All posts containing the tag: "lawsuit"
Posted Mar 18th 2010 6:49PM by TMZ Staff
Danny Masterson from "That 70s Show" is now an official victim of the housing collapse -- he's being sued for nearly $3 mil over a condo deal gone very bad.
Danny took out an astounding $3.2 million loan for construction of a condo unit in Los Angeles -- maybe that sounded like a bargain back in 2007.
Anyway .... the housing market imploded and Danny allegedly stopped making payments.
So TomatoBank has sued him in L.A. County Superior Court for the balance -- $2,911,586.11, plus interest.
Danny's rep says the filing is "nonsense" and "has no merit" ... and says the bank "breached their loan agreement with Danny and his partners."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: bank, condo, condominium, danny masterson, DannyMasterson, default, lawsuit, los angeles, LosAngeles, suit, that 70s show, That70sShow
Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:01AM by TMZ Staff
Paula Deen's good name has been slandered, and she's filthy rich -- this is what TMZ has learned from a lawsuit filed by Paula Deen Enterprises.
It seems the Food Network star made a deal with Celebrity Chefs Tour to do cooking demonstrations before live audiences in various cities. Short story: Paula's company claims the $150,000 advance she was supposed to get bounced, and after waiting for full payment she walked away, claiming Celeb Chefs Tour breached the agreement.
Paula claims Celeb Chefs Tour defamed her by making it seem she bailed for no good reason.
But here's what's interesting: Aside from the $150,000 advance, Paula's deal would have guaranteed her $130,000 for each event which featured her in two culinary performances.
She wants more than a million bucks for the hassle.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: celeb chefs tour, CelebChefsTour, cooking, food network, FoodNetwork, lawsuit, paula deen, paula deen enterprises, PaulaDeen, PaulaDeenEnterprises
Posted Mar 18th 2010 12:03AM by TMZ Staff
Playmate of the Year 2004 Carmella DeCesare Garcia is exercising some serious face control ... because the model's suing a Cleveland nightclub for using her image without asking first.
In a lawsuit filed in Cleveland, 27-year-old DeCesare claims a local nightclub named "Sin" plastered her face all over a flier without her permission ... and more importantly, without paying her a dime.
Club owner Gordon Stojkowski tells us, "I have no idea about this lawsuit."
DeCesare -- who married former Cleveland Browns QB Jeff Garcia in 2007 -- wants at least $25,000 in damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: carmella decesare, carmella decesare garcia, CarmellaDecesare, CarmellaDecesareGarcia, jeff garcia, JeffGarcia, lawsuit, nfl, playboy, playmate, playmate of the year, PlaymateOfTheYear
Posted Mar 16th 2010 5:05AM by TMZ Staff
Gangster rapper The Game doesn't want to be referred to as a gangster rapper anymore -- but it's not because he's changing professions ... it's because he's trying to win a court case.
The gangster rapper's legal move is part of a lawsuit that was filed against him in 2008 -- in which he's being sued for allegedly punching a guy during a pickup basketball game and then pulling a gun on him.
In the new documents, the gangster rapper is asking the judge to 86 all references to him being a gangster or gangster rapper during the trial ... because he's afraid it would prejudice the jury against him.
In the docs, the gangster rapper also doesn't want any mention of his lyrics during the trial ... because they contain references to violence and profanity.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, The Game, Exclusives
Tags: court, docuements, filed, gun, lawsuit, punching, the game, TheGame
Posted Mar 13th 2010 1:10AM by TMZ Staff
Hey Joe Francis, it's me Uncle Sam.
So remember when I filed that $33 million tax lien against you in November 2009? And remember how I filed papers last month saying it was all forgotten and you owed me nothing?
Um, yeah, about that ... my bad! Turns out you still really do owe me a huge chunk of change. I had the Department of Treasury file papers last week saying we released you from that tax lien ... by mistake. Whoopsies!!!
But there is some good news ... you don't owe me the full $33 million -- I only want $29,393,681.45. So if you can just write me a check, that would be awesome.
Thanks,
Uncle Sam
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Joe Francis
Tags: 33 million, 33Million, federal government, FederalGovernment, joe francis, JoeFrancis, lawsuit, tax lien, TaxLien, uncle sam, UncleSam
Posted Mar 12th 2010 5:10PM by TMZ Staff
Kid Rock has to pay three guys who sued him over an alleged fight last year a total of $35,000 ... not bad considering they originally demanded $15 million.
The three men filed the lawsuit last year, claiming Rock and three members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe hip-hop group assaulted them outside of an L.A. hotel in 2006.
The jury in the case reached the verdict moments ago in L.A. County Superior Court -- and ordered Rock to fork over $35k for the three guys to split.
Doesn't sound bad until you realize they weren't awarded any attorneys fees ... which means a nice chunk of that will be handed over to their lawyers.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: fight, kid rock, KidRock, lawsuit, settelment
Posted Mar 12th 2010 10:27AM by TMZ Staff
The General better start preparing for war -- 'cause Larry Platt has been hit with a nasty lawsuit over "Pants on the Ground."
Here's a shocker -- it's all over money.
A music company called American King Music claims they funded Platt's recent recording session with rapper/producer Mims for the official full-length version of POTG.
But in the suit, filed in Atlanta, American King claims Larry and his reps, "failed to take care of Platt's obligations." They fail to describe exactly what those obligations are.
Now, American King is suing over the music distribution agreement and expenses related to producing, writing and recording of the single.
UPDATE: TMZ spoke with Platt's manager, Pinky, who tells us Larry never made a contract with American King -- but the company believes they're entitled to 50% of the profits from sale of POTG on iTunes.
Pinky tells us they're prepared for battle -- and adds, "This is a lawsuit for a non-agreement."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, American Idol
Tags: american idol, american king, AmericanIdol, AmericanKing, larry platt, LarryPlatt, lawsuit, mims, pants on the ground, PantsOnTheGround
Posted Mar 11th 2010 5:20PM by TMZ Staff
Linkin Park endures the same pain millions cope with daily -- a bad back. But the band will not take the pain lying down -- especially when millions of bucks are on the line.
Backstory: Linkin Park's lead singer, Chester Bennington, injures his back ... back in 2008 ...while putting a toy together for his son. The band was forced to back out of 6 concerts.
Backstab: The band filed a claim with Lloyds, London insurance company for lost profits from the concerts. The insurance company refused to pay, claiming Bennington's injury was preexisting at the time the insurance policy was issued. Bennington begs to differ.
Comeback: Linkin Park has filed a lawsuit against Lloyds, asking for millions of bucks.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Exclusives
Tags: back, chester bennington, ChesterBennington, concerts, injury, lawsuit, linkin park, LinkinPark, lloyds of london, LloydsOfLondon, sued
Posted Mar 11th 2010 1:42PM by TMZ Staff
E*TRADE is firing back at Lindsay Lohan's claims that the online investment company ripped-off her name and likeness in its "Lindsay is a milkoholic" commercial.
E*TRADE issued the following statement to TMZ -- "We believe the claims are without merit and we intend to defend ourselves vigorously in this case."
The investment company says its commercial was meant to be "witty and memorable."
The commercial features a baby named Lindsay -- who gets accused of being the "milkoholic" other woman in a baby love triangle.
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan, Exclusives
Tags: baby, commercial, etrade, lawsuit, lilo, lindsay lohan, LindsayLohan
Posted Mar 11th 2010 8:10AM by TMZ Staff
The dude who owns the Indiana Pacers basketball team is being sued by his former nanny after she got the chop ... when she was ready to pop.
In a lawsuit filed yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, Herb Simon and his Thai supermodel wife, Bui, are accused of firing Claudia Leite after she told her bosses she became pregnant last month.
In the suit, Leite claims the family "feared" that she would want to take a "brief or limited medical leave of absence" around the time the baby was due -- and according to Leite, that wasn't gonna cut it.
But the nanny isn't going after the Simons alone. The family's former driver is also suing the couple, claiming they kicked him to the curb when the guy became "disabled with severe infections."
Both the nanny and the driver claim the Simons also screwed them out of several paychecks -- they're both asking for an unspecified amount of cash.
We called, but we were unable to reach Simon's rep for comment.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives
Tags: basketball, bui simon, BuiSimon, claudia leite, ClaudiaLeite, driver, herb simon, HerbSimon, illness, indiana pacers, IndianaPacers, infection, injury, lawsuit, money, nanny, nba, regnant, robert young, RobertYoung
Posted Mar 11th 2010 5:05AM by TMZ Staff
Legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi is in the middle of a nasty dogfight between his family and Nike -- and it's all over a speech he made more than 40 years ago.
Vince died back in 1970 but Nike wanted to license the words and audio of an unidentified speech that the late Green Bay Packers coach once made for a new ad campaign. Nike claims they struck a deal with Lombardi's 2 kids -- Vince Jr. and Susan -- and even paid them $150,000 up front to expedite things.
But in a lawsuit filed in Oregon, Nike claims after they wrote the check they discovered that no audio of the speech actually exists ... and accuse the Lombardis of concealing that fact during negotiations. Now, Nike wants their money back.
The best part of the lawsuit: Nike seems to acknowledge that their guy who worked on the deal with the Lombardis was "running out the door on a personal trip" and signed the contract without paying proper attention to some last minute revisions -- one of which made the $150,000 advance "nonrefundable."
So Nike claims that now the Lombardis don't want to give the money back -- and are suing for breach of contract, mutual mistake and fraud.
Filed under: TMZ Sports
Tags: advertisement, commercial, estate, jr, lawsuit, nike, vince lombardi, vince lombardi junior, VinceLombardi, VinceLombardiJunior
Posted Mar 9th 2010 11:10AM by TMZ Staff
Lindsay Lohan wants $100 million from E*TRADE -- because she believes their "milkaholic" baby featured in their Super Bowl commercial was modeled after her ... and as far as Lindsay's concerned, the smoking gun is all in the name.
The commercial features a baby named Lindsay -- who in the spot, is accused of being the "other woman" in a baby love triangle.
Lohan has filed a lawsuit in Nassau County Supreme Court in NY, first obtained by the NY Post, in which she claims E*TRADE violated Lohan's rights by using her "name and characterization" in business without paying her or getting her approval.
Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, tells TMZ it doesn't matter that the commercial doesn't mention the name Lohan, adding, "Do you know the name Oprah? Do you know the name Madonna? Same thing."
Ovadia had no comment on the "milkaholic" reference, saying "If you look at the commercial as a whole, it's Lindsay Lohan."
E*TRADE had no comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Lindsay Lohan
Tags: etrade, lawsuit, lindsay lohan, LindsayLohan, milkaholic, sued, super bowl commercial, SuperBowlCommercial
Posted Mar 9th 2010 12:15AM by TMZ Staff
Quentin Tarantino -- fresh from his Oscar loss -- is now being sued by a man who claims Q.T. ripped off his concept to create "Kill Bill."
In a lawsuit filed today, Dannez Hunter claims in 1999 he submitted a treatment to Miramax about a fictional character named Ren. Short story -- he says eventually Miramax, Harvey Weinstein and Q.T. ripped off his work, including the "concept/character name Ren." He claims Q.T. pilfered Ren witnessing her mother's sadistic murder, the knife through the mother's abdomen, and on and on.
And there's this. Hunter, who says he was from the inner city, applied for a job at Miramax but "was never given a return phone call, as numerous similar situated less qualified Jewish and White people were bestowed job after job after job."
Hunter continues his Jews-run-Hollywood themed lawsuit by alleging he was denied royalties in the "Kill Bill" franchise compared to similarly situated Whites and Jews.
Hunter wants more than a million bucks. Mazel Tov.
Reps for Tarantino had no comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies, Exclusives
Tags: harvey weinstein, HarveyWeinstein, kill bill, KillBill, lawsuit, miramax, questin tarantino, QuestinTarantino, rip-off, sued, suit
Posted Mar 9th 2010 12:03AM by TMZ Staff
Dr. Phil McGraw doesn't want to see the deposition in his interior design lawsuit ending up on the Internet -- and he's filed court papers to make sure that never happens.
The good doctor is involved in a he-said/she-said lawsuit with a decorating duo that claims Phil and his wife Robin screwed them over. The McGraws countersued, saying they were overcharged for work.
According to court docs filed last week, McGraw wants to make sure his videotaped deposition is sealed because he thinks "the plaintiffs believe that the threat of the release of the discovery to the tabloids will give them leverage in the case."
Both sides are due back in court next month.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Dr. Phil, Exclusives
Tags: deposition, dr. phil, Dr.Phil, fraud, lawsuit, leaked, phil mcgraw, PhilMcgraw, robin mcgraw, RobinMcgraw, videotaped
Posted Mar 8th 2010 8:12PM by TMZ Staff
Two paparazzi who were thrown out of "The Bachelor" wedding last month are suing the people behind it claiming battery, false imprisonment and negligence.
Eric Brogmus and Maximiliano Lopes claim Disney/ABC Television Group, Next Entertainment -- "The Bachelor" production company -- as well as the security company "breached their duty of reasonable conduct by attacking and detaining or authorizing the attack and detention" of both plaintiffs.
The two photogs were shooting the wedding of Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney when they were told by security to leave -- and then things got ugly.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: attack, bachelor, battery, jason mesnick, JasonMesnick, lawsuit, molly malaney, MollyMalaney, paparazzi, wedding
