Tiger Woods was fined $164 dollars for careless driving as a result of his single-car accident with a fire hydrant early Friday morning, November 27th near his home that caused some extensive front-end damage to his Cadillac SUV. The fire hydrant wasn’t the only thing that damaged his car, as his wife Elin Nordegren used a wedge to smash out two of the windows. While it was most likely one of Tiger’s wedges, it is entirely possible for it to have been one of Nordegren’s womens golf clubs.
Though Woods has already paid the $164 dollar fine, the Orange County Utilities Department also plans to bill Woods for repair costs including:
- $84 for pickup of smashed hydrant
- $447 to replace, repair, and paint the new hydrant
– Sod replacement (amount currently undetermined).
The property damage was initially estimated to be $3000.
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December 3rd, 2009
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Winona Ryder and founder of Depeche Mode Martin Lee Gore have both been subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard and their massively multiplayer online (MMO) game World of Warcraft which was filed by November 24th in the Civil Division of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara by Erik Estavillo.
Among Estavillo’s complaints are that the game is designed to make players “walk or run at a calculated slow pace, resulting in the player taking longer to get where he or she needs to go in the game”, thus forcing the player to take longer to finish quests and thus the player having to purchase additional subscriptions to continue playing.
Estavillo has additionally stated that health problems, including OCD, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, major depression and Crohn’s Disease are because he “relies on video games heavily for the little ongoing happiness he can achieve in this life”.
Here is where Ryder and Gore come in. Estavillo has subpoenaed both of them to speak about his behalf regarding the subject of alienation. Gore is subpoenaed since “he himself has been known to be sad, lonely, and alienated as can be seen in the songs he writes.” Ryder is subpoenaed due to her interest in the J.D. Salinger book The Catcher in the Rye, which Estavillo also has a common interest in. Estavillo says that Ryder could “explain the significance of alienation in Catcher in the Rye and will also testify to how alienation in the book can tie to alienation in real live/video games such as World of Warcraft.”
Estavillo is seeking punitive damages of $1.0 million and a court order that Activision Blizzard implement changes in WOW that address the issues of his complaint.
November 25th, 2009
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Thomas Dekker, who currently portray’s John Connor in the television show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has been charged with two misdemeanors for driving under the influence by the Los Angeles County City Attorney.
Dekker was apparently intoxicated when he crashed his automobile into a teenager who was riding his bike near a Freeway on-ramp. The bicycle accident victim was treated for minor injuries.
Dekker was taken to Van Nuys jail and was later bailed out. He will face arraignment this Friday.
November 3rd, 2009
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Current TNA wrestler and former WWE start Kurt Angle is facing multiple charges including allegedly harassing a female wrestler.
Last week Angle was allegedly served with restraining order for “protection from abuse” against an unnamed female wrestler. That same day, Angle was spotted following the woman to a local Starbucks, and an arrest took place.
In addition to “harassment and prohibited acts”, Angle also faces charges of “prohibited acts-possession” for being in possession of HGH and “driving while operating privilege is suspended” for driving with a suspended license.
August 17th, 2009
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On Saturday August 15th, The Real Housewives of Orange County “star” Matt Keough (mugshot pictured above) was pulled over by cops for running a stop sign. When Keough was given a blood test, they found his Blood Alcohol Content was three times over the legal limit.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Koeugh was arrested, taken into custody and later posted bail with a $10,000 bond.
Last year Keough was arrested and sentenced to 180 days jail for violating probation stemming from a 2005 DUI charge. No word at this time what the latest charge could mean for Keough.
August 17th, 2009
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Today news broke of a nude video that has been leaked featuring Eric Dane of “Gray’s Anatomy”, his wife Rebecca Gayheart and former beauty queen Kari Ann Peniche.
The tape purportedly shows the trio in various states of undress hanging out at Peniche’s Southern California apartment, with the trio taking turn filming each other hanging out.
Mere hours after the story broke a legal representative for Dane and Gayheart, Marty Singer, made a statement that the video is “a private, confidential tape” and is ready to sue anyone who published the video.
There is currently no word on how the video was leaked, and if anyone is seeking to publicize the tape.
August 17th, 2009
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When Michael Jackson died on June 25th in California, Dr. Conrad Murray was by his side.
Today, Dr. Murray’s office in Houston TX was searched by Los Angeles Police detectives and federal Drug Enforcement Agency agents using a search warrant.
Ed Chernoff, a lawyer in Houston hired by Murray shortly after Michael Jackson’s death stated that “the search warrant authorized law enforcement to search for and seize items, including documents, they believed constituted evidence of the offense of manslaughter.” He also added that the detectives “left with a forensic image of a business computer hard drive and 21 documents” when they concluded their search in the early afternoon.
No notice has been given as of this writing as to what those documents were.
July 22nd, 2009
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Last week on July 16th, a video was posted on an adult-oriented website that was filmed through a hotel door peephole and showing a nude woman. Although not specifically named, the video description hinted that it was a “blonde who looks a lot like a sports blogger favorite in her hotel room.”
In less than twenty four hours after posting, the website received the following statement from ESPN.
I am the General Counsel of ESPN, Inc. It has come to my attention that you have posted on your site pictures of a young, blonde woman at [redacted]. These pictures were obviously taken through a peephole or otherwise in a fashion constituting a trespass/assault on the rights of the woman involved. Your continued posting of these pictures are highly likely to render you an accessory after the fact to a criminal act. We hereby demand that you (i) immediately remove these pictures from your site and (ii) disclose to us the source of the pictures. We intend to hold you fully responsible for further display of material that so obviously violates the law.
Please confirm by return e-mail that you intend to comply with these demands. In the absence of such confirmation we will assume you are an active and willing participant in these acts.
David Pahl
The video was taken down, though the blog’s proprietor Doug Sheckler has stated will not name the original source of the video.
Andrews’ lawyer later made a statement via a Newswire press release:
“While alone in the privacy of her hotel room, Erin Andrews was surreptitiously videotaped without her knowledge or consent. She was the victim of a crime and is taking action to protect herself and help ensure that others are not similarly violated in the future. Although the perpetrator or perpetrators of this criminal act have not yet been identified, when they are identified she intends to bring both civil and criminal charges against them and against anyone who has published the material. We request respect of Erin’s privacy at this time, while she and her representatives are working with the authorities.”
We’ll have more on this story as it continues, and provide information if and when the culprits have been identified.
July 21st, 2009
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Terminator 2 and Brainscan star Eddie Furlong has been handed divorce papers as well from wife Rachael Bella.
Bella and Furlong were married for almost three years. The documents state that Bella will be seeking joint custody of their two-year old son as well as spousal support.
July 9th, 2009
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Christine Kim has filed for divorce from David Alan Grier due to irreconcilable differences according documents filed with Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 8th.
The pair were married two years ago, and have a one-year old daughter.
July 9th, 2009
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