Posted May 27th 2009 1:00AM by TMZ Staff
Round two of the worst barely-a-celebrity legal war we've ever seen -- this time the woman who once dated police officer-turned-baby killer Bobby Cutts is being accused of using weed to manipulate a former pop star.
After Nikki Giavasis filed a request for a restraining order against Raphael Shawan Brown last week -- one of the guys from the group Next -- the guy decided it was time to strike back with one of his own. In legal papers filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Brown claims he's the real victim -- because Nikki refuses to leave him alone.
To make a long story short, Brown claims Nikki tried to buy his love -- taking him on trips, investing in one of his business projects and splurging on weed because "she was aware that I would lose focus when i was under the influence of marijuana."
Brown claims somewhere in the relationship, things went sour and now Nikki won't leave him alone.
But the best part of the handwritten document which he filed with the court is the last sentence -- "I appreciate your time, I also apologize for my penmenship, my hand is cramping."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: bobby cutts, BobbyCutts, nikki glavasis, NikkiGlavasis, raphael shawan brown, RaphaelShawanBrown
Posted May 19th 2009 8:10PM by TMZ Staff
The woman who was the girlfriend of Bobby Cutts -- the Canton, Ohio cop who was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn child in 2007 -- is having fresh legal trouble with a former pop star.
Nikki Giavasis went to court May 11 and got a restraining order against Raphael Shawan Brown, a member of the singing group Next. The group charted big time with the song "Too Close" -- about a guy who popped wood on the dance floor and poked his partner.
Giavasis says last week, Brown tried entering the gate of her community in the San Fernando Valley, where he was arrested on an outstanding warrant. She says she broke up with Brown a year ago, but he's repeatedly harassed her, including allegedly breaking into her house. She tells us Brown has stolen her $700 shoes and a $1,000 handbag.
Giavasis tells us she invested in his group to the tune of $300,000. She says he wrote her a check to pay her back in that amount -- the memo line said "From God." But God didn't have enough money in his account and the check bounced.
Giavasis was romantically involved with Bobby Cutts in 1996. She says after they broke up he hounded her for 11 years, once trying to rip custody of her daughter away from her after she got a restraining order against him.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: bobby cutts, BobbyCutts, next, nikki giavasis, NikkiGiavasis, raphael shawan brown, RaphaelShawanBrown, too close, TooClose
