All posts containing the tag: "sued"
Posted Oct 11th 2009 5:50AM by TMZ Staff
The Game is in a serious feud with the wrong gang of homies -- the lawyers who saved him from 5 years of hard time.
The legal team who repped the rapper in the wake of his 2007 arrest on gun charges claims Game never forked over $34,683.90 in bills for the work they did.
In the suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, the firm, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert, claims they even got the guy "a successful outcome."
... and since Game was facing a potential five-year sentence in state prison ... and only ended up serving eight days ... you'd think he got his money's worth.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, The Game, Exclusives
Tags: Iser, jayceon taylor, JayceonTaylor, Kinsella, Kump Aldisert, kwika, lawsuit, lawyers, rapper, sued, the game, TheGame, Weitzman
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 6:25PM by TMZ Staff
Nicolas Cage is being sued for going south on a big fat loan.
East West Bank claims it extended Cage a $2 million line of credit in August 2007. The bank claims he agreed to pay $11,590 per month. The bank says he missed his payment in May 2009. He missed June as well, they claim.
And July. And August. And September.
The bank is now invoking its right to call the entire balance due, stat.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: lawsuit, loan, nic cage, NicCage, nicolas cage, NicolasCage, sued, two million, TwoMillion
Posted Sep 18th 2009 3:05PM by TMZ Staff
A man is suing Michael Jackson's estate, claiming the singer is responsible for the theft of his herpes cure.
Erle Bonner claims Jackson gave his formulas for "herpes cure, acne cures and arthritis cures" to a guy named Kevin Trudeau, also a defendant, who allegedly pilfered them.
Bonner also claims ..."someone from the Jackson family came by my house and shot a 22 pistol in the air. They turned around in a neighbor's driveway and drove away."
Bonner also claims in his suit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court ... Jackson stole nine copyrights and the idea for an automobile insurance policy that "would revolutionize insurance for cars in America."
There's more, but you get the point.
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Tags: erie bonner, ErieBonner, estate, herpes cure, HerpesCure, kevin trudeau, KevinTrudeau, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, sued
Posted Sep 15th 2009 2:32PM by TMZ Staff
Dr. Arnold Klein has sued Dr. Steven Hoefflin in the Michael Jackson prescription drug saga -- sued him for defamation of character.
According to the suit, Dr. Klein claims Dr. Hoefflin told The Sun in the minutes following Jackson's death, "[Dr. Conrad] Murray definitely called Klein because Klein taught him how to administer Propofol ... Murray would have counted on Klein to be the source of Propofol and guide him on its use."
Klein claims Hoefflin's conduct was "willful, fraudulent, malicious, oppressive and reckless" and was done "with the intent to injure and harm Dr. Klein."
UPDATE: Hoefflin tells TMZ: "They [The Sun] check their facts with an electronic microscope. There is factual evidence that the statements that I made are true. They have in their possession phone records, recordings, documents and other evidence that confirms facts in their stories before they're published."
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Tags: conrad murray, ConradMurray, dr. arnold klein, dr. hoefflin, Dr.ArnoldKlein, Dr.Hoefflin, lawsuit, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, propofol, sued, sues, the sun, TheSun
Posted Sep 7th 2009 6:45PM by TMZ Staff
Let's hope the boys at Houck Construction like naughty co-eds -- otherwise Joe Francis may have to write them a fat check.
Francis is being sued by a construction company that did work on his Bel Air, Calif. home. According to the lawsuit, Francis racked up a construction bill of $403,363.27. The company claims Joe forked over $356,329.61 -- but must have forgotten to carry a one or something because he still owes them $47,033.66 (plus another $24,848.19 in interest).
Perhaps Joe can trade a few thousand copies of "Girls Gone Wild Freshman Sex Orientation" to make up the difference.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Joe Francis
Tags: construction, dvds, girls gone wild, GirlsGoneWild, joe francis, JoeFrancis, lawsuit, sued
Posted Sep 2nd 2009 12:50PM by TMZ Staff
He's used to crushing wannabe singers, but now Simon Cowell is accused of destroying a wannabe chef ... or at least her arch support.
Simon and his ex-GF Terri Seymour have been sued by a woman who claims she got a "try-out" to be their private chef. In the docs, the chef claims Terri made her remove her sneakers and put on a "clear-bottom" pair when entering the home.
The cooking seemed to go well and the chef eventually took off, only to realize that she left her sneakers behind -- which she claims had $500 orthopedic insoles inside of them.
The chef claims she made repeated attempts to get 'em back -- and even made an additional trip to the house when Terri's assistant claimed he found them. She says the pair he produced weren't hers.
The woman has filed a small claims lawsuit seeking $661.59 from Cowell to cover the shoes, pricey insoles and the $9 in gas she wasted driving over.
A rep for Simon and Terri says "this is a ridiculous story." The rep says the chef simply left her sneakers and that Simon and Terri attempted to return them -- adding the pair that was found in the house are in fact the woman's sneakers.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, American Idol
Tags: chef, cook, lawsuit, meeshell block, MeeshellBlock, shoes, simon cowell, SimonCowell, sued, terri seymour, TerriSeymour
Posted Aug 22nd 2009 12:55AM by TMZ Staff
In the mafia -- word is bond. In Hollywood, eh ... not so much.
The ex-girlfriend of a notorious mafia soldier is putting a legal hit out on a movie company -- claiming they made her an offer she couldn't refuse ... and then they backed out.
Linda Schiro -- the longtime GF of Colombo Crime family member Gregory "Grim Reaper" Scarpa, Sr. -- claims Morgan Creek productions verbally agreed to pay her $150,000 to use her life rights for a movie based on Scarpa. Linda claims Nic Cage was even attached to star in the flick.
But in the lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Schiro claims a written contract "never materialized" and she never got a check.
Schiro is gunning for unspecified damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies, Exclusives
Tags: lawsuit, morgan creek, MorganCreek, sued
Posted Jul 31st 2009 1:07AM by TMZ Staff
A German promotional company is calling bull-schnitzel on 50 Cent's agents -- claiming the William Morris Endeavor agency charged them $125,000 to negotiate for a concert that never happened.
Ze company, Major Movez, claims all they wanted to do was talk with Fiddy's peeps about ze possibility of booking ze rapper for a concert in Graz, Austria in ze summer of 2009.
But according to ze lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, WME claimed it would cost ze German's $125k for ze opportunity to negotiate -- with no promise of a deal -- and if the deal fell through, "WME would return the entire amount."
Ze Germans claim they ponied up -- but when ze deal eventually crumbled, they never got their $125,000 back.
Now they're taking WME to court, where they are demanding ze swift return of their Deutsche Marks.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, 50 Cent, Exclusives
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, austria, concert, g-unit, germans, lawsuit, sued
Posted Jul 27th 2009 9:50AM by TMZ Staff
Ugly Betty Suarez isn't the only unattractive thing in Tony Plana's life -- a lawsuit was just filed against him and it ain't pretty either.
Tony's former manager Tracy Quinn just filed suit in L.A. County, which claims ever since Tony tossed her to the curb in '08, she hasn't been receiving her cut of his "Ugly" paycheck -- a deal she claims to have brokered.
Tracy is suing Tony for breach of contract to the tune of at least $500,000.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: lawsuit, sued, tony plana, TonyPlana, ugly betty, UglyBetty
Posted Jul 23rd 2009 1:45AM by TMZ Staff
Nick Hogan is as bad of an investor as he is a driver -- in a brand new lawsuit, Nick claims two guys he tried to start a business with rode him for a grand total of $130,767.75.
Nick is suing Louis Adkinson and Damon Elliot for breach of contract after he agreed to invest $50,000 in a record production company called "Confidential South, LLC" back in January -- a company Nick says never even got off the ground.
According to the suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Nick claims Adkinson and Elliot both promised to invest 50k of their own ... AND told Nick everyone would get their money back if the company never formed. Surprisingly, the suit says neither of those things happened.
To make it worse, Nick alleges the evil duo ran up $80,767.75 on his American Express card without his permission -- so he's also suing them for fraud. Nick wants the 130k back -- at least.
Filed under: The Hogans
Tags: damon elliot, DamonElliot, lawsuit, louis adkinson, LouisAdkinson, nick hogan, NickHogan, sued
Posted Jul 21st 2009 12:49PM by TMZ Staff
This is the woman accusing Pittsburgh Steeler Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault -- Harrah's Lake Tahoe employee Andrea McNulty.
McNulty claims Roethlisberger assaulted her after she was called to his room to fix his TV in July 2008.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Photo Galleries
Tags: andrea mcnulty, AndreaMcnulty, assault, ben roethlisberger, BenRoethlisberger, pittsburgh steelers, PittsburghSteelers, sexual assault, SexualAssault, steelers, sued
Posted Jul 19th 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff
The guys who sued Common this week for copyright infringement are now taking aim at Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon -- accusing them of ripping off the exact same song!
In a lawsuit filed the day after Common's, Songster, LLC -- which owns the rights to the song "When Will the Day Come" -- claims Bone, Akon and producer Swizz Beatz jacked their music for the collaboration "I Tried."
Songster is seeking unspecified damages -- no word on who they'll sue next.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Tags: akon, bone thugs n harmony, BoneThugsNHarmony, common, lawsuit, sued, swizz beatz, SwizzBeatz
Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:08AM by TMZ Staff
Rapper Common is a self-proclaimed thief ... a dude who busts himself when he steals -- this, according to a pair of songwriters.
Andrew Marks and London McDaniels filed a lawsuit yesterday, claiming Common stole their song "When Will The Day Come" in his tune "Take it EZ."
But here's the twist: Common gives Marks and McDaniels this credit on the downloadable version of his song: "Contains samples from: When Will The Day Come.'"
Here's the problem: The credit don't pay the rent. So Marks and McDaniels are suing for unspecified damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Tags: common, lawsuit, sued, take it EZ, TakeItEz, when will the day come, WhenWillTheDayCome
Posted Jul 11th 2009 12:01AM by TMZ Staff
B.B. King is officially not allowed to sing the Blues anymore -- we just got our hands on a lawsuit that says he's already made over $100 million in the 21st century.
King is being sued by his former business manager, Floyd Leiberman, who claims he helped B.B. make the massive amount of money from 2000 - 2008 -- only to be left high and dry when it came to getting his cut of the profits.
In the lawsuit, filed in Supreme Court of New York, Floyd also lists a ton of other ways he's been cut out of King's vast fortune.
Floyd is suing King for at least $1.5 million.
Filed under: Celebrity Pay Dirt
Tags: b.b. king, B.b.King, blues, sued
Posted Jul 9th 2009 2:50PM by TMZ Staff
Paris Hilton is ready to fight accusations that she's a huge flake -- she just arrived at a courthouse in Miami accompanied by a team of lawyers.
Paris is being sued by film investors who claim she failed to promote the DVD release of her 2006 flick "Pledge This!" -- meanwhile no one has sued the film investors for putting out a movie starring Paris Hilton.
She's being sued for more than $8 million and is expected to take the stand tomorrow.
Filed under: Paris Hilton
Tags: lawsuit, paris hilton, paris in miami, ParisHilton, ParisInMiami, pledge this, PledgeThis, sued
