CELEBRITY JUSTICE ™

CNBC star Marcus Lemonis' company has been sued by an RV company that claims he tried to buy the business and when he was rebuffed he tried to sabotage it.

Lemonis, who's show "The Profit" tries to rehab struggling businesses, is CEO of a company called Camping World, which made a bid to swallow up another company called RV Sales.

The suit claims to Lemonis' chagrin, RV Sales had no interest in selling, and that's when RV alleges Lemonis went on the attack. RV claims it got a shipment of damaged vehicles and out of the blue Lemonis called and again offered to take all RV's problems off its hands by buying the business. In short, RV is accusing Lemonis of causing the damage to the vehicles to get the upper hand.

RV claims Lemonis didn't stop there ... he pulled other stunts to strong arm RV into selling to Camping World.

Lemonis tells us the suit is bogus and RV Sales has made outlandish allegations before to cover up their horrible business decisions.

Linkin Park founder, Mike Shinoda, is scared an obsessed fan is out to get him ... and cops are enlisting the help of Twitter to track the woman down.

According to an LAPD search warrant, cops want Twitter to fork over all info connected to user @570YtdMoFPJayTp. Shinoda thinks the recon will lead police to Tabitha Boccarossa.

Cops say Boccarossa has a love obsession with Shinoda ... she believes she's the rock star's wife.

Boccarossa was arrested in 2013 for stalking Shinoda and his wife ... she then violated a protective order in the next year by sending him letters from prison.

According to the search warrant ... Shinoda began getting weird tweets in October, including, "Omg, my feet are gross and I want to cry." And there's this one ... "Have you ever not wondered what it was like to miss every emotion you have ever felt and been built from for 30 years?"

Rubik's Brand Limited is suing CVS and a knockoff company for making and selling a fake cube that looks identical to their famous toy.

According to the docs -- obtained by TMZ -- London-based Rubik's is suing MerchSource LLC for copying their cube and also going after CVS who sold the product despite several warnings.

Rubik's is demanding MerchSource and CVS stop making any more fake cubes, destroy all existing ones, and hand over any profits gained from the phonies.

We reached out to MS for comment ... so far, no word back.

Talk about a puzzle.

'Revenge Of The Nerds II' star Barry Sobel is suing his landlord for dragging his name through the mud in a comment posted on YouTube.

Sobel had filed a lawsuit against his landlord for refusing to do repairs on his San Fran rental and sending him harassing texts, but he says things escalated when the landlord took things online.

Sobel claims his landlord posted a comment on a video of him on a Johnny Carson show in the '80s that read, "this guy has been caught multiple times with underage boys at his house. A true scumbag." The user name on the comment is different from the landlord's, but Sobel says they're one in the same.

Sobel has now filed a new lawsuit, claiming defamation. He wants more than a million bucks.

Sonia Lopez, the "Operation Repo" star caught on camera walking off with a man's wallet, won't do any hard time for the crime.

Sonia pled no contest in court to stealing a wallet filled with $3k she pilfered from a store counter.

Sonia originally claimed she was just being a good samaritan ... grabbing the wallet so she could return it to its owner ... but the surveillance camera footage looks super sketchy.

As part of her sentence, Sonia will have to pay the owner of the wallet $5k.

Robert Downey Jr. says prison may have saved his life -- explaining to a judge that he's 100% rehabilitated from his drug addiction ... and says his time behind bars helped get him on the right path.

The "Iron Man" star wrote a letter to an L.A. County Superior Court judge asking him to consider giving him a formal pardon for the drug convictions he racked up between '96 and '02.

In the letter, obtained by TMZ, Downey starts off:

"My reason for asking that I be granted a Certificate of Rehabilitation is twofold, prompted in part by the extremely fortunate position I have found myself in since 2004, when I fully accepted responsibility for my addiction."

"First, it is to spare my family the unfavorable conditions a father and husband convicted of felony charges often (and sometimes rightly) faces."

"Second, I can now say without reservation that I am rehabilitated from my previous condition, that of a practicing addict."

Downey says he credits the 12-step program and Judge Lawrence Mira -- who told him in 1996 that he would lock him up if he violated his probation.

"When I relapsed, I was given the upper term, and served 16 months at Corcoran State Correctional Facility from 1998 to 2000."

Downey says he was able to undergo a "deep personal shift away from the diseased condition that had plagued me for years, cost me my freedom, and prevented the simple and profound privilege of being a productive member of society."

"I do not consider myself a 'role model,' but i sincerely believe the limitations imposed by my past digressions are not in line with the way I have conducted myself in this second life."

Downey says he deserved a pardon -- adding, "I do not feel I am entitled to anything that I have not earned."

Robert Downey Jr. just got a formal pardon from the Governor of California ... a pardon for Downey's drug convictions.

We've learned Downey initiated legal proceedings to get a pardon for his felony drug convictions. The D.A. recommended that a "certificate of rehabilitation" be granted by an L.A. County Superior Court judge and the judge granted the request in October. By law the judge's order is forwarded to the Governor.

Governor Jerry Brown just granted the pardon, which means Downey now has all of his rights restored, including the right to vote. Brown said in granting the pardon that Downey has led an "honest and upright life" since his convictions and exhibited "good moral character." Brown also says he's been law-abiding and demonstrated "good conduct in the community."

Downey served 1 year and 3 months in prison and was on parole for several years in connection with multiple drug convictions between 1996 and 2002.

A seemingly drunk Jahlil Okafor was knocked to the ground before he had a gun pulled on him during an altercation in Philly back in October ... this according to an incident report obtained by TMZ Sports.

The two National Park Service officers involved in the incident have finally given official statements describing exactly what they saw the night Okafor had a gun pulled on him.

According to documents, two officers noticed Okafor -- who appeared intoxicated -- stumbling down the street in an area famous for nightlife while two friends held him up around 2:20 AM on October 4th.

The officers say the guys began to yell at each other -- and at one point, Okafor broke away from the group and started to bang on the back of a black Chevy Camaro.

Cops say they witnessed the driver of the car get out and strike Okafor -- causing him to fall in the street.

A witness had previously told CSNPhilly that Okafor punched the driver of the car through an open driver's side window -- but the officers made no mention of that in their report.

After Okarfor was knocked to the ground, cops say a 2nd man approached the NBA star and pointed a gun at him.

One officer says he drew his own weapon and shouted, "Police ... get on the ground, drop the gun."

The suspect ran away -- and reportedly ditched the gun, which was recovered the next day by Philly PD.

Criss Angel must be feeling like his ex-fiancee is a real life bad penny, because now she's suing to get the value of her engagement ring.

Sandra Gonzalez snagged a 5 carat, $300k sparkler when Criss popped the question, but when they broke up he claims she threw it at him and that was that.

She says in the suit she gave up her life for years -- and her job as a hostess -- to help him further his career, so it's only right that she gets to keep the ring. She thinks he gave the ring to his new wife.

We're told Criss is telling friends fair is fair, so if he has to pay her for the ring, then she should reimburse him for her boob and nose jobs, as well as a BMW and 500 pairs of shoes.

50 Cent is suing Rick Ross for jacking "In Da Club" and rapping over it to promote his new album.

50 just filed a lawsuit in Connecticut ... in the docs he says his classic banger appears on Ross' 'Renzel Remixes' without his permission, and he used it to drum up publicity for his next LP.

50 and Ross have a storied beef ... 50 was slapped with a $7 mil judgment for uploading a sex tape with Ross' baby mama in it.

50 seems to be retaliating with the lawsuit ... he wants Ross to pony up more than $2 mill for using his track.

Teresa Giudice learned some mad makeup skills behind bars, because we found out she did her own makeup in her dank cell.

We found out Teresa went to the commissary and bought a bunch of stuff. Turns out the shelves are stocked with glam products, including:

-- powder foundation

-- rustic lip gloss

-- coco butter lotion

-- Wet n Wild face products

-- mini brown eyeliner

-- gold coral lip gloss

By the way, the commissary has better prices than Target ... foundations go for $4 a pop, coco butter runs $2.90 and lip gloss is a very reasonable $3.

Teresa's cell has a mirror ... not lit for TV, but it did the trick.

Teresa Giudice got more than a welcome home from her family ... a $90k Lexus was lying in wait in her driveway.

It's interesting ... Teresa and Joe were scraping money together just before she went in to pay the $400k in restitution.

We're told Bravo did not buy the car for her. We called around and we're told Joe was shopping for a Lexus from a New Jersey dealership specializing in luxury cars.

What's very clear ... the Giudices have already made some rich deals to capitalize on her release from prison.

Chris Brown had another unwanted guest on his property who made her way in, refused to leave and ended up in cuffs ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, it happened at 5 PM Tuesday at Chris' Woodland Hills mansion ... the same place where home invaders held his aunt at gunpoint and stole $50k.

This time around we're told a 27-year-old woman waited at the electric gate in front until someone left, and then drove onto the property.

Security ordered her to leave but she refused, and cops were called. They arrested her for criminal trespass.

Chris was at home but never came out.

Teresa Giudice was JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON, 2 days before Xmas, and she'll be back in front of cameras in no time ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Bravo is itching to film her newfound freedom. The network had a lot of success with the 3-part series that aired in October, "The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Teresa Checks In" and Teresa wasn't even on camera ... she just phoned it in from the big house.

Cameras were prohibited from filming Teresa walking out of prison, but the plan is to have them rolling as she gets back into her day-to-day routine with her 4 daughters, and husband Joe.

The network isn't sure whether to use the footage in the new season of 'RHONJ' or for a special ... it looks like they're leaning toward the latter.

Crime pays.

Tyler Perry star Tasha Smith had her marriage erased from planet Earth, after a judge ruled her hubby was a fraud.

Tasha got her marriage annulled a few days ago, after claiming he had a secret life he kept from her. Specifically, Tasha said during their courtship he told her he was a preacher and presented an image he was a man of faith.

Tasha says the reality was way different ... hubby Rory Douglas had been married 5 times before her. The judge said, "She in no way would have jumped within a few months at the chance to be bride number six."

What's more, the judge said Douglas concealed the number of kids he actually had, his past criminal conduct, and failure to pay taxes for nearly a decade.

Stacey Dash made a trip to the police station this week, claiming someone is harassing her and even hacked her Twitter account.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Dash told cops the guy would get into her Twitter and post pictures and then delete them. She called them "vulgar attempts to garner followers."

Dash tells TMZ she has a message for all women ... "Do not be a victim," adding she's doing "what any woman should do if she's being harassed by a man in her life."