Celebrity Justice
Dr. Phil's Peeps to Bondsman: We Work for Him!

Posted Apr 14th 2008 2:23PM by TMZ Staff

Dr. Phil's peeps who posted bail for the Florida girl charged in the videotaped beating were not hiding their affiliation with the show when they posted bail.
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Our sources say the production assistant (Mikey) who flaunted his "exclusive" with Mercades Nichols outside court, along with a female producer, went to the bail bondsman and made it clear they were representing the show. They posted $3,300 bail -- 10% of the total amount.

The show claims the producers exceeded their authority. We're guessing Mikey -- who makes around $800 a week -- didn't personally pay that kind of jack.

We've also learned the show did not post collateral for the entire $33,000 -- someone not connected with the show did that.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Dr. Phil


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1. Schep and Curly.

Posted at 2:33PM on Apr 14th 2008 by Kelli

2. dr. phil is so pathetic...what an attention whore!

Posted at 2:37PM on Apr 14th 2008 by The way I see it

3. Over it!

Posted at 2:37PM on Apr 14th 2008 by Yuppi

4. Dr. Phil you have LOST another Texan!

Posted at 2:46PM on Apr 14th 2008 by Dallas

5. CrabbGolightly.com says:

WHILE MANY AMERICANS WHO SNACK ON REALITY TV have only come to know the offering since being added to the prime time menu, savvy couch potatoes recognize that the form has long been a daytime staple.
Crabby had her own foray in talk TV, and toward the end of my stint, I worried that we'd soon be videotaping murders. That's because every "next show" had to evoke more shock, awe, sorrow, shame, joy or delight than the last one. The environment was 24/7 of fever-pitch for more, better, faster. And if you didn't deliver, well then, you failed. Because the viewers -- and the staff -- had already heard the one about the dog who saved his master from the fire, or about the grandfather who took snapshots of his grandkid naked, or the couples' swapping partners, or mothers who trashed their newborns. And so you better have something even more incredulous today than you did yesterday.
So it seems a little disingenuous that Dr. Phil's has suddenly been fingered as sleazeball? Have you people been snoozing?
Check out CrabbyGolightly.com

Posted at 2:53PM on Apr 14th 2008 by Crabby

6. Mickey sure looks alot like u know who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...can somebody say, closet son???

Posted at 2:54PM on Apr 14th 2008 by hahaha

7. Can I pay Florida $6,600 to put her back in?

Posted at 2:55PM on Apr 14th 2008 by beeper

8. That is disgusting and appaling that they would spring that girl from jail where she BELONGS. There's no way that one lowly assistant got that cash on his own & paid for it. I'm sure Dr. Phil arranged it himself. I'll never watch that show again. Might even boycott Oprah too!!

Posted at 3:01PM on Apr 14th 2008 by Mysty

9. Say Crabby...you sound like one egotistical, publicity seeking whore defending another! Two pees (oops..peas) in a pod.

Posted at 3:08PM on Apr 14th 2008 by YeahRight

10. Isnt it about time that Oprah fires his ass? I get her magazine and when I see the WANNA BE A DR Phil's photo I feel sick- doesnt she know that the "value" of her magazine goes down when a slimy snake oil- like salesman is attached to it?

Posted at 3:09PM on Apr 14th 2008 by djj

11. The worst thing about this case is that those "girls" are not facing the death penalty for their animal-like attacks --- in a perfect world they wd be facing just that. Dr. Phil shd have his show cancelled immediately. They ought to put each of those girls, who think they are so tough, in various prisons throughout the state, away from their other pig cohorts, in gen pop --- let's see how tough they are then when the regular genpop women get a hold to them. Shame on Dr, Phil and his whole show for aiding a CRIMINAL.

Posted at 3:16PM on Apr 14th 2008 by AngryMom

12. Dr. Phil solved the Natalee Holloway case I believe. on Jay Leno. He does good work

Posted at 4:07PM on Apr 14th 2008 by kaleman

13. kaleman, that case has never been solved. I guess school is out now.

Posted at 4:19PM on Apr 14th 2008 by wait what?

14. When you reward criminals, and make a mockery of our justice system, you OPEN THE DOOR FOR COPYCATS!

Posted at 4:28PM on Apr 14th 2008 by elder

15. I cannot believe Dr. Phil would bail this thug out. She should still be in jail for what she and the others did to that girl. Next thing you hear about this girl is that she murdered someone all because she got off easy!

DR.PHIL......YOU ARE INSANE!!!

Posted at 4:32PM on Apr 14th 2008 by Mississippi Native

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