Cesar Millan Video of Dog Attacking Pig Does Not Show Cruelty
The video that landed Cesar Millan in hot water -- showing a dog attack a pig during a training session -- could be the very video that sets him free.
Our sources say the L.A. County Dept. of Animal Care and Control is wrapping up its investigation, and believes the video shows Cesar didn't mean the pig any harm. To the contrary, investigators assigned to the case believe the video shows Cesar jumping into action to save the pig.
A key to the investigation is intent, and investigators believe Cesar did not create a scenario in which he deliberately put the pig in harm's way.
As for whether Cesar was negligent, it seems investigators think he was, but they feel it's best handled with a conversation urging corrective action rather than filing animal cruelty charges.
The case will be referred to the L.A. County D.A. next week and prosecutors will have the final word, but we're told the conclusions of Animal Control investigators will almost certainly carry the day.
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'M*A*S*H' Star Alleged Baby Mama Hits Up Estate for $3.4 Million
The woman who says late "M*A*S*H" star Wayne Rogers fathered her son is now going after his estate to get the huge sum she says she's owed ... a whopping $3.4 million.
Melinda Naud filed a creditors claim this week against Rogers' estate ... a follow-up to the civil suit she filed back in 2013. Naud claims Rogers begged her to keep it quiet after she gave birth to their kid, Luigi Calabrese, back in 1985.
Naud claims Rogers made a bunch of promises he never made good on before his death, including ... a $500,000 trust, a $1,000,000 life insurance policy, plus college expenses and child support.
Add it all up, and she says it comes to $3,418,000.
Rogers passed away on December 31, 2015 of complications from pneumonia.
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Sean Kingston Sued for Pulling the Ol' ... Pay Ya Tuesday for a Rolex Today!
Sean Kingston picked up a Rolex and a diamond bracelet with nothing more than a promise that he'd pay for them the next day -- but now the jeweler's suing to get the dough.
According to the lawsuit, Kingston went to Haimov Jewelers in Florida and traded in a used Rolex for a new $59,000 model, and the balance owed was $25k. The bracelet was a lot less ... just $19k to buy it or $4,000 to rent.
Sean chose door #3 -- pay nothing, according to the suit ... even though he signed the receipt, agreeing to pay the next day.
These allegations are becoming a thing. Kingston was involved in an ongoing dispute over a $226k jewelry tab, and once claimed to have been kidnapped over another jewelry deal gone wrong.
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NFL's Keith Mitchell Off Hook In Dom. Violence Case 'Learned His Lesson'
The pregnant woman who claimed she was attacked by ex-NFL linebacker Keith Mitchell says she no longer wants to move forward with the case ... claiming she believes he'll never do it again.
We broke the story ... Mitchell's ex -- who was 8 months pregnant at the time -- claims the former Pro Bowler assaulted her in the face back in January.
When cops arrived to the scene, they noticed a mark on her face and arrested Mitchell for domestic violence.
The woman later told cops Mitchell had gotten angry with her, smashed her face with his hand and "pressed on her eyeballs with his fingers." She screamed and ran to the bathroom ... miraculously, she wasn't injured.
The woman says she and 41-year-old Mitchell are now separated "but working on co-parenting their baby."
The woman told prosecutors -- "She believes that the suspect has learned a lesson and that he will never do anything like this again."
As for the baby ... it has been born and is doing fine.
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'SpongeBob SquarePants' Star Scores Sweet DUI Plea Deal
Rodger Bumpass -- the actor who voices Squidward Tentacles on "SpongeBob SquarePants" -- won't be spending any time in a pineapple under the sea (aka jail) thanks to a killer plea deal.
Bumpass pled no contest Friday to one driving under the influence charge he got after his arrest back in January. The second was dismissed. Law enforcement sources tell us he blew a .25 ... more than 3 times the legal limit.
As for the plea deal, struck by his high powered attorney Robin Sax -- Bumpass got off with 3 years probation and 9 months of alcohol education.
Like we said ... sweet deal.
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Director Rian Johnson Sued for 'Darth Vader' Conduct Over 'Star Wars'
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Rian Johnson is as cold-blooded as Boba Fett ... so claims his ex-agent who says the director axed him right before he signed on to direct "Star Wars: Episode VIII" ... just to dodge the bill.
Brian Dreyfuss claims in a new lawsuit he took on Johnson as a client before the guy ever directed a single film ... even getting his own dad to invest in Johnson's debut flick, "Brick."
Dreyfuss claims his deal with Johnson called for him to get 10% of any project he helped Johnson land.
According to the suit, Kathleen Kennedy from Lucasfilm hit up Dreyfuss in January 2014 to gauge Johnson's interest in working together. Dreyfuss says Johnson declined the meeting.
Two months later, Dreyfuss claims Johnson fired him out of the blue. In August of 2014 ... Johnson announced he was writing and directing 'Episode VIII.'
Dreyfuss is suing Johnson for the 10% he believes he's owed for 'Star Wars.'
We reached out to Johnson, so far ... no word back.
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Migos Rapper Offset Arrested By Mistake ... The Court Screwed Up My Case!
Migos rapper Offset is out of jail after being arrested by mistake Thursday in Atlanta ... TMZ has learned.
According to a clerk at the Atlanta Municipal Court, when Migos was pulled over for having tinted windows, the cops saw an outstanding warrant and busted him. He stayed in jail overnight and posted a $1,900 bond Friday morning.
But the rapper went right back to court to argue he paid a $316 suspended license ticket back in December which should have settled the matter. The court tells TMZ ... Offset was right and never should have been arrested.
He should get his $1,900 back in the next few weeks. The clerk says Offset still got a new ticket for the tinted windows, though his attorney says that was tossed as well.
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Ashanti My Stalker's Guilty ... Staying Locked Up
Ashanti's stalker failed to defend himself in court ... the jury in NYC found him guilty, and now he's facing more time behind bars.
As TMZ reported, Ashanti faced Devar Hurd in court Wednesday, where Hurd -- who represented himself -- read back lewd tweets and text messages he'd sent her.
Hurd gave his closing argument Thursday, telling the jury sending sexually explicit stuff is not a crime, excessive tweeting is not stalking ... and the singer could've simply avoided him by hitting "block."
Hurd was found guilty of felony 2nd degree stalking and has been in jail since his arrest in 2013. He could get an additional 1.5 to 4 years when he's sentenced later this month.
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Courtney Stodden's Mom I Did NOT Prey On Teenage Boys ... Threatens to Sue Reality Show
Courtney Stodden's mom is pissed at the producers of 'Mother/Daughter Experiment' for making it seem like she used Courtney to bait teenage boys -- and she's threatening to sue.
TMZ has learned Krista Keller fired off a letter to Lifetime and 495 Productions ... blasting them for a recently released promo for the reality show that shows Courtney and Krista in a group therapy session. Courtney emotionally claims when she was 12 her mom used her to lure a 17-year-old grocery story clerk. The strong insinuation is mom wanted to bang him.
Keller says that's not how things went down at all, and accuses producers of conspiring with Stodden's husband Doug Hutchison -- with whom Keller has major beef -- to introduce the story line.
Keller says if Lifetime doesn't yank the promo and the episode, she might sue.
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Vegas Headliner Club Boots Illusionist Busted for Massive Child Porn
An illusionist who was headlining at the Tropicana is now persona non grata at the Vegas hotel, after being arrested for allegedly perving out on hundreds of images of adults molesting toddlers.
Jan Rouven is behind bars, after being arrested for allegedly viewing and sharing videos of men molesting kids as young as 3 and 4.
Cops found 250 videos and pics on Rouven's computer.
The hotel is trying to distance itself from the illusionist, calling him "an outside contractor."
He's being held without bail because the judge viewed him as an ongoing threat and flight risk.
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Waist Trainer Lawsuit Kardashian Girls Love It But I'm Still Fat!!!
A waist training corset made enormously popular by the Kardashian girls is now on the receiving end of a lawsuit by a bunch of women who say they got burned but their fat didn't.
The women are griping over Waist Gang Society, the company that manufacturers the Reshaping waistshaper.
The company touts that the product "burns fatty tissue by making you sweat, targets the back, torso, waist and abdomen areas."
The Waist Gang Society's website features countless photos of Kim, Kourtney, Kylie, and Khloe wearing the corset. The girls, who were not sued, sing the praises of the product on social media.
The lawsuit claims the advertising for the product is misleading, quoting a doctor who says, "Corsets do not cause you to permanently lose fat in the midsection: they cause a re-distribution of the fat and organs in the trunk." It promises to give consumers an hourglass figure, but it seems for the women suing it's mission not accomplished.
What a waist.
Pennywise Guitarist Careless Driver Costing Me Uber Amounts of Cash
Pennywise lead guitarist Fletcher Dragge is suing Uber claiming one of its drivers made him wipe out on his bike last 4th of July.
Fletcher tells TMZ ... he was coasting down Pier Ave. in Hermosa Beach, CA on his beach cruiser when the doors of a red sedan suddenly opened. Fletcher says he smashed into a door, bounced off another car and then crashed to the ground.
He says the 3 young girls who got out of the sedan came to help, but the driver of the car, an Uber ride, split. Fletcher says the girls blamed their driver who told them to get out, even though he was stopped in traffic.
Fletcher tore his meniscus in the wreck and says he's going to need surgery, which will put him out of commission for months. He's suing Uber and its driver for medical expenses and lost wages.
The only up note -- Fletcher's bike made it out relatively unscathed.
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Starbucks In a Latte Trouble ... You're Shorting Our Coffee!!
Two Cali java fanatics have a bean to grind with Starbucks for refusing to fill their cups to the rim ... according to a new suit.
The duo says every time they order a tall, grande or venti sized latte ... it's grossly underfilled. They point out the menu promises 12, 16 and 20 ounces -- but based on their research Starbucks underfills those cups by about 25% EVERY time.
In the class action suit, they admit occasionally the milk foam on top gets to the rim, but they add ... "In the food science community, as well as in the weights and measures community, foam is not measured on a volumetric basis."
Translation: Foam doesn't count!
Nor do they think this is an accident ... they paint CEO Howard Schultz as the villain for cutting costs by reducing the amount of milk in each latte.
They're seeking damages for Starbucks latte drinkers all across the country.
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Katt Williams Sued His Witches Beat Me for Hours And Put a Spell On Me
This one is bizarre, even by Katt Williams' standards -- an actress is accusing the comedian of organizing a beatdown on her that included Wiccan sorcery.
Jamila Majesty says the brutal incident went down at Katt's Malibu's home almost 2 years ago. She says he invited her over and when she arrived, 5 other women were already there. In a lawsuit she's filed against Katt ... she says things went south quick when she made the mistake of using his bathroom.
Jamila says Katt told her "No one uses [my] bathroom," and then the women started punching her. She says the beatings continued for 3 hours -- she lost consciousness several times, was bloodied, and Katt burned her face with a Newport cigarette.
She also says one of Katt's chicks had a book open in the room which contained "teachings on sorcery and spells" and there was a fire that was being fed by "unusual things."
Jamila says she was finally able to leave around 1:30 AM and drove home bloody. She says she was too afraid to call 911 out of fear Katt would get revenge.
She's suing for assault and battery, false imprisonment and emotional distress.
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Migos Rapper Offset Arrested in Atlanta Gotta Pay Your Tickets, Bro!
One of the guys from Migos is back behind bars after Atlanta cops busted him on a suspended license ... TMZ has learned.
Offset got pulled over outside a sushi restaurant, and when cops ran his name ... the suspended license came up, and he got arrested. A witness captured the whole incident on camera.
The rapper's attorney, Drew Findling, tells TMZ ... Offset thought the $316 fine -- for suspended license and failure to appear -- had been paid when he got out of jail back in December.
Remember, Offset spent about 8 months behind bars for drugs and weapons charges last year. He eventually struck a deal and got 5 years probation.
His lawyer says Offset can't be bailed out until Friday morning ... so, he'll be back in a familiar spot for at least one night.
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Charlamagne Tha God I'm Sad About Jared ... He Should've Been Raped
Jared Fogle should be nothing but grateful about how his first prison beating went down, 'cause the way Charlamagne Tha God sees it ... Jared got off too easy.
The 'Breakfast Club' co-host was out in NYC when we asked what he thought about the ex-Subway pitchman getting his ass kicked by a fellow inmate -- a 60-year-old who was pissed about all the child molesters in the prison.
Charlamagne's downright gleeful about it, saying it "lets me know old school rules still apply."
His take? Jared should expect daily ass whuppings ... and much, MUCH more.