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Judge OKs Plea Deal From ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Founder Joe Francis

Joe Francis

November 06, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

A judge sentenced “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis on Friday to time served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns.

U.S. District Judge S. James Otero accepted the terms of a plea deal between Francis and prosecutors, who struck the deal after learning on the eve of trial that a key witness had lied to them.

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Swiss Court Receives Latest Bail Offer From Roman Polanski

Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in Milan, Italy

November 03, 2009

BELLINZONA, Switzerland

GENEVA (AP) — Roman Polanski has re-appealed to the Swiss courts to be released from prison on bail, officials said Tuesday, the latest step in the director’s protracted legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States.

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ESPN Fires Production Assistant Who Slept With Steve Phillips

ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips in 1998

October 26, 2009

BRISTOL, Conn.

The ESPN production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination has also been fired from the sports network, a spokesman said Monday.

Mike Soltys, a representative of ESPN, said Monday that 22-year-old Brooke Hundley had been fired, but he did not say when or why.

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Criminal Charges Dismissed Against Kanye West

Kanye West attends the Vanity Fair party for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival at the State Supreme Courthouse on April 21, 2009

October 23, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

A court commissioner on Friday dismissed criminal charges against Kanye West and his road manager stemming from their scuffle with photographers last year.

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Swiss Authorities Tipped Off US To Roman Polanski Visit

Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in Milan, Italy

October 20, 2009

GENEVA, Switzerland

Newly released documents show that Swiss authorities set in motion the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski.

A series of e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show that the Swiss tipped off their U.S. counterparts about Polanski’s imminent arrival at a Zurich film festival.

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Court Files Opened In David Letterman Extortion Case

David Letterman on August 24, 2009

October 15, 2009

NORWALK, Conn.

The newsman accused of blackmailing David Letterman about his sexual affairs told the TV host that his “world is about to collapse around him,” according to newly released court documents.

CBS News producer Robert J. “Joe” Halderman allegedly told Letterman in a package of materials he sent that he had “a lot more” documents to back up his threat and needed to “make a large chunk of money,” the court files say.

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Craig Ferguson Defends Boss David Letterman

‘The Late Late Show’ host Craig Ferguson attends the CBS upfront at the 2009 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 14, 2009 in Los Angeles

October 06, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

Of all of those reacting to David Letterman’s situation, Craig Ferguson had a unique perspective.

As the host of the “Late Late Show” on CBS, he follows Letterman’s “Late Show.” Letterman also is his boss, since Letterman’s production company, Worldwide Pants, produces the “Late Late Show.”

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David Letterman Apologizes To Wife On ‘Late Show’

David Letterman as he tells his story during a taping of his late-night show Thursday Oct. 1, 2009 that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort $2 million from him over the affairs

October 05, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

David Letterman apologized to his wife on Monday’s “Late Show,” saying she had been “horribly hurt by my behavior.”

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