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6/17/2010 3:20 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Yahoo! Heiress Injured From Hot Box Springs

We've learned Courtenay Semel -- heiress to the Yahoo! fortune and former GF of Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson -- was hospitalized this week after someone in her apartment accidentally ignited a mattress.

Yahoo! Heiress

Courtenay was sleeping Saturday when she was awakened by firemen who were banging down the door.  It seems a house guest had left a flat iron on the bed and the mattress got so hot it exploded in flames.

Courtenay suffered through the weekend ... vomiting and such.  On Monday she went to the hospital ... where she received oxygen. 

She's out of the hospital but says she's still the worse for wear, suffering from bad headaches and labored breathing.


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Quinn:  606 days ago

"accidentally ignited a mattress" .. ya with her crack pipe.

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electriczipper:  606 days ago

oh brother

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electriczipper:  606 days ago

I read that yahoo had a chance to buy google years ago for a very cheap price,,like a few million dollars and didnt,,bet they wish they had now,,,

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deb:  606 days ago

sure it was a flat iron. Crack pipe or bong is more like it. And of course we get the pictures of her doing a breathing treatment. Breaking news......... *eyeroll*

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gnext2:  606 days ago

Hot Box...that is not funny

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trickdaddy:  606 days ago

she is such a loser

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Yes:  606 days ago

While I wish her well and hope she is fine...why are these rich heiresses so scuzzy? I googled this chick and she makes Britney from Podunk look like a Hapsburg.

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Kim:  606 days ago

She is absolutely one of the fugliest people I've ever seen.

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Just The Fax:  606 days ago

Vomiting during the weekend and a headache on Monday
So whats the problem?

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Mari:  606 days ago

"Hot Box Springs" lmfao

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ingrid:  606 days ago

If she had a waterbed this would not have happened.
She does seem to be good looking however.

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Are you sure?:  606 days ago

OK, here is the prelude. When is the lawsuit?

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Mulder:  606 days ago

She's not an heir to Yahoo! at all. Her father, Terry Semel was formerly the CEO of Yahoo!, but he got canned and he had no ownership stake in the company other than the stock he options he may have received while he was CEO.



Institutional investors own far more of Yahoo! than any one person, so let's not make things up just to make a story seem more interesting.

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gary:  606 days ago

Who cares! This fame whore is nothing except a trust fund lesbo trying to garner some media. This is not celebrity news. TMZ must be that desparate for stories.

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SAMMY:  606 days ago

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN,WAS SHE SMOKEN WHEN THIS HAPPEN THIS IS SOME CAZYASS STUFF L8R.

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