Comedian Dane Cook Evicted From Apartment
Comedian Dane Cook has been evicted from his Los Angeles apartment after he lost his appeal against a lawsuit from his landlord. It seems that Dane’s little Chihuahua named ‘Beast’ has been sh*tting all over the apartment complex triggering hundreds of complaints from other tenants.
Beast has a reputation that extends well beyond Dane’s apartment complex according to Molly McAleer.
The Good Luck Chuck star was hit with legal action alleging he allowed his pet dog to defecate on the land surrounding his West Hollywood home.
The lawsuit, filed in April of this year, claimed the funnyman had ignored three warnings from the building’s owner about his chihuahua’s dog pooh.
Cook returned to court last week to appeal the case, after he was slapped with an eviction notice by the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.
In his defence, Cook claimed eviction would cause him “emotional hardship”.
Upon learning of his eminent eviction Dane promptly purchased a $7 million dollar mansion in the Hollywood Hills to move into. Beast is gonna have some of the finest real estate in the country to defecate on now — Take that disgruntled landlord!
Most Of Dan Rather’s Lawsuit Against CBS Thrown Out
A judicial hearing officer allowed Dan Rather’s conspiracy laden lawsuit to go forward today, but threw out all the silly conspiracy portions of it, which in effect rendered the suit nothing more than your typical contract dispute.
The lawyer said it was hard to see how the ex-anchor’s assertion of a conspiracy between CBS and the Bush administration “will have any traction going forward”.
Instead of accepting responsibility for his incredibly shoddy journalism and simply apologizing, Rather claimed the whole “Rathergate” scandal was a conspiracy between the White House and CBS News executives. The convoluted story Rather laid out in his lawsuit was so preposterous that it almost makes you almost feel sorry for him.
A man once considered a titan of journalism has been reduced to a crazy old guy mumbling to himself about his former employer conspiring with The White House to do him in.
-Chris Jones
Motivational Waterboarding?
A supervisor at a motivational coaching business in Provo is accused of waterboarding an employee in front of his sales team to demonstrate that they should work as hard on sales as the employee had worked to breathe.
That’s right, “motivational waterboarding” is what this guy allegedly did! Now the guy who was waterboarded is suing the company claiming that he’s in therapy now as a result.
I find this story to be hilarious! For one, because a motivational speaker would actually do something that outrageous. Secondly, because the guy actually allowed himself to be waterboarded.
The whole story sounds a little over-the-top, but it will be interesting to see how it all plays out in court.
-Chris Jones
Judith Regan Lawsuit Claims NewsCorp Tried To Protect Giuliani
From the NYT:
Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed today protesting her dismissal by the News Corporation, the media conglomerate, that a senior executive there encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard B. Kerik after he had been nominated to become homeland security secretary in late 2004.
The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik’s mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post.
Ms. Regan makes the charge at the start of a 70-page filing that seeks $100 million in damages for what she says was a campaign to smear and discredit her by her bosses at HarperCollins and its parent company, News Corporation, after her project to publish a book with O.J. Simpson was abandoned amid a storm of protest.
In the civil complaint filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Ms. Regan says the company has long sought to promote Mr. Giuliani’s ambitions. But the lawsuit does not elaborate on that charge, identify the executive who she says pressured her to mislead investigators, or offer details to support her claim.
In fact, the allegation about the executive makes up a small part of a much broader array of claims concerning what she says was her improper removal from a job atop one of the more commercially successful book publishing operations.
There are also allegedly “damning” audio tapes that are supposed to prove all these allegations. Until I hear some audio tapes I’m not buying whatever it is she’s selling. Even if the allegations about covering for Rudy are true, what the hell does that have to do with her being fired?
Rupert Murdoch fired her, because of all the heat she brought down on NewsCorp over the O.J. Simpson “If I Did It…” debacle. So all this other stuff reeks of a personal vendetta just like Dan “Memogate” Rather’s ridiculous lawsuit.
However, if the allegations do turn out to be true it won’t really mean a whole lot. It will simple mean that NewsCorp is in the tank for the Republicans while every other media company in the United States will continue to be in the tank for the Democrats.
-Chris Jones
Man Wins Jackpot, Casino Claims “Computer Error”
Gary Hoffman was playing the nickel slot machines at the Sandia Resort and Casino on an Indian reservation in New Mexico when he appeared to hit the jackpot: the machine said he won nearly $1.6 million.
Hoffman says in a lawsuit filed earlier this year that Sandia refused to pay, claiming that the machine malfunctioned. Instead, he said, they gave him about $385 and a few free meals at the casino.
The casino says it’s not responsible for what it describes as a computer error and says it offered Hoffman the maximum payout of $2,500 for that particular slot machine. But, a jury may never decide who is right. Many gamblers don’t realize that Native American casinos, sometimes operate beyond the reach of U.S. courts.
The nickel slot said he’d won $1,597,244.10. Patrons and casino employees came to congratulate him. He even got a marriage proposal, Hoffman said. But, soon he was asked to come to an executive conference room, where he says he was told the casino refused to pay.
A casino employee “became quite intimidating with me, pointed his finger in my face and said, ‘You didn’t win. We’re not paying you any money. Do you understand what I’m telling you? You’re not getting any money,’” Hoffman said.
Personally, I think Hoffman has every reason to be pissed. What’s to keep every Casino from claiming a “computer error” when someone finally wins?
I get the feeling that his “winning” had to be computer error, because people aren’t supposed to win. I’m betting the casino comes out on the “losing” end of this one.
-Chris Jones
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