Warrant Issued For Alleged Ice Dancer Drugger

1. Lots of wierdos in this world..hope they find him

Posted at 11:39AM on May 23rd 2008 by Holy freakin crap

2. can u imagine a 61 yr old man doing this to her???? the hellish , nightmarish life that poor girl would have ugh, I sure hope he didn't rape her!!! what a SOB.
Men like that need to just stick to their whores and pay.

Posted at 11:57AM on May 23rd 2008 by Knows it all

3. really creepy

Posted at 11:58AM on May 23rd 2008 by Just call me trailer trash....

4. The thing that is so disturbing is that this has become common place, especially among college students. Don't these men realize how evil this is?

Posted at 12:10PM on May 23rd 2008 by wisegirl

5. I know guys who take GHB before going out!

Posted at 12:45PM on May 23rd 2008 by web

6. Someone show hire DAWG to get him!

Posted at 12:51PM on May 23rd 2008 by web

7.

CHECK OUT THIS LA TIMES OC ARTICLE (MAY 22)THIS GUY IS A DOUCHE BAG NOT ONLY DOES HE DRUG WOMEN HE STEALS MONEY TOO

Bail denied for securities lawyer in investment fraud case
Jeanne Rowzee, who is accused of a scam that bilked investors out of $20 million, is deemed a flight risk.

She was charged Tuesday, suspected of defrauding some 150 investors who gave tens of millions of dollars to her and others working with her to put into sophisticated investment vehicles known as private investment in public equities, or PIPEs. Prosecutors allege that Rowzee instead diverted the money to herself and others.

Rowzee, Santa Ana insurance salesman James R. Halstead and others also are named as defendants in more than half a dozen civil lawsuits alleging the same fraud. Only Rowzee has been charged.

kim.christensen@latimes.com

Posted at 10:03PM on May 29th 2008 by oc

8. Grishuk is a proven liar, cheater and fraud!

I do not trust her at all.

ATTENTION WHORE alert!

Posted at 6:06PM on May 26th 2008 by CLAY

9. WOW!! What a nasty comment from a complete confused person. #8 Shame on you for tarnishing this wonderful person who has just gone through a horrible event that was confirmed by the Orange County DA on Friday. RAPE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. Not to be made fun of.

Jack

Posted at 6:13PM on May 26th 2008 by Jack Perry

10. I second Jacks comment #8

I have known Oksana for many years and she is truly a wonderful person and a complete opposite from #8's comments. She is so kind and sweet to me and my daughter and also to so many other kiids that I have seen her interact with and it just pains me to see such a sick comment. GO BACK INTO THE HOLE YOU CAME FROM YOU IDIOT.

GINA

Posted at 6:33PM on May 26th 2008 by Gina

11. HELLO, I know both Clay and Oksana very well and know for sure that he would never have written such a comment. TMZ should take down #*s comment immediately.

George

Posted at 6:39PM on May 26th 2008 by George

12. I really wish this creepy guy to be taking to jail ASAP. My best wishes to Oksana Grishuk the BEST ice dancer in the world.

Lena

Posted at 6:58PM on May 26th 2008 by George

13. beautiful video!!!

Posted at 7:45PM on May 26th 2008 by Friend

14. i have met halstead befor i really cant see jim(aka) doing this i have been to many of his partys and he has never done it i dont belive he did it but i dont understand why he is running

Posted at 4:50PM on May 28th 2008 by jason

15. Gina and George both need to wake-up.

I know her neighbor -- GRISHUK IS INSANE.


Charge dismissed in alleged drugging of Olympian
By GILLIAN FLACCUS – 1 hour ago

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — At prosecutors' request, a judge on Monday dismissed the case against a man who was accused of slipping a date-rape drug into the drink of former Olympic ice dancer Oksana "Pasha" Grishuk.

Investigators in the Orange County District Attorney's Office concluded that they could not prove the case against James R. Halstead beyond a reasonable doubt, spokeswoman Susan Schroeder said.

Halstead's attorney, Michael Molfetta, called the case a "piece of junk" and said Grishuk wrongly denied that she and his client had had a romantic relationship.

Halstead said Monday he thinks the partially dissolved pills Grishuk reported finding in two drinks were put there by the skater herself.

The pills tested positive for Nimetazepam, which is similar to the date-rape drug GHB, but Schroeder said toxicology tests on Grishuk's blood showed no trace of the drugs.

"There was no corroborating evidence that would indicate who actually ... put the substance in the drink and we just couldn't prove who did it," Schroeder said. "There are many, many elements that we looked at."

Halstead was charged last month with a felony count of administering a drug, but Molfetta and the DA agreed last week to dismiss it. The charge was formally voided Monday at what was to have been an arraignment hearing in Orange County Superior Court, Molfetta said.

"They originally made a mistake in filing it and I think they corrected that mistake," Molfetta said of prosecutors. "I approached them. I said, 'This is not the way it looks, this woman is on a media tour.' It just struck me as being very, very odd and very, very suspicious."

A spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, which investigated the case, did not return a call.

Through her attorney, Gloria Allred, Grishuk said she was "very disappointed" by the district attorney's decision.

"I was looking forward to testifying in the criminal case," Grishuk said in a statement sent to The Associated Press by Allred.

"I hope that this decision by the DA will not deter other women from contacting law enforcement if they believe that someone has attempted to victimize them," she said.

Grishuk, 36, said last month that she had not been romantically involved with Halstead, 61 and repeated that denial in Monday's statement.. She told investigators she knew him because they had discussed starting a clothing and vitamin line.

Molfetta, however, said that Halstead and Grishuk had had a lengthy romantic relationship and he had provided text messages, e-mails, telephone records and personal notes to the district attorney's office to prove it.

Schroeder said she was aware of Halstead's claims but that "it's unclear as to whether they had a relationship or not — and frankly, that's just one part of this case." She said no charges would be filed against Grishuk.

Halstead said Grishuk wanted to marry him, but he was going through a divorce and told her no. He also said she wanted him to travel to Europe with her as her agent, but he refused.

"She got really upset with me because she said, 'Can't you find me a man with money who could take care of me?'" Halstead told The Associated Press by telephone. "She kept saying, 'Jim, I'm in love with you.'"

Halstead said Grishuk initiated their April 12 meeting at the posh St. Regis Monarch hotel because she accused him of missing Valentine's Day. He said he believes she slipped the pill in her own drink when he left to use the restroom for about 15 minutes.

"We seemed to be having a nice time. Next thing you know, she reaches into the glass and pulls out this pill and says, 'What is this?'" Halstead said. "I don't why she did this, whether she was mad at me or crazy. It doesn't make any sense."

Grishuk, who won gold medals for Russia in ice dancing in 1994 and 1998, told reporters last month that she has been busy recently filming several seasons of a Russian television show called "Dance on Ice" that's similar to America's "Dancing With the Stars." She said she's also done solo skating shows in Asia and toured Russia with ice shows. She lives part-time in Orange County.

Posted at 8:29PM on Jun 9th 2008 by UPDATE