Dancing with the Stars

Like most stores in L.A., Kitson loans out clothes to freeloader celebs as long as they come back damage-free within 48 hours. We hear the disco diva's peeps arrived at the store in a panic five hours before the finale, desperate to find something for her to wear. Per their agreement, the store loaded them up with $6,500 worth of free dresses.

Little problem: TMZ has learned that her manager returned most -- but not all -- of the clothing a week late, and not only that, the dresses were "completely ruined." Apparently Kel wore another one of the dresses to party it up on her birthday in Vegas. Kitson says the dresses are "filthy and definitely not in sellable condition." Furthermore, they claim Monaco's people have refused to pay for the damaged dresses.

If you're at danceboy Derek Hough's b-day party at The Bank at the Bellagio in Vegas, we'll be watchin' you.

When we asked judge Bruno Tonioli if the show was fixed for Kristi, he took us to task for even suggesting it. Uffa!

Were those triple salchows just luck?

If Jason Taylor wants to pretend his football career is as important as his new Hollywood one, he's going to have to try harder.

According to his blog, Taylor says he'll miss the Miami Dolphins' mini-camp in lieu of "some things" he's gotta do in L.A. But a source tells us the baller/dancer is confirmed to show up at Mark Ballas and Derek Hough's joint birthday party in Las Vegas this weekend.

We called Taylor's rep to check if he has any legitimate Hollywood business to take care of this week, but they never got back to us.

But really, what are the odds that all the pros on "DWTS" would be straight? On TMZ TV tonight.....why it's not a coincidence. Check local listings.

Watch this clip from last night's episode closely -- Cristian's arm brace jumps from his left arm (the one he "injured") to his right. Is it just bad editing (his tattoo is always there)-- or is the soap star doing his best acting job yet?

The "DWTS" judge just couldn't let the contestants get all the attention, and decided to hop up on the judge's table during a break for an impromptu dance routine.

Another lawsuit has surfaced involving "DWTS" Fuente -- this time, a lady name Jasmaine Chatman is claiming the dancer "tampered with (her) vehicle" in early March. She suing him for $5,000 for "damages, storage fees, car rental, lost time at school."

Cristian's rep declined to comment.

A TMZ fan snapped this photo of Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth in the streets of New York today.

A man filed a lawsuit today claiming Cristian had a car dealership meltdown and ran him over, but Cristian didn't know about the suit -- then told us his insurance took care of it last year.

UPDATE: The lawyer for the guy suing de la Fuente saw this video and told us, "The case is not settled ... Mr. de la Fuente's comments to TMZ today suggest he knows he was at fault. If so, he should instruct his insurance company to properly compensate Mr. Kimura for his injuries."

We're told the support staff at "DWTS" (think makeup and wardrobe) couldn't stand her diva ways. We're told everyone got worried when Cristian de la Fuente got injured because they figured that meant one more week of Shannon's bitchy attitude.

They were upset to see Derek finally go, but anything to get rid of Shannon.

According to the suit, which will be filed later this morning in L.A. County Superior Court, de la Fuente was at the car place on June 29, 2007, where he parked his car in the service department, blocking other customers.

The lawsuit claims he was asked to move the car, then "in a huff, jumped in his Audi and without looking, hastily put his vehicle into reverse and accelerated into the Plaintiff."

Kazuo Kimura claims he was "knocked to the ground and sustained serious injuries for which surgical intervention has been recommended."

The suit claims de la Fuente "showed no remorse" and "blamed the plaintiff for standing behind his vehicle and then refused to provide his license and insurance information."

The cops came and no citations were issued.

Of course, he also said his face might be a mask and called Cheryl Burke hot ... so he was likely lying.