All posts containing the tag: "domestic abuse"
Posted Oct 30th 2009 7:20AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah took a hard stand on Chris Brown, but just a few days ago the talk show host allowed another famous alleged woman-abuser on her show -- and now the victim says she feels betrayed.
The man in question is gospel singer BeBe Winans -- who is accused of shoving his ex-wife Debra Winans to the ground in front of their kids back in February. BeBe was on "Oprah" on Friday to pimp out his new gospel CD -- his domestic violence charge is pending until another court hearing next year.
Debra tells TMZ she's "hurt by Oprah's decision to have Bebe on the show" -- especially after she refused to have Chris Brown on her show in the wake of the Rihanna beating.
Calls to Oprah's people were not returned.
Filed under: TV, Oprah, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Exclusives
Tags: bebe winans, BebeWinans, chris brown, ChrisBrown, debrah winans, DebrahWinans, domestic abuse, DomesticAbuse, oprah, rihanna
Posted Apr 29th 2009 12:32PM by TMZ Staff
Chris Brown's high-powered lawyer, Mark Geragos, told TMZ on his way out of the courtroom this morning he may want the Rihanna case against his client dismissed because of leaks in the case.
Geragos told us, "Leaks can form the basis for a motion to dismiss the case in regard to outrageous governmental misconduct." Geragos is asking for discovery -- in other words, he wants the LAPD to ante up whatever info they have on info about the case that has gotten out.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rihanna, Chris Brown
Tags: beating, case dismissed, CaseDismissed, chris brown, ChrisBrown, court, domestic abuse, domestic violence, DomesticAbuse, DomesticViolence, judge, LAPD, mark geragos, MarkGeragos, misconduct, rihanna
Posted Mar 1st 2009 2:50AM by TMZ Staff
Chris Brown had a blast on a jet ski Thursday in Miami, where he's spending time with Rihanna -- the woman he allegedly beat just weeks earlier.
Chris -- who looks like he's recreating the wind up leading to the punch that left Rihanna bloodied and bruised -- doesn't seem to have a care in the world.
And here's an interesting tidbit: Rihanna is being shadowed by one of Jay Z's beefy bodyguards.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Rihanna, Chris Brown
Tags: bodyguards, Chris Brown, ChrisBrown, diddy, domestic abuse, DomesticAbuse, jay z, JayZ, jet ski, JetSki, miami, p diddy, PDiddy, puffy, punching, rhianna, rihanna
Posted Feb 10th 2009 12:07AM by TMZ Staff
A wild chase on the L.A. freeways that lasted for hours last night ended with the driver shooting himself -- and during much of the drama, the media believed -- falsely -- Chris Brown may have been at the wheel.
It began at around 8:00 PM. A man driving a Bentley was engaged in a slow speed chase with cops. The way the story went -- police say the man was suspected of assault with a deadly weapon on his girlfriend and was supposed to rendezvous with a woman near the freeway. Word spread it may have been Chris Brown. As usual, the media danced around it dropping hints but never said it -- though they kinda did.
In the end, the driver stopped, there was as standoff and he shot himself in the head. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.
We've learned the car had a Chicago registration. The owner had the Bentley and other high-end cars, including Porsches and Jaguars. We're not reporting the name yet.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: assault, Bentley, car chase, CarChase, death, die, died, domestic abuse, DomesticAbuse, driver, girlfriend, LAPD, Los Angeles, LosAngeles, shot, slow speed chase, SlowSpeedChase, standoff
Posted Oct 27th 2008 8:35AM by TMZ Staff
Aside from the whole "my dad allegedly punched my mom thing," Hayden Panettiere told our photog her family is great when we got her this weekend in DC.
An order of protection was issued against Alan Panettiere that orders him not to "harass, strike, threaten, assault (sexually or otherwise), follow, stalk [or] molest" his wife Lesley. He'll be in court for arraignment in December.
Filed under: Hayden Panettiere
Tags: alan panettiere, AlanPanettiere, domestic abuse, DomesticAbuse, hayden panettiere, HaydenPanettiere, lesley panettiere, LesleyPanettiere
