Sam, who has been ordered to stay completely clear of Britney with no contact, claims "I did not initiate any direct communication with Britney Spears. Although I did receive text messages from her, all responses to those messages were conveyed to Britney through others, including ... Adnan Ghalib."
Sam does say he has "exchanged text messages with Ms. Spears."
Lutfi also claims he never threatened any act of violence against Britney or her family.
But Brit's head of security filed his own declaration basically saying Sam is a liar and that he witnessed him try "to contact Ms. Spears by sending text messages" to her hairdresser.
We also got a transcript of the text message Sam allegedly got from someone claiming that Jamie Spears was going to make "some horrible accusations regarding you."
28 February 2009
One of the smartest computer people on the planet -- Virgil Griffith -- has just released the results of a brand new study which showed a correlation between SAT scores and the musical tastes of college students.
Shockingly, people who enjoy listening to Beethoven scored significantly higher than everyone else. The people who enjoy listening to Lil' Wayne, however, were at the bottom of the intelligence chart -- just behind people who like Beyoncé and T.I.
But the most bizarre finding: People who dig the mid '90s soft rock drivel of Counting Crows scored incredibly high, just below Ludwig van. Now that's just stupid.
We're told she stayed at a private home and left earlier this week.
According to Us Weekly, Tom's kid showed up sans mommy Bridget Moynahan. We're told Bridget isn't exactly a fan. The shindig after the wedding at St. Monica Catholic Church was thrown at Tom's Brentwood house.
Remember that story we posted that they got engaged on a private jet just before XMAS and Gisele kept saying they were not engaged....
It's all over a picture of J.Lo and Marc pushing their twins in a Silver Cross stroller -- the company allegedly took the photo and used it in an ad without asking permission.
In the suit, filed yesterday in L.A. federal court, the power couple is demanding $5 million for their trouble citing their "substantial commercial value."
The duo is also seeking a permanent injunction against any further use of their names or images in the company's advertising and any money they made from the ad.
According to a lawsuit filed today in Mississippi federal court, Demaris Meyer claims on the night of the crash, she first met up with Freeman at dinner -- where she noticed "throughout the course of dinner and afterward drinks were consumed by Freeman."
Meyer then says she left dinner and met up with Freeman and others at a friend's home. She claims Freeman "had at least one more drink" while there. She claims Freeman then invited her to stay at his home for the night -- guaranteeing her not only her own bedroom, but her "own house." She says she agreed.
Meyer claims at around 11:30 PM, while Freeman drove her to his home, Morgan lost control of the car and "ran off of the right side of the highway." Meyer says she suffered a broken left wrist and right scapula, a torn labrum in her right shoulder and numerous bruises and lacerations.
At a press conference today, Meyer said she and Freeman were "just friends" -- despite widespread rumors that she was his mistress.
Meyer is suing for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, permanent disability (short term memory loss) and additional damages.
As we first reported, Ghalib allegedly struck a process server with his car earlier this month. The L.A. County D.A. has charged Ghalib with felony assault with a deadly weapon, felony battery and felony hit and run.
Ghalib was arraigned this morning in Van Nuys where he entered the plea.
Ghalib posted $110,000 bail.
Remember, this is a bank that got $1.6 billion in bailout money and blew a wad of cash paying Sheryl Crow, Chicago, and Earth, Wind & Fire. And then there were the dinners, the Tiffany gift bags, the fabulous cocktail parties -- all from the bank that laid off 450 workers in December.
Obama was under fire for a mortgage he got from Northern Trust back in 2005. Obama got a 5.625% rate, which was lower than the going rate of about 6%. The Federal Election Commission recently ruled no laws were violated and the rate was in line with other mortgages.
But "no comment." Really?
The 35-year-old new J.K. Rowling arrived in Vancouver to do some more press for her teen vampire series.
Wonder if awkward closeups, long pauses and bad acting were in her original draft?
In true Gloria Allred fashion, she's holding a press conference today to announce that Demaris Meyer will "tell the truth about whether or not she was the 'other woman' in an intimate relationship with then-married actor Morgan Freeman when she was seriously injured as he was driving her car late at night."
In the press release (of course Gloria issued a press release), Allred claims she will also display "never before seen graphic and disturbing photos of the car in which the actor and the woman were riding will be displayed."
Check back at noon PT for the live press conference -- we're gonna live stream the whole thing.
But don't worry, because underneath that Talbots blazer is a spandex leotard bluffin' on her muffin'.
The L.A. County District Attorney has charged Adnan with assault with a deadly weapon, battery, and hit and run -- all felonies.
Ghalib allegedly hit a man with his car in an alley back on February 11. The man was reportedly trying to serve Adnan with legal papers on behalf of Britney Spears.
One law enforcement source says Ghalib allegedly hit the dude, who landed on the hood, and then continued driving.
The server jumped on the hood of Ghalib's Mercedes to avoid being pinned against a trash truck.
Prosecutors are asking for bail set at $110,000. If convicted, Ghalib could get seven years in prison.
For some of the youngsters, this was their first time out of Mumbai or on a plane. Their California adventure is scheduled to end today with their return to India. Jai ho!
Daddy Jamie Spears is on the stand right now, explaining that Britney somehow got her hands on a pre-paid cell phone which caused him fits because they have been strictly monitoring the phones she's able to use.
The nanny heard Britney talking to Sam and Adnan on the pre-paid phone in the wee hours of the morning one day. It appears Jamie believes Sam and Adnan got her the phone in an attempt to poison her against Jamie and to torpedo the conservatorship.
If Sam did have any contact with Britney, he would have violated a court order to stay the hell away from her.
Jamie is trying to make the temporary restraining order against the dynamic duo permanent.
But unlike Burnett, we're laughing at them ... not with them.
Spears got a temporary restraining order last month claiming Lufti threatened to expose Spears family secrets, which they say have no basis in reality.
Sam claims in legal papers, "I have not, in any alleged communications with Britney, her hairdresser or any other person, threatened any act of violence against Britney or her family."
It's a confusing statement, because Brit never accused Sam of threatening violence.
Lutfi claims he received anonymous text messages saying Jamie Spears was about to release a letter written by Brit "making serious accusations" against him.
Sam says he called Jamie to discuss the letter.
The Spears clan didn't see it that way, especially since Lufti was supposed to cease all contact with Brit.
UPDATE: An L.A. judge just extended the restraining order against Sam, Adnan Ghalib and Jon Eardley until Wednesday, so Poppa Spears could have time to testify.
It happened at 5:00 AM outside the IHOP in West Hollywood. Law enforcement sources tell us a male transient pushed her to the ground. Nicky got up and promptly made a citizen's arrest. Someone called the cops and the suspect was arrested.
She was not injured.
UPDATE: We just found out Nicky herself held the assailant at bay while the cops came. So Nicky is an enforcer! And, when the cops came, the delusional dude claimed he was her BF.
27 February 2009
The LAPD has just released this statement.
Larry Harris claims he saw a website advertising the Trump Ocean Resort in Baja, Mexico. Harris says he was led to believe The Donald was "personally involved in the development" -- probably because the website said "Mr. Trump is personally involved in everything that his name represents."
Harris claims in his lawsuit filed in L.A. County Superior Court, he plunked down $64,050 because he thought anything Trump did was a sure thing. In fact, Harris claims the project is stalled and may never be completed.
Harris -- who claims Trump was not personally involved -- is suing Trump and others for more than $65,000.
BTW, Mr. Harris, last Tuesday Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Not a sure thing.
"At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown. She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time."
Felicia left her gig assisting the Jonas Bros. with their flat irons and tight jeans to jump on the Britney Resurrection Tour.
Anyone who can manage to deter Brit from getting behind the wheel is a keeper.
Brad decided to take his sons Maddox and Pax for a guys-night out in Sin City, where we're told the big highlight of the trip was a trip to In-N-Out Burger -- followed by a serious Nintendo Wii bonding session in their hotel room at the Hard Rock. Sources say the guys ordered up three of the consoles from room service.
We're also told the man-Pitts hit up the MGM Grand at some point in the evening because they wanted to check out the lions.
Meanwhile, Angie and the rest of the clan were all back in NY, probably being boring.
Nicole Richie spent some quality mother/daughter retail bonding time with little Harlow in NYC on Tuesday.
They grow up so fast. It seems like just yesterday she was driving the wrong way on the freeway.
Everyone's favorite famous precocious ten-year-old conservationist celebuspawn, Bindi Irwin, showed off her genetically predisposed fearlessness with all things slimy and creepy crawly in Australia on Tuesday.
No question about it, she's daddy's little girl.
The cartoon (by Sean Delonas) comes in the wake of yesterday's national news story about the cop who shot and killed a rampaging chimp in Connecticut. But the controversy in the comic comes from the dialogue between the two officers -- which reads, "Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill."
Before most of you woke up, Sharpton already fired off a statement saying, "The cartoon in today's New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that "Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill."
"Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?"
Calls to the Post have not been returned.
UPDATE: The editor-in-chief of the NY Post just released this statement: "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist."
