CELEBRITY JUSTICE ™

It appears Wendell Pierce got just as good as he gave in his alleged fight with a Bernie Sanders supporter in Atlanta ... now that we see his mug shot.

TMZ broke the story ... "The Wire" and 'Odd Couple' star got arrested and booked for battery Saturday when he -- a staunch backer of Hillary Clinton -- got into it with a woman who's voting for Sen. Sanders.

Pierce allegedly pushed the woman's boyfriend, then went after the woman ... grabbing her hair and smacking her in the head.

It's clear in the mug shot -- Wendell has scratches on his nose and upper lip. His reps have been silent since the arrest.

Bill Cosby has made it next to impossible for entertainers and athletes to get insurance companies to write them adequate policies protecting them from lawsuits.

Various well connected sources in the insurance industry tell us, the flood of accusations and lawsuits against Cosby has scared insurance companies, which now realize the comedian's insurance company may have to pay out tens of millions of dollars to his alleged victims.

It all centers around umbrella policies ... which allow people to get massive supplements to their homeowners and auto policies. Celebs with lots of money often get umbrella policies that will cover $20 million to $30 million in lawsuit judgments.

We're told in recent years insurance companies have been reluctant to write umbrella policies for high-profile people -- especially athletes. Our sources say it goes beyond celebs who commit misdeeds. Insurance companies know high-profile people have become targets for people who just want to make a quick buck.

Madeleine Stowe says she survived a terrifying ordeal -- a home intruder putting a gun to her neck in the middle of the night, and making off with $75k worth of jewelry.

According to law enforcement docs ... Stowe and her husband, Brian Benben, were asleep at home last September, when she was awakened by someone rummaging through their master bathroom. Madeleine, who was nude at the time, says she went to check it out -- and was confronted by a Latino man, the intruder, who pointed a handgun to her neck.

The former "Revenge" star told police the man spoke in broken English and demanded, "I want all the valuable, I want something." She says she gave him a bag filled with $75k worth of antique jewelry, and then he made a clean getaway.

A few months later cops busted the suspect, Walter Canizalez, as he was allegedly attempting another heist. Police believe he's pulled 3 other armed home robberies, and he's been charged with more than 15 counts ... including robbery and sexual battery.

Foxy Brown says she's the victim in a major airport heist where the crook made off with so much super high-end stuff ... she could be out $100k!

Foxy's rep tells TMZ the singer arrived at LAX last week, and when it came time to claim her luggage, her Gucci suitcase was nowhere to be found. Losing that would be bad enough for most people, but inside the Gucci ... we're told Foxy had Birkin bags, diamond jewelry and 8 pairs of high-end shoes.

Foxy made a complaint to the airline, which alerted cops. We're told surveillance footage shows a person jacking the bag from the carousel, but the culprit still hasn't been ID'd.

But the thief didn't stop Foxy, she was scheduled to perform in Palm Springs and still did the show ... minus her gear. She tells us, "Let justice prevail!"

Former 'Real Housewives' star James Marchese will NOT face domestic violence charges for an alleged altercation with his wife.

As TMZ reported, the reality star was busted last month for fighting with his wife, Amber, on a plane. Marchese was immediately bailed out by Amber. Outside the jail, he told us it was a huge misunderstanding.

Sources familiar with the case tell us the L.A. City Attorney will conduct an informal office hearing where the couple will be counseled so this sort of thing doesn't happen again.

No word yet on whether Marchese still plans to sue Virgin America, as he hinted he would.

Warren Sapp is officially out of the woods ... finally off probation after a tumultuous 2015, a year that included charges for prostitution and domestic violence.

Let's not forget how totally screwed Sapp was this time last year ...

He was arrested for prostitution in Arizona in Feb. 2015 ... and a few months later, cops in Vegas popped him for domestic violence. Officials say he stomped on his girlfriend's head and bit her.

Sapp cut a huge deal to keep him out of jail in the hooker case -- officials would drop the charges when he finished counseling. But if he got in trouble before he completed the classes, all bets were off.

Fast forward to April 2015, the domestic violence incident. He got 6 months probation in that case ... while prosecutors in AZ argued that the incident violated the terms of their deal.

In fact, AZ prosecutors begged the judge to throw Sapp in jail! But the NFL star dodged a bullet (proving he completed the classes right before the Vegas arrest) ... and the charges were dropped.

Now, we've learned his Vegas probation is over ... so, for all intents and purposes, Sapp has a clean slate.

Don't screw it up.

The rockers in Journey have stopped believing they'll get what they're owed for a Las Vegas gig that never happened ... so they're taking the dispute to court.

Journey just filed a lawsuit against Monster -- the audio company -- which it says booked the band to play the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. In the suit, Journey says the deal was sealed back in October and their fee would be a whopping half mil ... guaranteed!

But the next month, the band says Monster contacted their rep and cried poverty. According to the docs, Monster said it simply didn't have the funds it expected to have for CES ... and had to back out of the deal. With apologies, of course.

Vanessa Hudgens has officially copped to defacing a rock in a national forest near Sedona, and now she'll have to dig into her wallet.

Vanessa will pay $1k ... earmarked for a volunteer group called Friends of the Forest which will restore the rock.

Vanessa defaced the rock during a Valentine's Day trip with BF Austin Butler ... a big no-no since there's a federal law prohibiting damage to natural surfaces on US property.

She cooperated with authorities after the backlash leading them to the location on Bell Rock.

The Joan Rivers malpractice lawsuit has settled for millions of dollars ... TMZ has learned.

Melissa Rivers sued the clinic where Joan Rivers slipped into unconsciousness and never recovered. Melissa sued Yorkville Endoscopy as well as Dr. Gwen Korovin, the doctor who allegedly was not authorized to be in the surgery room and was working on Joan when the emergency occurred.

The settlement came very quickly by legal standards ... it never even reached the deposition stage.

As for the money, our sources would not be specific, but one source insinuated it is in the 8 figures.

You may recall one of the doctors took a cell phone pic of Joan when she was under, which became quite embarrassing for the clinic.

Melissa Rivers says she's happy "those culpable for [Joan's] death have accepted responsibility for their actions quickly and without equivocation." She hopes the lawsuit and settlement will force an elevation of standards in outpatient surgery clinics.

Ex-UFC fighter Diego Brandao has admitted to pulling a gun during an altercation with bouncers at an Albuquerque strip club ... but the former "Ultimate Fighter" champ insists it was only in self-defense.

TMZ Sports obtained video of Brandao being grilled by cops following his arrest on April 15th -- during an incident in which cops say the fighter pistol-whipped a bouncer at Knockouts bar after he was denied entry. The bouncers told cops Brandao was too drunk to get in.

During the interrogation, the 28-year-old Brazilian fighter begins by adamantly denying he ever had a weapon -- but the cops pressed him hard and warned there would be consequences if he was lying.

"Listen, you just said you don't wanna f*** your life," one of the cops told Brandao ... "If anybody comes up with video showing that you had a gun, you're life is gonna be f***ed."

Brandao immediately changed his story and admitted to having the gun -- but says he only pulled it out because one the bouncers had a gun. Plus, Brandao says he was being choked out and wanted to put a stop to it.

When cops asked Brandao what happened to his gun, the UFC fighter said he broke it into several pieces and scattered them away from the bar.

During the interrogation, cops suggest there may be video of the entire incident -- and it could hold the key to Brandao's case.

Shackled and sporting an orange jail jumpsuit, WWE superstar Adam Rose appeared in Florida court Thursday in his domestic violence case ... where his wife begged the judge to cut the guy a break.

Chris Brown is no Ice Cube ... because when he says "f*** the police" they take it real personal.

Brown was going crazy Wednesday at around 6 PM on an ATV in his Tarzana neighborhood. He and a buddy were doing doughnuts, ending up on a lawn or 2 ... then racing up and down the street.

The neighbors were pissed for several reasons. The ATVs were making ear-shattering noise ... also kids were playing in the street. Someone confronted Brown and threatened to call the cops if he didn't stop. We're told Brown responded, "F*** you and f*** the cops."

The neighbor was true to his word and called police, who came knocking at Chris' door and asked to speak with him. The person who answered said Chris would not come to the door and if they had a problem they should call his lawyer.

The police were not amused. We're told they will go to the L.A. City Attorney and recommend prosecution for the crime of disturbing the peace.

The floodgates have just opened ... a woman has filed a creditor's claim against Prince's estate, claiming the singer promised to richly reward her for providing the inspiration for one of his albums ... and she was involved in one of Prince's 911 emergencies.

Kimberly Felecia Potts claims in her legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Prince invited her to Paisley Park last year to officially reward her to the tune of $500,000 for creating the 2004 album, "Musicology."

Potts, who lives in Alabama, says Prince also wanted her to re-open the NPG Music Club -- a website launched back in 2001 but shut down in 2006.

We did some digging, and found back in January, cops responded to a 911 call for an intruder at Prince's estate, and found Potts at a side door. She told police Prince had called her for a job.

12:39 PM PT -- Rose has now been suspended indefinitely by the WWE, according to our friends at ProWrestlingSheet.

A WWE rep told the site, "WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence, and per our policy, Raymond Leppan has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest."

WWE superstar Adam Rose got busted for domestic violence after allegedly grabbing his wife by her face during an argument.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Rose was arrested at 1:30 AM Wednesday in his Florida home. Rose grabbed Cassandra Leppan and pulled her toward him as he screamed at her, according to the report.

The docs list the reason for the argument as "marital problems."

Cassandra called 911, but according to the report Adam ripped the phone away from her -- which is why he was booked for felony tampering with a witness, as well as domestic violence.

He's being held without bail until his arraignment.

Rose's arrest comes on the heels of the WWE handing him a 60-day drug suspension.

Snowboarding legend Shaun White is being sued by the drummer of his rock band Bad Things -- who says White was a controlling, self-centered diva ... who sexually harassed her for years.

The woman behind the lawsuit is Lena Zawaideh -- who formed the band with White back in 2008.

Zawaideh claims White immediately took the role as band leader due to his fame and connections -- and worked out a deal to pay Lena and the rest of the members $3,750 per month to be in the group.

But things turned ugly in 2013 ... with White allegedly demanding the band to follow him around the country to rehearse while he was training for the Olympics.

Zawaideh also claims White forced her to rehearse while sick, demanded she cut her hair before a show in France ... and ultimately stopped paying her because he felt she didn't need the money.

The most serious allegation in her lawsuit, Zawaideh claims White "made inappropriate and sexually harassing and suggestive comments" to her in person and in texts.

Zawaideh says White owes her more than $42k in back payments -- but she wants A LOT more than that now ... because she's suing for punitive damages.

Young Thug got paid handsomely to record just ONE verse with a rap contest winner -- but when it came time to hit the studio he was a ghost, according to a new lawsuit.

Online hip-hop merchandiser WeThePlugg.com filed the suit in Georgia ... hitting up Young Thug for $14,500. A rep for the company tells TMZ they handed Young Thug's reps $5,000 last year as a down payment to get him on the track.

The site ran a contest where the winner would get to record a collab with YT. In exchange, the rapper would get another $10k. But WeThePlugg's rep says Young Thug went M.I.A. We're told when they talked to his manager ... they were told he was no longer down for the project.

As for the poor contest winner, we're told that person did get to do a song, but solo ... sans Thug.

WeThePlugg.com is suing to get back its $5k down payment, plus damages.