Russell Brand is entitled to approximately $20 million of Katy Perry's fortune ... but TMZ has learned he will not take a single penny of it.
Russell's lawyer filed final divorce papers Tuesday ... although the judge will make the divorce official on June 30, because there's a 6 month waiting period.
Informed sources tell TMZ ... Russell and Katy did NOT have a prenup. As a result, everything they earned during their 14-month marriage is community property -- which means they're each entitled to 50% of the pot.
Katy made $44 million between May, 2010 and May, 2011 -- according to Forbes. The couple married in October, 2010, so Russell could have scored a fortune if he exercised his community property rights.
But here's the deal. As one source put it, "This divorce is as amicable as it gets, and Russell was a mensch (Yiddish for a good person)." He doesn't want Katy's money. He's happy to walk away with the money he earned -- which is far less than what Katy raked in.
Deion Sanders "orchestrated" a violent attack on his wife ... designed to physically force her out of his Texas mansion ... this according to a new lawsuit filed by Pilar Sanders.
In a fast and furious legal response to the altercation at the home this week, Pilar filed suit against Deion and a woman named Laura Jones, the woman accused of carrying out the attack.
According to the documents, Deion summoned Laura -- his "fake aunt" -- to help him physically remove Pilar from the home on Feb. 6 so Deion could change the locks and bar her from returning.
Pilar claims Jones is legally banned from entering the home ... but she entered the place anyway ... so Pilar says she demanded that the woman leave immediately. Instead, Pilar claims, the woman "squared off and took a swing at [Pilar] hitting her in the eye."
Pilar says Laura "continued to hit, slap, punch, choke, push and kick" her ... causing various injuries. Pilar says she was so scared, she grabbed a KITCHEN KNIFE and prepared to defend herself until cops arrived.
Now, Pilar wants a judge to issue a restraining order against the woman ... and she wants Deion to fork over a check for the mental and physical pain.
After the incident, Deion claimed Laura was only at the home to fix his phone system and said Pilar's account is completely untrue.
Call him Mitt "Love Glove" Romney ... 'cause TMZ has learned a condom company has officially launched a line of special rubbers dedicated to the Republican candidate ... despite not having Mitt's approval.
The condom company launched a website this week, offering the political jimmys for roughly five bucks a pop.
TMZ spoke with the owner of the company -- which also famously launched Obama condoms a while back -- who tells us he KNOWS his operation is perfectly legit because a State Supreme Court judge previously ruled his products are protected under his First Amendment right to free speech.
The owner tells us he's marketing the product to anyone with an "elitist penis" ... and states, "Romney Condoms are tax free so even the poor can afford them."
Ben Stein thinks it's pretty MESSED UP that Honda ran a "Ferris Bueller" spoof commercial during the Super Bowl ... and didn't put him in the ad -- and now he wants a NEW CAR to make up for the diss.
Stein was at LAX yesterday when we asked him about the new spot -- which featured Matthew Broderick -- and Ben told us, "They had a guy imitating my voice, they should've had me in it."
But Stein says Honda can make it up to him ... "Just my humble opinion, but since they used my voice ... they should give me a top of the line Honda."
Unlike Demi Moore ... Brooke Mueller IS being treated at the famous Cirque Lodge rehab facility in Utah ... and we're told she's making MAJOR progress in her quest to shake her demons.
Sources close to Brooke tell TMZ ... Brooke checked in to C.L. on December 12. We published a photo of Brooke boarding a plane bound for the Utah facility.
Sources say Brooke is confident this stint will be successful because she made the decision to check into Cirque on her own ... because she wants to get clean ... and not because of pressure from other people.
We're told Brooke's current stint is the longest she's ever stayed in rehab ... and she plans to continue the program for another 30-45 days.
Brooke spent two months in an in-patient program at the Lodge ... but we're told she recently began renting a home in the area and has been moved to an out-patient program so she can begin her transition back to normal life.
We're told Brooke is grateful for the support she's been receiving from her ex-husband Charlie Sheen ... who is helping to care for their twin boys while she gets help.
Ne-Yo went on a redecorating mission last weekend at an Atlanta strip club -- dropping so much money on naked booty-shakers ... he literally covered the floor with singles ... and TMZ has obtained the pics.
Ne-Yo hit up Magic City strip club on Saturday night with his fiancee/baby mama -- the one in leopard print -- and sources tell us, he rained down between $3,000-$5,000 in ones.
We're told he didn't drink a drop of alcohol either -- keeping mostly to himself in the VIP room for two hours between midnight and 2AM.
Fred Durst partied like it was 1999 Monday night -- reprising the classic Limp Bizkit song "Nookie" at an L.A. bar ... and it was all caught on tape!
Sources tell TMZ, Durst hit up open karaoke night at Rock & Reilly's with Nick Swardson and Cedric Yarbrough from "Reno 911" -- and the trio performed a bunch of other songs ... like Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy."
Overall, the beatboxed version of "Nookie" ain't too bad -- in fact, we now feel slightly less embarrassed about listening to Limp Bizkit in high school.
In his never-ending quest to avoid a real job, former "Bachelor" Jake Pavelka has signed a deal to become the next piece of man candy at Chippendales.
Jake will begin his stint at the Rio in Las Vegas on Feb. 23 and will serve as the celebrity MC .... just like former 98 Degrees singer Jeff Timmons and "Jersey Shore" star Ronnie Magro.
Sources tell us Jake's getting the VIP treatment .. with his very own dressing room -- but we're told he WILL NOT be wearing the signature Chippendales cuff and collar.
As for Jake's flesh exposure -- we're told he's not REQUIRED to drop top ... but he's jacked, so ... it's probably gonna happen.
Gary Busey looked crazy as ever -- a total dancing fool in a Malibu parking lot -- but THIS time a closer look revealed ... there's a good reason for the crazy. This time.
Barry Bonds has federal approval to pickup a "dangerous weapon" -- namely, a baseball bat -- thanks to a new court order.
Bonds is appealing his sentence for felony obstruction of justice -- but for now he's free on a few conditions ... one of which is he cannot possess any "firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon."
Barry must want to take some batting practice -- because according to docs filed yesterday ... a federal judge has approved his request to make an exception for baseball bats.
Anyone who saw Bonds slug one of his 762 home runs knows ... a bat (with or without a syringe) should be considered a dangerous weapon in his hands.
Kobe Bryant is no sinner ... so says the San Diego City Attorney's Office ... which decided it will NOT pursue charges against the NBA star over an altercation at a local church last year.
Bryant had been accused of flipping out on Thomas Hagos at St. Therese of Carmel Church back in August -- because Bryant believed Hagos snapped his pic on a cell phone during services.
Hagos claimed Bryant wrestled the phone out of his hand, injuring his wrist ... but ultimately found NO pictures in the phone.
Cops investigated the situation ... and now the City Attorney has decided there is not enough evidence to prove Kobe did anything wrong.
The C.A. tells TMZ, "Based upon our extensive investigation and interview of independent witnesses, we’ve concluded that charges cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."
"Mob Wives" star Big Ang took Hollywood by storm with her enormous ... personality -- and breasts. But don't let the layers of plastic fool you ... Ang is a very real gangsta chick
A woozy L.A. Dodgers first baseman James Loney smashed into several cars on an L.A. freeway last November ... before waking up, trying to flee the scene ... and crashing again -- this according to a newly released 911 tape.
The caller -- who owns one of the cars Loney hit in his silver Maserati -- describes the entire incident in suspenseful detail ... WHILE IT'S HAPPENING.
When the person on the phone makes the call, she says Loney is "'completely passed out in the front seat" after colliding with several cars -- but Loney wakes up before she ends the call, and tries to take off.
The caller freaks out -- screaming, "Oh my god! Oh my god! He tried to leave the scene ... He woke up, and he slammed on the gas and took off across all the lanes on the freeway."
The caller says Loney quickly hit another car and ended up on the other side of the highway with a broken axle. You gotta hear the clip.
As we first reported, cops handcuffed Loney on the scene and transported him to a nearby hospital for evaluation, where he was later arrested on suspicion of DUI. Cops say they obtained a blood sample to test for drugs -- but it came back negative.
The L.A. City Attorney has since rejected the case due to insufficient evidence. Loney's rep had no comment.
Barry Bonds has federal approval to pickup a "dangerous weapon" -- namely, a baseball bat -- thanks to a new court order.
