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A jury has found R. Kelly not guilty of fourteen counts of child pornography.

Kelly - who has long been rumored to be sexually “into” young girls - has denied that it is him in the video with the 13-year-old girl, six years ago. The victim also denied it was her in the film even though numerous witnesses claim that both Kelly and the victim were indeed the ones in the footage.

Unbelievable.

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A paparazzo, Edwin Merino, 30, has been arrested and charged with stalking Jamie Lynn Spears and the father of her baby, Casey Aldridge, in Liberty, Mississippi.

Merino, denies that he was stalking the younger Spears, but insists he was singled out because he was the only photographer in the small town.

“I’ve seen the young man Casey in pictures. I haven’t worked on them myself. The first time I got a good look at him was in court,” said Merino.

He admits he followed the couple for four days while in Liberty, but insists he kept his distance and used a long lens camera. He adds that he didn’t get any good shots of Jamie Lynn during his time in Liberty, until he went to Walmart to buy some deodorant.

“The one picture I got was kind of by luck. I got lucky when I saw them at Wal-Mart when I was buying deodorant.”

The cameraman posted bond Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in court next week. All in all he says his trip was “a waste.”

Merino is the same photographer who once captured older sister Britney Spears without any panties on. That must have been the high point of his career. So of course this trip was a waste, he was probably hoping for exclusive upskirt uterus shots of Jamie Lynn or something.

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Nick (Bollea) Hogan’s attorneys requested that the courts allow him to be released from solitary confinement in which he spends 16-17 hours a day.

They’re playing the cruel and unusual punishment card.

“Understandably, this situation creates an unbearable anxiety for a minor in solitary confinement,” his attorneys claim in court papers.

Nick’s legal team is trying to persuade the courts that Nick is being subjected to “substantial amounts to cruel and unusual punishment for a juvenile.” Court documents go on to say that Nick’s sentence, “is not warranted for a non-violent first offender serving a probation sentence.”

His attorneys want him to be transfered to either home confinement or to be released to the minimum security area in the jail, which apparently “is not equipped for juveniles.”

That sounds like one hell of a gamble to me. You can be assured that the legal team is trying to get him back home, but what if he gets minimum security instead? Wouldn’t he be at risk?

Probably not, now that I think about it. People in jail are generally morons, and they tend to get star struck too. Now if he was a sexual predator that would be out of the question. Instead, he merely caused his best friend’s head to get dented in like a dollar store Barbie. Apparently not worthy of solitary confinement.

UPDATE: TMZ just obtained court documents [PDF file] stating Bollea’s defenses in this case.

Nick’s family blame everyone under the sun, except Nick, for the accident.  In Nick’s defense, attorneys claim that John, a legal adult, could have opted to not enter the vehicle if he thought Nick was driving unsafe.  For the same reason they say he had multiple opportunities to exit the vehicle at one of many street lights they encountered.  Also, John chose to not wear a seatbelt and that if he had, he wouldn’t have sustained injuries to the extent that he did.

Lastly, they go onto say that the driver of the other vehicle, also an adult, should have equal responsibility as Nick in this case.

The one thing they state over and over is that Nick is a minor and that any actions he may have taken should have been supervised by John and the other driver.  So basically, it’s their faults for allowing him to drive like a moron.

Hardly shocking.

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Naomi Campbell has been formally charged for her incident on a British Airways flight last month.

Campbell threw a fit after learning her luggage would not make the same flight that she was on so she screamed and cursed at staff, spit on a responding officer and caused the flight to be delayed for an hour and a half. Sheesh, I would hope the bitch is getting prosecuted!

She is being charged with three counts of assaulting a constable, one of disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and one of using threatening or abusive words or behavior to cabin crew. She is to appear in court on June 20th. If convicted she faces up to six months in prison and a hefty fine.

Her attorney released the following statement:

“Miss Campbell is bitterly disappointed that the prosecutors have advised her she is to be prosecuted for various offenses. She respects that decision and she hopes this matter is dealt with expeditiously.”

This is only one of the numerous abusive incidents involving Campbell, whom I would guess still has a raging cocaine problem. DUH!

Last year she was ordered to mop floors in a warehouse for five days after hitting an assistant with her cell phone. Afterwards, she claimed the punishment had changed her and that she had given up coke. She said, “I’m not proud of what I did, but it’s something I definitely learned from. Now I have to get on with my life, keep working on my problems and go to meetings every day.”

Talking out her ass, saying what the media wants to hear. We know how sincere she was. Look at her now.

I still doubt she’ll do any time, but my fingers are crossed.

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Rikki Rockett, drummer for the 80s glam rock band Poison, has had rape charges against him dropped after a woman claimed he raped her at a casino last September.

Rockett, real name Richard Ream, (sounds like a porn star name!) claims he was not in Jackson, Mississippi at the time the woman claimed the assault happened. He believes the charges brought by the woman and her husband were an attempt to extort money from him.

He is said to be be relieved to be able to continue on with his life.

Bitches who claim rape falsely should be publicly stoned!  Jailed, at the least.  I can think of worse but won’t mention it here.  It makes it that much harder for actual victims to successfully prosecute true rapists, and obviously can ruin lives and reputations of those who have been wrongly accused.  And all for money.  I wonder how many guys are sitting in jail right now, as we speak, who have been falsely convicted of the crime?

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R. Kelly’s trial is finally underway after 6 years of his attorneys successfully delaying the court process.

Opening arguments were Tuesday and Kelly’s legal team claims that the man in the video couldn’t possibly be their client as he has a prominent mole on his back. They claim the mole has been there since Kelly’s childhood. No mole is seen on the back of the man appearing in the video.

Mole-y! Mole-y! Mole-y!!

“There is no mole on his back,” said Sam Adam Jr., a member of Kelly’s defense team. “Robert Kelly is not on that tape. Not a single witness can tell you that is him on the tape.”

The girl in the questionable film, who is now of legal age, also claims that it’s not her in the video. The defense says that woman is actually a prostitute seen accepting money at the beginning and end of the video.

The couple engage in sexual acts on a bearskin rug and later the female dances and calls the male, “Daddy.”

Prosecutors claim the video was set up by R. Kelly and could have longterm effects on the victim. “A child doesn’t choose to be violated and placed on a videotape, a videotape that will live on forever - long after this child becomes an adult,” Cook County prosecutor Shauna Boliker said.

Kelly faces 15 years in prison if convicted.

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Nick Hogan was sentenced today for the car accident that nearly took his best friend’s life.

John Graziano is still in vegetative state and hasn’t left the hospital since the crash last August. Graziano’s sister, Christian Carson, says that Nick has never apologized for the accident.

Graziano’s father told the judge that the Hogan’s have never been there for his son. He asked the judge to throw the book at Nick. He also stated that when Nick did visit John in the hospital that he appeared to be bored and disinterested. He added that he even skateboarded in the hospital halls.

Sickening.

Judge Frederico said during sentencing that the crash was no accident and that Nick’s driving was ‘cavalier’. Hogan was sentenced to eight months in jail, five years’ probation, 500 hours community service, no drinking (although he is underage) and his license will be revoked for three years. Hogan was said to be stonefaced as he learned of his punishment.

Finally! What a little asshole. Skateboarding in the hospital? Shows what little class that punkass has. And hearing Graziano’s parents say what douchebags the Hogan’s are was awesome. Something we knew all along. Their little facade didn’t play out quite so well, did it?

Eight months isn’t sh*t to John’s family. It’s already been that long since the accident. John has years and years ahead of suffering. His quality of life is gone. And little Nick Hogan gets 8 months.

Poor Nick. I hope he makes lots of ‘friends’ in jail.

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Remember the Amy Winehouse crack smoking video that surfaced in January and then resurfaced last week with more footage?

Well, it has gotten Amy arrested once again, by appointment, of course.

Her spokesperson stated, “Amy Winehouse voluntarily attended a London police station today by appointment.  She was arrested in order to be interviewed and is co-operating fully with inquiries. The interview relates to a video handed to police earlier this year.”

Over two hours of additional footage were discovered after the raid of a drug dealers home last week.  The dealer is believed to have been the one who recorded Amy smoking crack.

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Gary Dourdan issued a statement via email to Access Hollywood regarding his arrest for drug possession in Palm Springs a few days ago, but after it was printed his rep denied that it was meant for publication.

His rep is also claiming that it wasn’t an email sent to Access Hollywood, but instead a personal text message sent to a friend.

The statement was a little weird. It’s almost as though he wrote it while he was toasted.

“Obviously I certainly wish I hadn’t been responsible for so many people getting to the festival’s VIP area. And the after party, it ran me ragged, but I’m glad pulling over did prevent a DUI. I recommend not driving at all, but a little kip (nap) is always good (on either side of the road LOL).”

Dourdan goes on to say that the drugs found in his vehicle during the search were not his.

“I am blessed that the Sgt. realized that the luggage carrying whatever they found was not mine and that my tests have been coming back negative. I’ve been happy to cooperate in any way to clear myself and go on with my blessed life.”

Dourdan continues, really laying it on thick..

“I am so sorry to all my fans, especially the young ones, like Taylor Swift, who I should’ve been supporting with my daughter instead of driving tired in the desert. I am planning events to get the word out that you don’t need a bunch of nasty chemicals to have a good time. Just good friends, family, good music and a good honest spirit full of faith.”

Typical of celebrities to say this sort of thing, or anyone caught with drugs for that matter, so I totally don’t buy it. Remember Lindsay Lohan saying that she was wearing someone else’s pants after cocaine was found in them? Heh.

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Peaches Geldof, 19, is set to be questioned by police after footage of her buying drugs was found during a search of a drug dealers home.

The home of Jonny Blagrove, dealer to numerous celebrities in London, was searched during a Scotland Yard investigation and during the search they found a PC memory stick with footage of Peaches buying drugs from Blagrove. Also found was footage of Amy Winehouse.

The recording of Bob Geldof’s daughter had been deleted but police recovered the evidence. In the footage Peaches is seen holding £140 - and Blagrove tells her it’s going to cost her £190. She agrees and then says, “I’m going to need Valium tomorrow after this.” Although it’s not known what exactly she purchased, you can guess it’s most likely coke.

Peaches mother mother, Paula Yates, died at the age of 40 from a heroin overdose in 2000.

Peaches has said in the past that she does not use drugs, although she added that her friends do. I always love it when kids say that. How many non crackheads do you know that hang out with crackheads? Exactly.

Peaches will be formally interviewed but it is knot known if she will be arrested. A police source said, “The priority of the investigation is to nail the people who are supplying the drugs.”

Also found on that same memory stick was more footage of Amy Winehouse smoking crack. Blagrove was the one who apparently filmed Winehouse smoking the drug last January and over two hours of additional footage was discovered.