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Chris Brown's baby mama's boyfriend just can't seem to stay out of trouble ... he's wanted by cops, the second time in just over a month.

King Ba was supposed to appear in front of a Texas judge Thursday on forgery charges but he was a no-show. The judge fired off a warrant for his arrest.

TMZ broke the story ... Ba was busted last month after cops claimed he forged more than $5,000 in U.S. Treasury checks. Police put out a warrant for Ba and he turned himself in after seeing his face on a local Crime Stoppers alert.

Looks like CB might have a leg up on baby mama Nia if she comes back at him in their custody battle.

Lil Wayne is on a mission to make his sex tape disappear ... now with the help of his legal guns.

Wayne's attorneys fired off a cease and desist letter -- obtained by TMZ -- to HollywoodStreetKing ... an urban blog that's been posting clips.

Wayne's legal team is demanding the site to remove the video within 5 days, or else. As for what "or else" means ... it's a lawsuit, dummy!

TMZ broke the story ... the tape shows Wayne wearing nothing but his socks, cavorting with 2 girls. The demand letter does not even concede there is a sex tape, but Wayne's rep tells us if there is one the rapper had NO idea he was being filmed.

Lee Daniels and Terrence Howard say there's no way they ripped off the idea for "Empire," because the guy suing for a billion dollars couldn't hack it in the music biz.

Daniels and Howard are responding to the lawsuit filed by Ron Newt -- as TMZ first reported ... the self proclaimed "gangsta pimp" claims Empire is based on his life, and he pitched his autobiography to Howard years ago.

According to the docs, Daniels says Newt's unsuccessful effort to break into the music biz as "manager of his sons' teen bubble gum pop trio," is nothing like the successful Lyon family on "Empire."

Also ... they say Newt's story is so violent and sexually graphic, it could never have aired on network TV.

Music mogul Jimmy Iovine and ex-wife Vicki got hit up for $50 grand from their son ... or at least an obsessed fan who seems to think he's their son.

According to docs, Devante Nevels flooded Vicki's email, cell phone and social media with annoying messages. One in particular ... "Mom can you call me Im going to jail tomorrow for 15 days, Hopefully I get out Idk."

Nevels also attempted to dip into the Iovine family fortune by asking for $50,000 ... but at least it was a loan. We're sure Nevels -- whose Facebook alias is Jameslong Changelong -- is totally good for it.

Vicki reported Nevels to the LAPD ... which eventually got a search warrant for Nevels' Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Law enforcement sources tell us Nevels was not arrested though, because the messages didn't meet the criminal criteria for harassment. Translation: At this point, he's annoying as hell, but not dangerous.

Erin Andrews is still seeking justice for the peeping tom who secretly videotaped her in her hotel room back in 2008 ... $75 million worth of justice!

The "Dancing with the Stars" host and FOX Sports reporter just filed an amendment to her 2011 lawsuit against Marriott for the infamous incident. You'll recall, Michael Barrett put a camera in the peephole of her hotel room door and recorded video of her in the nude as she got dressed.

Andrews sued Marriott ... claiming its employees were negligent because they gave Barrett the room next to hers, at his request. The case is set to go to trial next year, and defense attorneys wanted her to be specific about what she's seeking.

Ray J's fight over his breakfast tab was more serious than we thought, because it turns out it wasn't HIS car he got towed ... it was his girlfriend's, and the key to her luxury ride is STILL missing.

As we reported, Ray J had a dispute with the staff at Kitchen24 over his bill, and cops were called -- but what we couldn't figure out was why a tow truck got into the whole mess.

Short story, long -- Ray J left the key fob to Princess Love's Mercedes-Benz in the restaurant when he left, but was still able to start the car and drive off. It has one of those fancy key-less starters, and the car was close enough to the restaurant that it started.

Everything went downhill after that ... ending with AAA taking away the Benz.

Listen to Ray's explanation. Two things are clear -- 1. He thinks someone in Kitchen24 still has his key, and 2. Princess Love is gonna tear him a new one.

John Stamos is now officially charged with DUI ... TMZ has learned.

The L.A. County District Attorney charged Stamos with one count of DUI for his June 12 arrest in Beverly Hills. The charging docs don't mention what the actor was allegedly under the influence of ... but our sources tell us it was GHB and another non-narcotic drug.

We broke the story ... Stamos was taking GHB, the so-called date rape drug, as a fitness supplement.

The DUI charge carries a maximum 6 months in county jail, but since John is a first time offender he'll most likely just get probation.

Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on Tuesday -- and moved to house arrest -- just one year after he was convicted of shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

A lawyer for Steenkamp's family confirmed the news ... but it's clear, they're pissed.

"Nothing will bring Reeva back," the Steenkamp attorney said ... "[Her parents] are not surprised at all by this announcement. They expected this."

The South African olympian -- aka Blade Runner -- was convicted of culpable homicide for shooting Steenkamp in his home in South Africa on Valentine's Day in 2013. Pistorius claimed he mistook her for an intruder.

Oscar was sentenced to 5 years behind bars -- but a South African parole board has greenlit the move to allow him to go to house arrest ... reportedly a common procedure out there.

8:00 AM PT -- Police helped squash the beef in the restaurant, but sounds like there's fresh beef now. We're told Ray J called the tow truck for his car, but it's unclear why.

What is clear is the tow truck driver thought Ray J was 5150! We're told he called police back to the scene to deal with Ray.

Ray J's early morning bacon and eggs turned into a 911 emergency, with his Mercedes-Benz coupe hanging in the balance!

Here's what we know ... Ray J and some friends rolled into Kitchen24 in Hollywood sometime before 6 AM. Far as we can tell he was working late in a recording studio.

The problem started when the bill came. Law enforcement sources tell us cops got a call from an employee who said Ray was refusing to pay his tab. They also got a call from Ray who said his server refused to give him a receipt.

Now there's a standoff ... the manager is allegedly holding Ray's car keys, a tow truck's been called, and cops are on the scene.

Unclear why Ray J would be so into his receipt. Tax write-off?

Former 'Bachelorette' contestant Ed Swiderski says he got screwed out of his apartment security deposit because his landlord is blaming him for $12,000 worth of damage!

Ed and his wife Natalie moved out of the pad in Chicago's West Loop this past July, and he says they left it exactly the same way they found it -- minus reasonable wear and tear -- but never got back the $3,700 security deposit.

According to the lawsuit, Ed's landlord, Robert O'Bryan, tagged him for the following:

-$100 for missing chandelier crystals

-$60 for missing parking remotes

-$1,500 for fixing 5 doors with dog scratches on them

-$1,150 for a new carpet after he found dog feces and urine stains on the old one

-$4,950 in repainting costs ... all things the landlord says aren't "regular wear and tear."

Those are just the highlights, there's much more, but Ed says it's all BS since he cleaned the place, and a new tenant moved in the very same day he moved out.

O'Bryan tells TMZ the damage he found during inspection was "shocking," and thinks Ed is being ungrateful. He says he was willing to just take his deposit, and eat the rest of the damage ... which would have been more than $9k.

Ed and his wife are suing for $11,100 -- 3 times their deposit.

Cops confirm TMZ's story ... that someone from the brothel told the 911 dispatcher Lamar Odom confessed to her he had used cocaine days before he lapsed into unconsciousness, and if cops determine it's cocaine it's "distinctly possible" he'll be prosecuted.

Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly just said her dept. obtained a search warrant and drew blood from Lamar in the hospital Wednesday, and the blood will now be tested for drugs.

As we reported, sources tell us doctors found cocaine in Odom's system.

"Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller is doing the tango with the feds now for allegedly committing bankruptcy fraud.

According to a federal indictment, Miller hid around $750k of income from creditors after filing for bankruptcy in 2010. Abby made the money from "Dance Moms" and other TV appearances.

The indictment, which includes 20 counts related to the alleged scheme, also says Abby lied on monthly financial reports for her dance studio and did NOT report some of her income.

TMZ broke the story ... Miller climbed out of bankruptcy just last year, but if the feds' homework is correct ... she was cheating the system all along.

The eye in the sky don't lie ... and it seems to have exonerated NBA star Ty Lawson -- who was accused of punching a security guard at the Wynn hotel in Vegas ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Here's what we know ... Lawson was named in a police report filed by 25-year-old Kyle Gardener -- who says Wynn management ordered him to stop Lawson from entering the casino on one of those motorized scooter board thingies on August 30th.

But in the report, Gardener says the Houston Rockets star blew him off, continued to scooter into the casino -- all while Ty's entourage shouted various threats his way.

Moments later, Gardener claims Lawson pulled a fistful of cash out of his pocket -- and said, "I make money you broke bitch, I'll kill you and your family. I got people believe me."

Gardener says Lawson then struck him in the right side of his forehead and left the building.

Gardener says he informed Wynn management and the LVMPD -- and says he's on medication as a result of injuries sustained from the incident.

But get this ... a rep for the LVMPD says cops pulled surveillance footage from the casino and say the video does NOT show Lawson ever striking the guard -- so the case was closed.

David Cassidy is trying to dodge jail time once again -- he entered a not guilty plea in the September hit-and-run crash he allegedly had on a Florida highway.

According to police docs ... Cassidy sideswiped a big rig, and then pulled over, but only to try to hide his license plate, then drove away. He was charged with leaving the scene, and for driving on a suspended license.

Justin Bieber showed up at the Santa Monica Courthouse Tuesday afternoon for a meeting with his probation officer and all signs are good.

Our sources say the P.O. gave Justin good marks for his progress. He's required to perform 5 days of community labor for the egging case. Justin posted videos of himself painting a wall at the Youth Gang Intervention Center to satisfy a portion of the community labor.

Listen closely to the video ... it sounds like a recording of a Justin song is playing in the background. It's not an old song, so it looks like Justin may be previewing 2 cuts from his new album while serving out his probation. He's also playing Jay Z's "Hard Knock Life."

Suge Knight pulled a fast one in court Tuesday ... waiting for the TV camera to move in his direction and seizing the opportunity to wish his 6-year-old son Legend happy birthday.

Suge's appearance in his murder case was routine, but as the lawyers and the judge did housekeeping business, the famous defendant used his ingenuity to communicate with Legend.

Suge's had very little contact with the boy since being jailed back in January and his attorneys are fighting to give him more visitation.

This birthday's a lot different from last year's ... Suge spent the day with Legend at Disneyland.