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Jennifer Love Hewitt sued
Ghost Whisperer actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is being sued by her former management company over claims she owes them for brokering her seven-year contract with the show. The suit, filed yesterday in LA, alleges Hewitt’s career had stalled before the show and that the management company brought her “back to national prominence as a television star.” The company claims Hewitt paid them in full for the first season, but refused to pay for season two, and is seeking a minimum of $350,000 in damages.
Hugh wins lawsuit
Hugh Grant won a suit against a British newspaper publisher over stories published in February making false claims about his relationships with ex-girlfriends Elizabeth Hurley and Jemina Khan. The About a Boy actor accepted an undisclosed amount in damages and plans to donate the money to a local cancer charity, according to his lawyer. One story alleged that Grant’s relationship with Khan ended over a flirtation with a movie exec, another claimed the actor would attend Hurley’s wedding and had sponsored a chimpanzee at a British zoo as a present, and a third described Grant as resentful for having to do publicity for his films. Grant said in a statement that he sued because he was tired of papers “publishing almost entirely fictional articles about my private life for their own financial gain… I’m also hoping that this statement in court might remind people that the so-called ‘close friends’ or ‘close sources’ on which these stories claim to be based almost never exist.”
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Nick Lachey named in basketball lawsuit
Nick Lachey is among a group of celebs being sued by a woman claiming she was cheated out of owning a lucrative basketball franchise. The woman claims she entered into a contract with a company owned by A.J. Discala (Lachey’s pal and ex-husband to Jamie Lynn Sigler) to become acting president of “Hollywood Fame” – a new bball team – and receive 10% of the franchise’s stock. In court papers, the woman claims Discala squeezed her out by giving away all the stock to other people, including Lachey. The woman is seeking a minimum of $1.25 million in compensatory damages and calls Discala’s behavior “despicable, intentional, deceitful…with a willful and conscious disregard for [her] rights.”
Arrest warrant issued on Foxy Brown
An arrest warrant has been issued for Foxy Brown after the rapper failed to appear in court. Brown was charged with battery and resisting arrest in February after an incident at a beauty salon in which she threw hair glue at an employee who asked her to leave because the salon was closed. Brown allegedly spat at the employee as he called 911 and then resisted arrest once police arrived on scene. The arrest warrant was issued on Brown’s failure to appear in court in Fort Lauderdale.
Elizabeth Hurley sued over Indian wedding
Elizabeth Hurley may face legal action in connection with her wedding celebrations in India last week. The Project Catwalk host and businessman beau Arun Nayar were married for the second time in Jodhpur, India, on Friday but a local claims the traditional ceremony was against the law. The Jodhpur resident has filed a lawsuit citing a section of the Indian Penal Code on the basis that Hurley is not Hindu, and says, “She has hurt the religious sentiments of the community by marrying in Hindu style, which is a criminal offence.”
Sly charged with importing steroids
Sylvester Stallone has been officially charged with trying to bring steroids into Australia on a recent trip to promote the latest Rocky installment. Stallone was detained at the Sydney Airport last month when a random baggage check uncovered several vials of human growth hormone in his luggage. After a search of the Rocky star’s hotel room, limo and private jet, officials say they confiscated 48 vials of the steroid altogether. Stallone is due to enter a plea in the case on April 24, and faces a maximum fine of $22,000 if found guilty.
Love sued over rehab bill
Courtney Love is being sued by a Newport Beach rehab facility over claims the rockstar failed to pay an outstanding $181,000 tab. In a suit filed in Superior Court, Beau Monde International claims that Love paid only $10,000 of a nearly $200,000 tab after entering the clinic in August 2005 for court-ordered treatment after violating probation.
Naomi to mop floors at the NYC Sanitation Department
A court official confirmed today that supermodel Naomi Campbell will be mopping floors at New York’s Sanitation Department beginning March 19 in lieu of her sentence for throwing a cell phone at her housekeeper. Campbell is being allowed to serve her five-day sentence indoors after the paparazzi ruckus caused when Boy George swept streets for a court-ordered community service last summer.
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