — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:53:00 GMT

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are suing the pants off someone. Why, oh because the company used the J-Lo image with their stroller, without asking.

The couple is seeking at least $5 million because the company didn't ask to use their picture. Is a picture of the couple really worth $5 million?

Um, no.

I can understand both sides of the coin, but is that the image they want to have set down in the record books. The image their children are going to see and wonder about, the image their children are going to perpetuate.

Max and Emme are going to grow up money hungry and shameless if their parents continue down the road they are on.

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Rob Lowe's Credibility Questioned in Media

Karen — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:51:00 GMT

Rob Lowe recently dropped the lawsuit he had against former chef Peter Clements, after Clements provided the Lowes with "accurate information."

"Once Peter Clements provided Rob and Sheryl Lowe with accurate information, the Lowes willingly dismissed their claims against him without cost to either side," the papers say.

The "papers" did not disclose what the "accurate information" is. Now I'm just "using" quotes wherever I "want," since this story is "obviously" missing certain elements that are "vital" to what the truth may or "may not" be.

Sources say the "chef" was originally sued because he allegedly backed up the nannies stories, but that turns out to be "false."

Gloria Allred, attorney to the nannies, says Lowe's dismissal of the lawsuit will "blow up in his face."

"Whatever Mr. Lowe has attempted to cook up smells bad and will leave a lasting bad taste in his attempts to go after two innocent nannies who loved and cared for his children," she says.

"It was a big mistake," says a "source" close to the "case."

Celebrity Baby In A Bikini

Sassy Smith — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:08:00 GMT

Daddy's full of tattoos, daughter's sportin' a tiny bikini and some adorably chubby legs - who's the celebrity family?

More pics after the jump

It's Alabama, 2, daughter of Travis Barker and ex-wife, Shanna Moakler. Along to play in the sand and surf in Malibu, was the ex-couple's son Landon, 4, and Atiana, 9, (her daddy is Oscar de la Hoya).

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Suri Cruise's Dye Job?

Tom Cruise Talks About Katie's Pregnancy,Kids & Fatherhood

Shanna Moakler Supports Ex-Nanny In Charges Against Rob Lowe

HerBadMother — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:53:00 GMT

So, that nanny who has charged Rob Lowe and his wife with being big ol' perverts? No, not the first one. The second one. Yeah, that one. Well, she used to nanny for Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker, and Shanna Moakler, for one, is standing right by her.

From People.com:

"I've been friends with Laura for the past ten years – before she was my nanny – and I completely stand by her," Moakler told PEOPLE exclusively.

A source added that Boyce appeared in at least one episode of Meet the Barkers, the MTV show about the unconventional family life of Moakler, a former Playboy centerfold, and her now ex-husband Travis Barker.

Which, you know - it's tempting to disregard the character reference of a former-Playboy-model-turned-reality-TV-star, but why should it? I mean, is Moakler's word any less trustworthy than Rob 'Oh Hai I Videotaped Young Girls Having Sex With Me 4 Fun' Lowe? Really?

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Rob Lowe's Wife Facing Sexual Harassment Accusations

Rob Lowe: Pee-Pee Exposer or Exploited Employer?

Nanny: Rob Lowe Was A Perv

Does EVERYONE Have A Sex Tape Now?

Rob Lowe's Wife Facing Sexual Harassment Accusations

HerBadMother — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:08:00 GMT

First Rob Lowe was accused of being a perv - now his wife is, too. And the accusation isn't even coming from that first disgruntled nanny the Lowes accused of extortion - this is another nanny coming forward.

This doesn't look good.

People reports that:

A second former nanny of Rob Lowe filed a countersuit Wednesday in a Los Angeles court, accusing the actor's wife of sexual harassment, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Laura Boyce, who worked for the couple for seven months in 2007, claims Sheryl Lowe created an "extremely sexually offensive and hostile work environment ... behaving in a ... perverted, disgusting and crude manner."

Boyce also alleges that Sheryl used the "n" word in reference to Boyce's boyfriend, who was an NBA player.

Sheryl also allegedly "walked around naked, completely exposing herself" to Boyce, asked about her boyfriend's private parts and talked about Sheryl's sex life with Rob.

This isn't going to help the Lowes in their efforts to paint the first nanny's accusations - which charged both Rob and his wife with perversion - as sour grapes.

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Rob Lowe: Pee-Pee Exposer or Exploited Employer?

Nanny: Rob Lowe Was A Perv

Rob Lowe's Former Nanny Speaks Out

Does EVERYONE Have A Sex Tape Now?

Rob Lowe: Pee-Pee Exposer or Exploited Employer?

HerBadMother — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:43:00 GMT

Aaaaand it just gets dirtier and dirtier. Jessica Gibson, former nanny to Rob Lowe's kids, filed her suit against the Lowes yesterday, and WOW. Either that household was a total cesspool of grotty, grotty depravity, or Gibson is an evil exploitative bizatch. And/or totally insane. Or both.

TMZ got a hold of the suit, and reported on its contents, and can I say again? WOW:

In her suit, Gibson claims Lowe not only groped her, he repeatedly exposed his "flaccid penis" and his "erect penis" to her, repeatedly asked her "to touch his penis," repeatedly masturbated in front of her, showed her pornographic images on his computer, asked her to give him a massage and tell him dirty stories ... and that's just Rob!

She then says Rob's wife Sheryl walked around naked --"completely exposing herself" -- made "numerous sexually vulgar comments about male genitalia," "would talk about her sex life" with Rob and said that "she would never have a boyfriend because only a married man would want to f*** her."

Gibson says the Lowes paid her $18.00 an hour for her services. She's suing them for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, retaliation, unpaid off-the-clock work, overtime wages and unpaid meal periods. She's asking for damages in excess of $50,000. She also said on this morning's "Today" show that she never tried to extort money from the Lowes, as Rob has alleged.

Lowe's lawyer says Gibson's allegations are "simply untrue."

What is one supposed to say about that? Wow, whoa, holy hell and grrroooosssss.

So who's telling the truth? I mean, the nanny stayed there SEVEN YEARS. Why would you stay somewhere seven years if there were penises and boobies being flapped at you all the time? On the other hand, this is Rob Lowe - he of the under-age girls in sex-tape fame - we're talking about. So what's one supposed to believe?

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Rob Lowe's Former Nanny Speaks Out

Does EVERYONE Have A Sex Tape Now?

Nanny: Rob Lowe Was A Perv

HerBadMother — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:45:00 GMT

I feel badly for Rob Lowe's family that they're facing such an ugly controversy, but you know? I'm maybe feeling a little sorry for the nanny, too. I mean, as Karen reported here earlier today, she's not only saying that she didn't blackmail the Lowe family, she's alleging sexual harassment. And given Rob Lowe's history (that whole dirty video with underage girls thing? anyone, anyone?) I don't know that I'm prepared to discount her claims just 'cause Rob says that I should.

According to the Associated Press, Jessica Gibson stated in legal papers filed Monday in Santa Barbara, California, that Lowe touched her inappropriately several times between September 2005 and January 2008. Which, again - this is a guy who's gotten into trouble in the past for, um, interfering with young women. Sometimes very young women.

So I dunno. On the one hand, celebrities are easy targets for opportunists. On the other, this young woman worked for the Lowes for seven years and was reportedly excellent with their children, which suggests against a set-up. And, as I've already said: ROB LOWE. My husband refers to him as Raw Blow for a reason. He's not exactly Mr. Clean Hands.

We'll have to wait and see as the he-said/she-said plays out, but it seems clear that no matter what the truth? It's all ugly.

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Rob Lowe's Former Nanny Speaks Out

Karen — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Yesterday on the Today Show, Jessica Gibson, former nanny to Rob Lowe, spoke about her time with the Lowe family and the pending lawsuit against her, another nanny and a chef. She spoke about the alleged sexual battery and abuse she suffered at the hands of Rob himself.

TMZ reported:

Gibson did say that she never blackmailed Rob to the tune of $1.5 mil, and claimed that she didn't call the cops despite the alleged sexual battery during her seven-year stint with the Lowes because she "loved the children, and I needed the job." She wouldn't go into what Lowe supposedly did to her.

Gibson admitted writing the emails to the Lowe family but said they were meant to "appease" the Lowes.

More details here from Catherine.

Rob Lowe Sues Two Nannies and A Chef

Karen — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:33:00 GMT

Sounds like a movie title, doesn't it? Well it's Rob Lowe's reality right now. The actor is suing two former nannies and a chef for trying to extort money out of him and his wife.

The Huffington Post recently published Lowe's story regarding the matter, in which he described one nanny of trying to "attempt to damage and humiliate" his family. From the story:

A former employee is demanding my wife Sheryl and I pay her $1.5 million by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles. It is an attempt to damage and humiliate not only my wife and me, but our two young sons as well. My family is devastated at this betrayal; this woman worked in our home and traveled with us off and on for seven years, without complaint. In fact, she left other jobs to return to work for us three different times. Several weeks ago she quit abruptly, leaving us without a replacement.

Lowe goes on to share text messages from the nanny, and it's clear that she is a few towels short of a linen closet now that she is suddenly crying abuse. Lowe is clearly concerned for his wife and especially, his two young children.

It is indeed a pretty sad state of affairs when someone decides to sue merely for financial gain. We live in such a litigous society and the true victims are getting the raw end of the deal.

John Ritter's Widow Recalls His Final Moments

Karen — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:32:00 GMT

When John Ritter died suddenly in 2003, his fans were stunned. During the trial this week (Ritter's family is suing for wrongful death), widow Amy Yasbeck testified about her last moments with Ritter. It's heartbreaking to read.

CNN reports: "Amy Yasbeck sometimes could barely speak through her tears as she recounted the last hours in which she was summoned to a hospital and told her husband was having a heart attack and needed an angiogram.

She said that Ritter, who was in a hospital bed, was "scared" and asked Dr. Joseph Lee, one of the two defendants in the lawsuit, if he could get a second opinion before he agreed to the procedure.

"Dr. Lee said, 'No, there's no time. You're in the middle of a heart attack,"' Yasbeck testified.

She said Lee asked Ritter to sign a consent form and read him its details.

Asked by her lawyer, Moses Lebovits, what happened next, Yasbeck broke into gasping sobs.

"I leaned down to John's ear and said, 'I know you're scared but you have to be brave and do this because these guys know what they're doing.' And he was brave for all the time I saw him," she said.

Yasbeck said that as Ritter was wheeled down a hall on a gurney he used sign language to say "I love you." She said she mouthed the same words back.

"He went around the corner and that's the last time I saw him," she said."

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Gene Simmons Sex Tape Is REAL

HerBadMother — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:13:00 GMT

Just in case anyone had any doubt, even Gene Simmons' lawyers are admitting it: that is, indeed, big Gene working his little genie in that sex-vid that's causing such a sensation on the Internet.

According to the cease-and-desist letters that are being sent to anyone who has dared post the video on the internet, the guy with the penis in the video is, in fact, Gene, and he has not given permission for this particular sex-performance to be broadcast (webcast, whatevs):

“The video in question was surreptitiously filmed without Mr. Simmons’ knowledge by a woman named Traci Anna Koval. To the the extent that Ms. Koval ever claimed to have any interest in the video, which is both disputed and inconceivable, given its surreptitious filming, such rights were acquired by our client Allied Industry in 2003, pursuant to a written assignment and release agreement in which Ms. Koval assigned all of her interest in the video to Allied Industry, including the copyright, represented and warranted that no additional copies would be exploited or distributed and expressly consented to injunctive relief.”

So there you have it. The video was filmed surreptitiously, without Mr. Simmons' knowledge. Which means, yes, that he was there, but just didn't know, at the time, that he was being filmed. Once he did know, he acquired rights over copy and distribution. Translation: HIS TAPE, in all manners of speaking.

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Gene Simmons Responds To Sex Tape, Le Petit Gene Sues For Damages

Genesseret.com: Is Gene Simmons' Sex Tape a Tool of the Devil?

Gene Simmons Sex Tape

Gene Simmons Responds To Sex Tape, Le Petit Gene Sues For Damages

Karen — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:21:00 GMT

If you haven't seen the Gene Simmons sex tape, please ensure your stomach is empty and your eyes are closed. I mean really.

Even the model he was collapsing upon turned her head when his giant freak head was coming at her to smooch. Gaggerific. How do I know this? Oh I watched it. Through my fingers and squinty eyes, I swallowed my gag reflex several times in order to serve you, the people. You're welcome.

Anyway, ol' Gene has issued a statement on his website:

"Hi everyone. You may have heard or seen garbage that has sprung up from my past. Rest assured the proper legal team is looking at all ramifications and options.

"And us? Shannon, Nick and Soph are happy and healthy. All is well.

"And thank you all for the kind words of support."

Your past Gene? As in a few months ago? If this chick was much further back in the timeline, I'm pretty sure you'd be the one looking straight into the barrel of a legal team.

Kind words? Uh, Gene? You haven't been reading blogs, obviously. We're all sufficiently grossed out. Even my best friends who had a Foreigner song play at their wedding are going to get divorced and re-married just so they can lose the now tainted memory of their first dance. The only "support" I can offer is for you to buy your sad ass a Bowflex and maybe try this funny food called salad, because you are not going to burn more than 3 calories having sex like that. Dead people burn more calories. The sad thing is, you can't lose weight from that fat head of yours.

Dude. Be like Better Midler. She's best seen "From a Distance." Oh and there's that whole thing about her never having a camera on her while she's being a slave to a wang. I'm pretty sure your poor grissle missle is embarrassed for you.

Britney: Everybody Loves A Pregnant Klepto!

HerBadMother — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:33:00 GMT

Britney Spears a kleptomaniac? That, at least, was the story this morning from a Swedish newspaper, which reported that Britney lifted four designer coats from designer Katja Berglund at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in LA this past weekend. The coats were worth a total five-finger discount of $28,200.

This of course, was too ~~good~~ bad to be true, and sure enough, the newspaper just issued a retraction, stating that the designer has insisted that the coats were a gift. Which, yeah right. I'm betting that 'statement' from the designer came after some well-placed phone calls from Britney's publicists. This is, after all, a girl who has let her dog shit on couture and who - inexplicably - recently tried to make off with some (presumably useless) un-paid-for panties. And tell me that she and baby-daddy JT Rotem don't look like they're shoving merchandise under their fugly hats in that photo above.

She should just be blame it on pregnancy hormones. Oh mah god, y'all! I just can't be THINKIN' with all this sperm cooking up in me! I thought they was MAH coats, y'all! That way, she gets more of our attention (admitting to pregnancy) and our sympathy (poor pregnant Britney, lost and confused.) And she gets to keep the coats, and maybe the panties, too. Win-win for everybody.

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Britney Spears Text Messages Ryan Seacrest To Squash Baby Rumor But More Lies Surface

Karen — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:35:00 GMT

What is it with Ryan Seacrest getting all the Britney attention? Anyway, that nagging rumor about her being pregnant again? False, according to a text message sent from the pop trainwreck to the radio show host this morning. BUT WE AREN'T BUYING BRITNEY'S STORY JUST YET!

From Sam Lufti herself: "It's BS, don't know who made it up. J.R. doesn't even know what's up. It's fake, completely fake. We just wrapped her video, going home to sleep...sorry...we're dodging paps."

And apparently Britney is furious, and planning to sure, says a source, "She's furious at InTouch," a close pal of Britney reveals to OK!, referring to their item that the mother of two is expecting a child from music producer J.R. Rotem. "The story is a complete lie. She does not even see or talk to J.R., and she hasn't had any dealings with him in months."

"She's thinking about suing," explains the pal. "She's so mad. She's worked so hard at being a working mom and resolving legal issues. To have such a messed up lie come out like this now really angers her. She is serious about wanting to sue."

Oh REALLY? Months you say? Funny, here she is with J.R. Rotem SIX WEEKS AGO.

Squash that, Pop Tart.

Trashy Britney Spears

Sassy Smith — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:05:00 GMT

According to Life & Style, Spears is facing yet another lawsuit for reportedly trashing a condo in Marina Del Rey. My head is literally spinning from all the drama.

The owner of the condominium, Amir E. Zagross is threatening to sue the poptart unless she coughs up some dough for the damage that she and her family caused. The condo is worth an estimated $1.5 million.

He says, “I met Britney at the condo myself with her mother, brother, sons and her bodyguards. They assured me they were immaculate, nice people who would take care of the property. But the damage was significant.” Ya, but doesn't he know who Britney is? Has he been living under a rock? Dude, it's Britney Spears! She's not known for being "immaculate". That's not the word that comes to mind when I think of her.

Britster's big bro' Bryan, 30, may be more to blame than his trainwreck sister, 26. Wow, who knew she came from a family of trashiness?

A source said, “The whole family would come in and out of the place, but Bryan was the most constant."

Apparently there is damage to the walls, flooring, balcony, doors, electrical outlets and air conditioning, claims Zagross, who said, “We couldn’t re-rent the condo because of the state it was in." Shocking eh? I mean Britney is usually so classy. Ah, you caught me, I did not type that last sentence with a straight face.

Photo source: about.com

Britney Spears Sues Perez Hilton: We've All Been Mislead

Whit Honea — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:49:00 GMT

At the rate Britney Spears is going we'll be writing about her missing court dates for ever. Her label, Zamba Recording LLC, is now suing blogger Perez Hilton for:

"The unauthorized dissemination of recordings is a serious violation of copyright law," said a Zamba represntative. "In addition, posting demos and unfinished songs as if they were final versions is grossly unfair to the artist and misleading to the public."

See, the silent minority was right! Britney is a victim here. She isn't some crazy, habitual drug-using skank that apparently lost her talent with her mind. She's a hard-working performer and we were all mislead by Perez Hilton! I knew that guy was up to something, what with waving the gold watch and telling me I was getting sleepy. I just figured he ran out of roofies. I was flattered. Now I'm just mislead. That hurts.

Update: It looks like he's also being sued by that dude Sam that hangs out with Lilo.

Photo: ABC

Lance Briggs Sued By His Baby's Mama, Just in Case

Whit Honea — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:34:00 GMT

Chicago Bear and ex-Arizona Wildcat Lance Briggs has a 3-week-old baby.

The baby is fine. Lance Briggs is doing daddy stuff. All is well. Not on paper.

Brittini Tribbett wants to make sure her baby continues to be cared for. According to her lawyer, "we've got to formalize the obligation of support and right of visitation. Lance has been exemplary both as a parent and as a provider thus far. There's no animosity here, but legal necessities are not always niceties."

I call bullshit. If Lance is being exemplary then why sue him? There are other paper trails to hike down.

Something tells me that Ms. Tribbett has her eyes on a bit more than a little help with formula and diapers. It looks like the baby's first stroller may be a Lamborghini. We see it all the time. Get pregnant, make money. It's like having the best paying job in the world for 9-months.

Note to self: Have baby with professional athlete.

Photo: Sportsmaven