celebrity legal

Legal issues that celebrities are involved in

Naomi Campbell Pleads Guilty to Assault

Naomi Campbell has managed to put herself back in the spotlight again, but it is for her vices, not virtues.  Naomi, one of the world’s most beautiful supermodels, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault.  The charge stems from last March when she threw her blackberry at a maid who she accused of stealing a pair of jeans. 

Naomi was arrested in March 2006 after Ana Scolavino claimed she was the target of the supermodel’s flying BlackBerry cell phone over an allegedly stolen pair of jeans.

This finally brings an end to the case that has been drawn out over the last year.  In November, Noami’s lawyers were unsuccessful in cutting a deal with the Manhattan’s District Attorney’s office.

Paris Gets Slapped With $10 Million Lawsuit

Paris’ lawyers are going to have a good year. First, the DUI case, and now Paris has been sued by model-producer Zeta Graff for slander. Fred Khalilian, the owner of Club Paris, has revealed that he has been asked by the court to give a videotaped deposition in the case.

Paris is due in court on February 5, where the $10,000,000 lawsuit has been filed against her.

The club had reportedly told the press that Graff attacked Paris at a “London nightclub and tried to rip off Hilton’s $4 million diamond necklace.”

Graff however, is insisting that the whole story has been made up. The reason for the conjured story has yet to be revealed.

Shannon Elizabeth Divorce Update

Shannon has signed over a sum of money to her estranged husband, Joe Reitman. Just how big a piece, however, remains unclear.

According to recent court documents, the divorcing duo reached a final settlement in a civil suit filed by Reitman in March 2006 seeking half of all assets, property, earnings and investments accumulated by the couple in the five years they lived together before marrying in June 2002.

The case is separate from Shannon and Joe’s actual divorce proceedings, which were reportedly also nearing resolution.
Shannon filed for divorce in June 2005, three months after the couple announced they were separating but would remain friends.

The following March, Joe decided that friendship wasn’t everything and sued his former bride for an even share of the money that she made from her popular movie releases.