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Suge Knight Facing Drug, Battery Charges In Las Vegas

Suge Knight at an NFL draft party in Hollywood (April 2008)

November 18, 2008

LAS VEGAS, Nevada

The Clark County district attorney’s office in Nevada is seeking criminal charges against hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.

A criminal complaint sent to the Las Vegas Justice Court on Monday charges Knight with two counts of felony drug possession and one count of misdemeanor battery.

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Kanye West Explains Paparazzi Arrest

Kanye West

November 16, 2008

LONDON, U.K.

Kanye West lashed out against the paparazzi on Saturday, taking to his blog to explain his arrest in London for a scuffle with a photographer after leaving a club earlier this week.

“I put my hand up to the camera in self defense!” he wrote. “I didn’t assault him but merely [put] my hand up to cover his lens. My security yelled, ‘Get the camera off him.’ I guess in all the commotion, the camera scraped his nose.”

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Report: Kanye West Arrested In U.K.

Kanye West

November 14, 2008

GATESHEAD, U.K.

Kanye West was arrested in the U.K. early Friday, according to reports by British media.

West was arrested at a hotel in Gateshead, England on Friday morning, after an alleged incident with a photographer outside a U.K. nightclub a few hours earlier.

Although the rapper was arrested, after a brief investigation, police said they would not charge West, according to the Press Association.

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Anne Hathaway’s Ex Says Prison Conditions ‘Intolerable’

Raffaelo Follieri and Anne Hathaway in New York (March 2008)

November 13, 2008

NEW YORK, New York

Italian con man Raffaello Follieri, who went from dating actress Anne Hathaway to serving a prison term for fraud, isn’t enjoying the “unspeakably unsanitary” conditions at a federal jail in Brooklyn.

Follieri’s lawyer sent a letter to a judge this week complaining about the facility.

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Ryan O’Neal & Son Delay Entering Pleas In Felony Drug Cases

Actor Ryan O’Neal, front, and his son Redmond O’Neal appear for an arraignment on methamphetamine possession charges, at the courthouse in Malibu

November 13, 2008

MALIBU, Calif.

Ryan O’Neal and his son have delayed entering pleas in their felony drug cases until after the new year.

The Oscar-nominated actor and his son appeared in court Thursday morning, where attorneys asked a judge for more time to review evidence.

The 67-year-old actor and his 23-year-old son were ordered to return on Jan. 9.

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Michelle Williams’ Father To Be Extradited On Tax Evasion Charges

Michelle Williams at the ‘Wendy and Lucy’ premiere at the New York Film Festival

November 11, 2008

SYDNEY, Australia

Michelle Williams’ father, a prominent stock market trader, agreed Tuesday to return to the United States to face tax evasion charges.

Larry Williams has been fighting extradition since he was arrested by Australian police in 2006 after flying to Sydney for a speaking tour in Australia and New Zealand. He has been free onbail.

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William Balfour To Remain In Custody Following Parole Hearing

William Balfour mug shot

November 10, 2008

CHICAGO, Ill.

William Balfour will remain in custody in connection to the Hudson family murders, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled on Monday that there was reason to believe Balfour had, in fact, violated his parole and as a result, would be kept in custody.

Had the review board not found evidence the 27-year-old had violated his parole, he was scheduled to be released on Monday.

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Jury Recommends Death Penalty For Former ‘Power Rangers’ Child Actor

Skylar Deleon in court in 2005

November 06, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

A jury has recommended the death penalty for Skylar Deleon, a former child actor who appeared on the popular kids’ TV series “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers,” Access Hollywood has confirmed.

Last month, Deleon, 29, was convicted of murdering three people, including a couple who were tied to an anchor and thrown off their yacht off the California coast.

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Arrest Warrant Out For Mos Def After Photographer Tussle

Mos Def AP

November 06, 2008

LAS VEGAS, Nev.

Authorities say rapper Mos Def is being sought on an arrest warrant in Las Vegas after allegedly scuffling with a photographer at a fashion trade show in August.

Police say the 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is Dante Terrell Smith, is wanted on a warrant charging him with felony robbery and misdemeanor malicious destruction of property.

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