CELEBRITY JUSTICE ™

Meek Mill has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because a judge has financially handcuffed him.

Our Meek sources say the rapper had a bunch of gigs on the books before a Pennsylvania judge prohibited him from leaving the state. As we reported, Meek -- who's on probation in his gun and drug case -- is on the hot seat because he came to LA for the AMA's with GF Nicki Minaj without getting court approval.

Not only is he losing big money by not performing at concerts, he's shelling out tens of thousands of dollars every month for commitments he's made in L.A. He and Nicki are leasing a house that is now off limits to him. Ditto an L.A. recording studio he's already booked for $15k a week.

The biggest worry is a New Year's Eve performance he and Nicki booked in Vegas. Tickets have already been sold and he fears a backlash from fans.

Wolfgang's Steakhouse managers tormented one of their servers over his ethnicity and even looked the other way when someone drew a penis on the guy's locker ... according to a new lawsuit.

Suleyman Kucur, who's Turkish, is taking on the famed restaurant ... claiming his managers in NYC regularly called him "Turko" and bullied him. In the suit, he says they discriminated against him because they were Albanian and Montenegrin -- there's long-standing beef between the nations.

Kucur's lawsuit makes his managers and co-workers sound like real life "Mean Girls." He says they "slammed" his section with customers, so he had to do more work ... and even stole his shoes several times.

Worst of all ... he says his locker was frequently vandalized with words like, "f**k off," "gay Turk" ... and someone once sketched a large penis there as well. Size didn't matter ... Kucur was still pissed.

Five years after the sweet love ended ... Anita Baker's finally ready to reclaim her name.

The R&B legend divorced Walter Bridgforth, Jr. in 2010, but she just filed docs in L.A. to legally drop his last name and go back to Anita Denise Baker.

The Grammy winner never changed her name professionally ... so the change won't affect your music cataloging at home. Unclear why she waited so long to make the switch.

She and Walter had been married for 19 years before their split.

The video we posted showing a man fighting another outside of Blue Martini in Miami is not Yasiel Puig.

TMZ Sports previously reported the video showed Puig based on representations made by people present at the club. But we have now determined he is not in the video.

Sharon Stone's going after a construction company for screwing up a major remodel at her Beverly Hills home ... which included some fancy upgrades like heated floors.

Sharon is suing Zuma Canyon Construction -- the general contractor she hired in 2013 to redo her master bedroom, master bathroom, kitchen and powder room. She says the original estimate for the renovation was $225,000.

In the suit, she says much of the work on her home was royally screwed up. For instance, she says the controls for her heated floor were installed in the shower ... exposing them to water intrusion. More water trouble -- Sharon says there was a puncture in the floor of the shower, which led to leaks.

Besides the alleged shoddy work, Sharon says the contractor didn't even get city permits to do much of it.

Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and HBO just got sued for intercepting the idea for their show "Ballers."

According to a lawsuit filed in federal court, Everette Silas and Sherri Littleton say they had the idea for a project called "Off Season" back in 2007.

They claim they were close to a deal in 2009 to work with Wahlberg, Johnson and their manager to develop the project ... but it fell apart when Silas and Littleton insisted their names remain under "Created By" in the credits.

Silas and Littleton claim "Off Season" and "Ballers" share several similarities, including:

-- Both are about football players and their lives off-field
-- Both set in Miami
-- Both center around African-American athletes

That last one doesn't seem so unique -- still, the "Off Season" folks say even the title "Ballers" is ripped from one their episode titles.

Silas and Littleton are seeking unspecified damages.

A rep for HBO tells TMZ, "We are confident the case has no merit."

Jared Fogle has been transferred to a federal prison in Littleton, CO, where he'll get psychological treatment.

The ex-Subway pitchman got more than 15 years for soliciting child prostitution and possessing child porn. The prison outside Denver is a low security facility, and houses another famous inmate from the midwest ... ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Fogle's appealing his sentence, but for now ... his release date is listed as July 11, 2029. Enjoy the showers, sicko.

Houston Rockets star Ty Lawson will NOT go to jail for his 2nd DUI this year -- getting 4 years probation after entering a "no contest" plea in his L.A. court case.

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Lawson was arrested in L.A. on July 14th after cops say he was wasted and speeding down the 101 Freeway at 2:30 AM.

Lawson had previously been arrested for DUI in Colorado back in January.

Now, we've learned Lawson's attorney entered the no contest plea Friday -- and he'll get 4 years summary probation as punishment.

As for the Colorado case, Lawson has already pled guilty to DWI and failure to drive in a single lane -- and will be sentenced in January.

Lawson has been suspended by the NBA for 2 games based on the guilty plea in Colorado -- unclear if he'll face more discipline for the situation in L.A.

The legal issues haven't prevented Lawson from hitting the club scene -- we spotted him hanging out in front of Warwick nightclub in L.A. earlier this week.

4:35 PM PST -- Joey tells TMZ she had the marijuana to treat her epilepsy. She apologizes to her fans for any inconvenience caused from the arrest and says she'll be more cautious of state laws when traveling in the future. Joey says she'll be at her show in Denver tonight.

"American Idol" contestant Joey Cook just got served by the long arm of the law ... getting busted for weed in a Wyoming airport.

Cook was arrested early Friday morning in Rock Springs, WY for possession of marijuana. She spent a brief 5 hours in jail before getting in front of the judge. Court officials tell us Joey paid a $240 fine and was put on 12 months of probation.

TSA found the pot in her luggage as she was trying to fly outta town. She's on tour and has a show in Denver Friday night.

Joey finished in 7th place on the last season of the show.

Retired NFL lineman Luke Petitgout was just sentenced to 30 days in jail after a judge convicted him of harassing his estranged wife and a man she was dating.

The charges stem from an incident in June 2014 when Petitgout found out his wife had met up with a guy at a Midtown NYC bar. The ex-NY Giant showed up and freaked out -- yelling profanities and allegedly punched both of them.

After a five day trial, Petitgout was found guilty on two counts of 2nd degree harassment. One piece of good news -- he was found not guilty on the assault charges. He and his wife are now estranged.

Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband tried to take a locksmith into custody -- after fighting with him over a $700 bill -- but police had to be called to back him up.

Prince Frederic von Anhalt tells TMZ he'd hired the locksmith to fix a door in Zsa Zsa's bedroom, but was floored when the guy said it cost $700! The Prince refused to pay and the two got into a heated argument.

Check out the video ... Prince von A. says he doesn't stand for "za dirty language" in front of Zsa Zsa, and that's why he tried to make a citizen's arrest. Didn't go so well, and when real cops arrived ... the locksmith had left the property.

One half of Tha Dogg Pound is biting back -- Daz Dillinger is going to war with Sony over his music rights ... and it could impact his plans to make the unofficial sequel to "Straight Outta Compton."

Daz says Sony controls his catalog of music -- some of it made with Kurupt in Tha Dogg Pound -- and he says the company's been collecting royalties on his tracks, but he's not convinced it's been up front about how much. Daz says Sony's accounted for some of the dough, but he believes they've come up short.

Translation: It's time to pay the piper, Sony. He's suing for at least $75k in back royalties.

There's more than cash on the line ... Daz and Kurupt are forging ahead with a movie about Tha Dogg Pound, Snoop Dogg and Tupac called "Dogg Pound 4 Life" -- but he told us Sony could hold up the project over music rights. As promised, he's fighting back.

Donovan McNabb is officially OUT OF JAIL ... but he's not completely out of the woods -- 'cause the ex-NFL superstar will spend the next 72 days on house arrest ... TMZ Sports has learned.

As we previously reported, McNabb began his 18 day jail sentence in Arizona right after Thanksgiving ... stemming from his DUI arrest back in June (his 2nd DUI conviction in 2 years).

He did the time behind bars ... and now he'll finish up his sentence by spending the next 72 days confined to his home.

As part of his sentence, McNabb must also complete 30 hours of community service ... though his lawyer has said it'll be cake because D.M. does a TON of charity that isn't court ordered.

Sam Shepard tried to tell police he only had a little tequila before they busted him for DUI back in May, and now a judge is buying it.

New Mexico prosecutors dropped a drunk driving charge against the "Bloodline" star after the D.A. concluded Shepard couldn't possibly have been drunk enough to be convicted.

Eyewitnesses told police Shepard only had 1.5 margaritas and a little bit of mescal before he left the Santa Fe restaurant.

As TMZ previously reported, Shepard told police at the time of his arrest he'd only had two shots of tequila that night ... but they busted him anyway.

Three women who say they were victimized by convicted rapist Darren Sharper have banded together to sue the ex-NFL star -- and one of the women is a pro surfer.

It appears that all 3 of the women were part of the criminal cases against Sharper -- 2 are from L.A., 1 is from Las Vegas.

In the suit, filed in L.A., all three women claim Sharper drugged them, caused them to lose consciousness and then assaulted them.

Two of the victims claim they were raped. The third says Sharper engaged in unwanted touching.

The women are all represented by Gloria Allred. The lawsuit doesn't specify how much cash they're looking for.

Madonna is jumping to her ex-husband Sean Penn's defense -- declaring under oath that Lee Daniels got it wrong when he insinuated Sean was a woman beater.

Penn's attorneys filed a declaration from Madonna in which she states, "Sean has never struck me, tied me up, or physically assaulted me." There had been reports in 1987 that he hit her with a baseball bat, and then in 1989 there was a story that he'd been arrested for domestic assault against her.

Madonna says all those reports "completely false." She calls her ex a "caring, compassionate individual" who she's known for more than 30 years.

Penn is suing "Empire" co-creator Lee Daniels for defamation. While discussing Terrence Howard's domestic violence case, Daniels said Howard did nothing different from Penn.

Penn is suing for $10 million.