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So let me get this straight. Chris Brown allegedly beats up Rihanna inside of a car on a public street, doing everything from punching her to biting her, yet anyone who says, “You know, you really shouldn’t do that,” is the bad person.Does one have to get socked in the eye to follow that logic?
Well, that’s how Chris Brown feels. During a live chat with Bow Wow last night, the man who now draws comparison to Ike Turner versus Michael Jackson, told the world “I’m not a monster.”
Maybe not, but he allegedly bites like one.
He also added, “We ain’t going nowhere. Everybody that’s haters, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love ya’ll. I ain’t a monster. Believe that.”
Chris Brown’s career should not end over one alleged slip up. His personal life shouldn’t overshadow his talent.
But, when you’re accused of domestic violence, should you be online talking about “the haters?”
Between the video chats, Twitter, and blogs, the internet is turning into one big PSA for publicists.
Well, it looks like Rihanna will have to take the stand after all. According to TMZ, the Los Angeles District Attorney told Rihanna's lawyer Donald Etra in a hearing today that the singer will be subpoenaed.Rihanna's lawyer says that his client will indeed cooperate and take the stand to testify at the preliminary hearing on June 22. "She will absolutely comply," he said. In the past, Etra had stated that Rihanna would testify if she was subpoenaed, and that is exactly what is going to happen. The preliminary hearing will determine whether or not the prosecution has enough evidence to go to trial.
Chris Brown has already pleaded not guilty to beating Rihanna after an altercation took place between the couple back on Feb. 8, the night before the Grammys.
The subpoenae isn't the only news that came out of today's hearing. People.com is also reporting that the judge in the case rejected a motion filed by Mark Geragos, Chris Brown's lawyer, asking for an order requiring the L.A.P.D. to give up the leaks in the case. Brown's lawyers want to know who leaked the photos of Rihanna's injuries.
A U.S. soldier in Iraq fired on his own troops Monday, killing five people in what Defense Secretary Robert Gates described as “a great and urgent cause for concern.”Initially, reports surfaced that the shooter had been killed in the attack, but U.S. military officials said last night that the suspect, Sgt. John Russell, had been a patient at a stress clinic, was in custody. Russell is charged with five counts of murder and aggravated assault. A senior military official told The Associated Press that it is unclear whether those killed are workers at the clinic or were there for counseling. Whether the deceased are members of the military is also undetermined, he said.
"We are still in the process of gathering information on exactly what happened," Gates said. "But if the preliminary reports are confirmed, such a tragic loss of life at the hands of our own forces is a cause for great and urgent concern. And I can assure you that it will get this department's highest priority attention."
When word of the tragedy reached the White House, President Obama expressed shock and sadness.
"Our hearts go out to the families and friends of all the service members involved in this terrible tragedy," he said in a statement. “…[M]y heart goes out to the families and friends of all the service members involved in this horrible tragedy. I will press to ensure that we fully understand what led to this tragedy, and that we are doing everything we can to ensure that our men and women in uniform are protected as they serve our country so capably and courageously in harm's way."
The clinic where the shootings took place is designed for troops who are experiencing the stresses of combat and their personal lives.
Late last week, self-taken nude photos of a woman alleged to be award-winning pop star Rihanna were posted on the internet, and while no one from RiRi's camp has denied or confirmed it's the "Umbrella" singer in the pics, a rep for her estranged boyfriend Chris Brown is lashing out against online reports that he had anything to do with these photos making their way to the world wide web.
“This is both a false and defamatory statement," reads a statement from Brown's rep to Essence.com. "Chris has not released or ‘leaked’ any photos of Rihanna (or anyone else for that matter).”
What is not addressed in the statement is whether or not the pics are indeed of Rihanna and whether or not that is indeed Chris with what appears to be a pair of panties draped over his head in one photo.
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“This is both a false and defamatory statement," reads a statement from Brown's rep to Essence.com. "Chris has not released or ‘leaked’ any photos of Rihanna (or anyone else for that matter).”
What is not addressed in the statement is whether or not the pics are indeed of Rihanna and whether or not that is indeed Chris with what appears to be a pair of panties draped over his head in one photo.
Explosive photos hit the internet of a very naked and very pierced Rihanna. View them here. Warning: Explicit Content!
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Before he pleaded guilty, drug smuggler Roger Khan had ordered a local associate to find persons close to a potential witness against him and either pay or threaten them to tell the witness not to testify.According to the US government, a scanned letter which was found on Khan’s ex-lawyer’s computer instructed his “Phantom Squad” member to contact two local businessmen as they could help locate persons close to the witness’s relatives.
The letter, seen by this newspaper, was dated May 13, 2007 and was written to a named ex-policeman, who the US government said was a “Phantom Squad” member. The US government said it was one of “numerous scanned letters written by Khan” to members of the Phantom Squad since his incarceration. It was discovered on a computer belonging to Khan’s ex-lawyers Robert Simels and Arianne Irving, which the US government had seized.
Some of the content of the May 13, 2007 letter was enclosed in a memorandum of law filed by the US government on Thursday in a bid for an anonymous jury for the trial of Simels and Irving. The two were jointly charged with Khan on witness tampering charges arising out of Khan’s drug case. Khan has pleaded guilty to that charge in addition to trafficking in 150 kilos of cocaine and gun running. His two ex-lawyers are now faced 14 charges in a superseding indictment filed by the government earlier this week; these include shipping and being in possession of the ‘spy computer’ that was seized from Khan in 2002 in Guyana.
The letter reads: “Please call ‘Dancing Man’ and tell him to make sure he pays the $ on time every month. I am happy to hear he spoke to her parents & that they are making excuses for her, ask him if he can’t have them call her to talk to my lawyers, and we can to work out something.” Khan asked in the letter that ‘Dancing Man’ stay in close contact with the parents and to keep “bugging tem, why can’t she just come back home [to Guyana]? And avoid lying on the stand.”
Khan asked the former policeman to find out who was close to the witness’s father; for instance who was his best friend. He instructed the ex-policeman to approach the principals of two city businesses, named in the letter, as they “would definitely know him.” The ex-policeman was also told to speak to another named man, to find out who the best friend did most of his business with and that he should “push this issue” as it could really help.
“You have to get someone to look him straight in the eyes and tell him that NO one will accept her attempt to testify against me, let them might as well sell everything and leave [Guyana] NOW! [Name of ex-policeman] you know if anyone of you were here [in the United States], I would have guaranteed she can’t testify, I can’t understand, offer her parents a big amount of money to persuade them, you never know… this is worth a try. Ask ‘Dancing Man’ to make the approach,” Khan’s letter said.In the memorandum filed by the US it was stated that along with the computer, members of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) also found a box and a half of records, illegal electronic eavesdropping equipment, US$2,500, jewellery and a loaded firearm.
The prosecution in the Simels/Irving witness-tampering case is seeking to have the names, addresses and workplaces of members of jury concealed; for transportation to be provided for them to and from the courthouse for the duration of the trial and for them to eat lunch together every day. A similar request had been made in Khan’s drug case before he pleaded guilty, and Justice Dora Irizarry had granted it.
The memorandum pointed out that the two criminal attorneys are charged with conspiring and attempting to obstruct justice by tampering with potential witnesses and attempting to bribe a witness in their former client’s criminal trial.
“They are also charged with importing and possessing their client’s illegal wiretapping equipment,” it said. The government said the two lawyers have demonstrated their willingness and ability to interfere with the judicial process and they are exposed to significant prison sentences and disbarment.
According to the memorandum, the case concerns the defendants’ representation of the leader of an extremely violent, “murderous international narcotics organisation,” Shaheed Khan.
“While there is no reason to believe that either of the defendants themselves are likely to commit acts of violence, certainly their co-conspirators, all members of the Khan’s narcotics organisation, have a long history of violence,” the memorandum said. “Consequently, the evidence at trial ‘will depict a pattern of violence’ by the defendants’ accomplices, that could ‘cause a juror to reasonably fear for his own safety.’” The government further argued that if a jury questionnaire is used, jurors who are not assured anonymity will likely feel much more concerned about the information they provide to the court and parties.
Simels and Irving, the government argued, have repeatedly attempted to obstruct justice and will not hesitate to do so again.
“Concerted efforts at obstruction have included lying to gain entrance to a prison facility, offering to pay a witness money, including $10,000 to one witness, to testify falsely on their client’s behalf at trial, and plans to ‘eliminate’ perceived government witnesses by either bribing or committing acts of violence against them or their family,” the government said.
The memorandum also pointed out that neither of the two defendants is incarcerated and as such would have ample opportunity to contact jurors, either directly or through third parties.
The government also noted that the case has received wide press coverage both in the US and in Guyana, adding that while most members of the press would likely respect a court admonition not to communicate with a sitting juror the order would not prevent them from attempting to interview jurors’ family members, friends, neighbours and co-workers. The order would not also prevent the press from taking steps to line up post-verdict interviews of jurors.
Some booties just aren't worth slapping. That's the lesson we hope Dennis Rodman has learned after a federal judge ordered him to pay $225,000 dollars to a waitress he's accused of "grabbing and humiliating" back in March 2006.Lawyers for 28-year-old Sara Ure says Rodman never responded to the civil lawsuit filed against him in November 2007 but his record of disrespect towards women speaks for itself. "Defendant Rodman injured and humiliated Ms. Ure at her place of employment, which is simply one of the latest incidents in an almost decade-long practice of violence and blatant disregard for the safety of others,'' attorneys Kathleen England and Jocelyn Cortez said in their April 21st motion for a default judgment.
Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Jones ordered Rodman pay Ms. Ure nearly a quarter million dollars for his booty slap.
Ure, a former Hard Rock Casino employee, accused Rodman of grabbing her and forcing her to dance, holding her against her will and slapping her butt in front of coworkers and other customers.
DISRESPECTFUL !?!?..... RIHANNA'S DAD SAYS CHRIS BROWN IS OLD NEWS … MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T WANT TO BE THE NEXT WHITNEY HOUSTON …
It looks like Chris and Rihanna may FINALLY be over … at least according to Rihanna’s father. Ronald Fenty spoke to US Magazine and said the following:Chris sounds like old news to me. [Rihanna’s] a different person, back to herself. It’s like Chris never [even] existed. She seems reborn.
Indeed a second source says Rihanna is in a really good place. “She’s realizing how precious life is … she could lose it all if she’s not smarter. She’s starting to see that one wrong choice about who she loves could turn her into the next Whitney Houston.”
We’re happy for Rih … But why Whitney gotta be brought into this ain't that a bit disrespectful...
New York Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke is trying to gt a controversial new bill passed in Congress. The bill would mandate that Caribbean nationals would have their own origins category on the U.S. Census form.
Currently, every person of African descent living in the United States is
considered “Black” or “African American” under the census. But if Yvette’s bill is passed, Caribbeans would be able to declare themselves under a separate category.
The mainstream press isn’t reporting on this story AT ALL.
As if we arent seperated enough already?
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Currently, every person of African descent living in the United States is
considered “Black” or “African American” under the census. But if Yvette’s bill is passed, Caribbeans would be able to declare themselves under a separate category.
The mainstream press isn’t reporting on this story AT ALL.
As if we arent seperated enough already?
LIMA, (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted of human rights crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday, th
e first time a democratically elected Latin American president has been found guilty in his own country of such offenses.
A three-judge panel convicted him of ordering a military death squad to carry out two massacres that killed 25 people during his 1990-2000 rule, when he was battling communist guerrillas. Nearly 70,000 people died in two decades of conflict in the Andean country.
Once lauded as a hero, Fujimori, 70, could spend the rest of his life in prison. The verdict is likely to have far-reaching political implications for Peru.
“He was the president who saved our country from terrorism,” the former president’s daughter Keiko Fujimori, a presidential hopeful and popular lawmaker, said as she called for supporters to march in the streets to protest the verdict.
The elder Fujimori did not react to the ruling except to say that he will appeal it.
Fujimori’s popularity soared when he defeated the brutal Shining Path guerrillas, tamed economic chaos and freed dozens of hostages taken by the Tupac Amaru insurgency during a siege at the Japanese ambassador’s house in Lima.
But a corruption scandal involving his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, sank his government in 2000. Fujimori fled to exile in Japan, the country where his parents were born. He was later arrested in Chile and extradited to Peru, where he often snoozed through testimony and took off his socks.
Other Latin American rulers faced trials over human rights crimes before Fujimori, but they were military dictators or prosecuted outside their home countries. Chilean General Augusto Pinochet died in 2006 before he could be convicted.
Activists saw the trial as a turning point for Peru, still coming to terms with a bloody civil war that started in 1980.
“For the first time, the Peruvian justice system rose to the occasion in this historic fight against impunity,” said Gisela Ortiz, whose brother was killed at La Cantuta University in 1992 as Fujimori’s squads hunted for presumed leftists.
Fujimori’s conviction stemmed from the La Cantuta killings and a 1991 massacre in the Barrios Altos section of Lima.
Many abuses by people on both sides of the civil war have never been prosecuted, and thousands of unmarked graves scar the countryside.
The Shining Path, led by a Maoist philosophy professor named Abimael Guzman, was perhaps the most brutal of Latin America’s insurgencies. It beheaded people with machetes in the plazas of Andean towns, bombed the capital and killed journalists. Guzman is currently in prison in Peru.
The state, which was nearly toppled, struggled for years to halt the onslaught and sent guns to groups of vigilante peasants in the hinterlands to help the army.
The violence also ensnared the current president, Alan Garcia. He has been haunted by accusations that he violated rights during his first term from 1985-1990. Pressure to put him on trial may grow following the Fujimori verdict.
“With this ruling … the Peruvian court has shown the world that even former heads of state cannot expect to get away with serious crimes,” said Maria McFarland of the group Human Rights Watch.
Garcia has fended off charges by saying he was a democratic leader who lacked total control over the military, whereas Fujimori turned into an authoritarian president and shut down Congress.
Already a front-runner for the 2011 presidential race, Fujimori’s daughter, a conservative like her father, has painted the former president as a savior rather than sinner.
If no candidate wins a majority in the initial election, the 33-year-old could end up in a run-off against fellow hopeful Ollanta Humala, a leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who nearly won in 2006.
Garcia, who is barred by the country’s constitution from running for re-election in 2011, has told foreign investors he will do his best to derail Humala’s candidacy by persuading Peruvians to reject leftist models that have regained popularity in Latin America.
An elderly Canadian woman who claims to be homeless entered a guilty plea to attempting to export 8lbs of ganja from the island when she was brought to the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The police informed that when 71-year-old Margueritta Lancaster-Reid luggage was searched at the Sangster International Airport on March 28th and the ganja was found, she said, “sir it was not ganja, it's herbs".Maybe it was just for medicinal purposes...lol
Internationally acclaimed reggae singer Jepther "Luciano" McClymont also known as the Messenger was charged yesterday by detectives from the Half-Way-Tree police station for harbouring a fugitive.Luciano was arrested on Friday following allegations that he was sheltering a wanted man who is responsible for the death of several police officers. He was however released on bail Monday afternoon after his lawyer Delano Franklyn filed a writ demanding that his client be charged or released.
On Tuesday March 24, cops invaded Luciano's residence on Westminister road in search of a fugitive named Andrew Senior aka Conqueror who engaged the cops in a bloody shootout that lasted for more than two hours. The wanted man was found dead while three cops were injured during the process.
A Northern Georgia District judge sentenced T.I. to one year and one day in prison on felony weapons charges Friday (March 27), calling the rapper's plea deal "experimental" but a success.Judge Charles Pannell Jr. told the rapper he had more than exceeded the court's expectations, and he hoped his case would inspire similar plea deals.
As a part of the plea deal T.I. (real name: Clifford Harris) struck last March, the year-and-a-day sentence was expected. The rapper is also required to complete 1,000 hours of community service before turning himself in, and another 500 hours after completing his sentence. He also must pay a $100,000 fine.
Tip is scheduled to report to prison voluntarily within the next six to eight weeks. However, the judge acknowledged that the rapper has agreed-upon commitments what will not allow him to enter prison before May 19.
T.I., in a charcoal-grey suit and matching black dress shirt and tie, delivered a sober speech to the judge. His 10-minute speech details his misguided youth, the death of his best friend Philant Johnson in 2006, and his desire to use his mistakes for a positive end.
"Your honor, pehaps if I didn't make the mistakes that I did as a youth, maybe I could have armed myself legally," he said.
T.I. said Johnson's death contributed to impairing his judgment. A number of supporters spoke before Tip, including church activists Ambassador Andrew Young and Bishop Eddie Long.
Judge Pannell listened to each supporter and graciously thanked T.I. for successfully meeting the terms of his plea deal and the conditions of his bond.
Several times throughout his closing remarks, Judge Pannell called T.I.'s arrangement "experimental." He singled out the U.S. Attorney responsible for the deal and joked, "If this didn't work, I'd send you to jail, Mr. Harris - but the attorney, I'd probably throw him out the 23rd-floor window." The remark drew laughs and Tip smiled as well.T.I. thanked the government legal team for their "vision" and told the courtroom that pleasing the judge and lawyers makes him as happy as him trying to please his family.
The rapper must agree on meeting a number of conditions after his release. He will be required to submit to an audit, drug counseling and he will be subjected to home confinement for 60 days.
A beaming T.I. celebrated with his family immediately afterward, before court officers ordered people to leave the floor. Tip held a brief press conference after inside the courthouse lobby, thanking his family and supporters.
If you did the crime then you do the time. But like so many celebs he'll be out way earlier so no worries. He'll just "live his life" behind bars for couple mornings then back to sqare one.
On Monday, March 23, 2009, attorneys representing Hits & Jams Entertainment and promoters Kerwin Bollers, Rawle Ferguson and Dwith Ferguson, filed a lawsuit In The Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit In and For Broward County, Florida, against Hip-Hop Superstar T-Pain, Nappy Boy Touring, LLC, f/s/o Faheem Najm p/k/a T-Pain, Chase Entertainment, LLC and Dave Abram, for breach of the written contract, Libel, Defamation and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.T-Pain was scheduled to perform at the Georgetown Cricket Club in Georgetown, Guyana on February 23, 2009, but canceled the event after what his camp described as “credible kidnapping and death threats” against T-Pain’s life. Despite several requests, T-Pain and his management team refused to provide the source of the alleged threats to the promoters and their attorney, law enforcement, the FBI and the U.S. Consulate in Guyana to facilitate an investigation into the alleged threats.
T-Pain and his management team merely advised the promoters and their attorney that the threats came from “a credible source that T-Pain’s camp trusted,” and “who they have been dealing with in Guyana,” and that “T-Pain has dealt with the source in the past.”
After T-Pain canceled the Guyana show, several false and untrue reports in the international media attributed the cancellation of T-Pain’s appearance at the Georgetown, Guyana show to the promoters, Hits and Jams Entertainment. The press releases also falsely attributed personal knowledge of the alleged telephone and e-mail threats to the promoters. The promoters do not possess any personal knowledge of the alleged threat or the credibility of the alleged threats.
The 19-year-old singer who has been charged with felony assault and making criminal threats following his alleged assault of Rihanna last month was having a relationship with 27-year-old Natasha Ellie.It has been claimed Natasha sent the three-page text message which is the subject of Rihanna's Emergency Room.
In the lyrics she mentions finding Natasha's number in Chris' jeans. Rihanna didn't write the song, but she met with the songwriter and told her how she felt and what she was going through and they came up with it.
Emergency Room includes the lyrics: "I was pickin' up your clothes in the closet/ I was 'bout to throw your jeans in the washer/ 'Til I saw a piece of paper sayin' "Tasha"/ I gotta say I found this a bit shockin'/ And some receipts here that say you went shoppin'/ You bought some Nike shoes/ But why you buyin stockings?/ Boy how could you lie to me?/ I thought you would die for me/ I'm not accepting another apology."
Natasha lives in Los Angeles and has worked as a runway model and also starred in several R&B videos, for artists including R. Kelly and Akon.
Natasha's representative has denied the model had a relationship with Chris, but confirmed the pair met in Miami two years ago....uhh yeah right..she aint even prettier than RiRi. First was his agent now a model, we wonder who else name's gonna pop up.
Veteran dancehall artiste Ninja Man who was recently wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of 20 year-old Ricardo Johnson a.k.a Ricky Trooper of the Mall Road community is now officially charged after he gave himself up to the cops. Ninja Man has been charged by the St. Andrew South police for illegal possession of a firearm, shooting with intent and conspiracy to commit murder.Ninja Man had just finalized a deal with Daddy Biggs C.E.O. of Platinum Camp in association with Augustus Films to star in the movie GANGSTA. He’s also about to star in a new Platinum Camp dvd titled PLATINUM BOOTY GIRLS slated to be released on April 1st '09, just in time to be released with his new single titled NINJA.
We dont get this dude, he done ugly as sin itself and yet he insists on drawing all sorts of attention to himself. Now he adds conspiracy to commit murder to his long list of felonies.
ST. POELTEN, Austria – An Austrian jury convicted Josef Fritzl of homicide, enslavement, incest, rape and other charges Thursday and sentenced him to life in a psychiatric ward for holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children.Fritzl, 73, sat calmly and bowed his head as the verdicts were read. He later told the court he accepted the outcome and waived his right to appeal — bringing a dramatic end to a shocking case that has drawn worldwide attention.
Court spokesman Franz Cutka said Fritzl would be taken to a secure psychiatric ward for mentally deranged criminals.
The homicide count — "murder by neglect" in German — was the most serious of the charges against 73-year-old Fritzl, and the jury gave him the maximum punishment allowed by law.
Officials said Fritzl would not be eligible for parole for at least 15 years, and psychiatric experts would have to concur with any decision to free him. He will also have to pay court costs. The 11 months Fritzl already has spent in pretrial detention will count toward his parole.
The other charges included false imprisonment and coercion. Fritzl had changed his stance and pleaded guilty Wednesday to all counts against him after he and the court viewed 11 hours of emotional videotaped testimony by his daughter, Elisabeth, whom he locked in a dungeon when she was 18.
"I regret it with all my heart ... I can't make it right anymore," Fritzl told the court Thursday, hours before the verdicts were announced.
In a surprise move, Elisabeth appeared in the court as it viewed her testimony Monday and Tuesday. Fritzl's lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said Fritzl decided to stop contesting the homicide and enslavement counts after seeing that heart-wrenching videotape.
Prosecutor Christiane Burkheiser had called for the maximum punishment in her closing arguments in Fritzl's trial in St. Poelten, west of Vienna. She urged the jury to think about his daughter's nearly quarter-century ordeal as it considered how much time he should serve.
"Don't be duped like Elisabeth was 24 years ago," when Fritzl took her captive in a cramped, rat-infested dungeon he built beneath the family's home in Amstetten.
Elisabeth, now 42, and her six surviving children, who range in age from 6 to 20, have spent months recovering in a psychiatric clinic and at a secret location. Prosecutors described her as a "broken" woman after enduring multiple rapes — some in front of her children.
The homicide charge stemmed from the 1996 death in captivity of her infant son. Prosecutors contend the ailing newborn — a male twin called Michael — might have survived if Fritzl had arranged for medical care.
"Any amateur could have determined that the child was in the throes of death for 66 hours," Burkheiser said, arguing that Fritzl should be locked up for the rest of his life for refusing to intervene and save the baby's life.
Police say DNA tests prove Fritzl is the biological father of all six surviving children, three of whom never saw daylight until the crime was exposed 11 months ago.
The three other children were brought upstairs to be raised by Fritzl and his wife, Rosemarie, who was led to believe they were abandoned by Elisabeth when she ran off to join a cult.Eva Plaz, a lawyer for Elisabeth and the other victims, urged the jury not to lessen Fritzl's sentence just because he pleaded guilty. In Austria, guilty pleas can be a mitigating factor.
Fritzl's pleas "were not a confession," Plaz said, adding that Elisabeth's main reason for testifying was that she believed she "owed it to her child, Michael."
Mayer, his lawyer, did not argue that Fritzl was innocent — even admitting in court that Fritzl had raped his daughter 3,000 times. But he said Fritzl had been plagued with guilt for the past 24 years, and asked the jurors to take a hard look at the homicide charge.
Mayer said Elisabeth made no mention in her diary of her baby's struggle to survive, noting instead that Fritzl brought her a crib, that both twins were born without incident and that their names were Michael and Alexander.
Psychiatrist Adelheid Kastner told the court Wednesday that Fritzl had a serious personality disorder and would pose a threat to others if freed.
At a news conference after the verdict, court officials said Elisabeth could bring a separate civil case against Fritzl to seek damages for her suffering, adding there was no limit to what she could request.
They said the Austrian government would join in on bankruptcy proceedings that Fritzl recently initiated, and said the process could involve the sale of his real estate holdings — including the house in Amstetten where he held his daughter.
They also said Fritzl would have to secure permission from Austria's Justice Ministry if he wishes to write and sell his memoirs.
The Associated Press normally withholds the names of victims of sexual assault. In this case, withholding Elisabeth's name became impractical when her name and her father's were announced publicly by police and details about them became the subject of publicity both in their home country and around the world.
Source: Yahoo Associated Press Writer William J. Kole in Vienna contributed to this report.
Angelina Jolie glamorizes violence. Her very being and breathing destroys people enough that they begin to picture violent scenarios of her pain and suffering. Those people are called “tabloid journalists” and “Team Aniston.” I kid. As it turns out, Angelina makes violent movies too, and the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has some problems with the commercials for Wanted.The ASA put an adjudication out, pulling the ads. They said “We concluded the ad could be seen to condone violence by glorifying or glamorizing [sic] the use of guns.” They think that if kids see the ads, they will turn into violent Jolie-loving heathens.
The Press Association has more:
A television advert for the Angelina Jolie action film Wanted must not be shown again after the industry watchdog ruled it could be seen as glamorising violence.
Angelina was shown firing a bullet towards the viewer during the advert which quoted press reviews of the film describing her performance as “blazingly sexy”.
The actress was shown kissing co-star James McAvoy who was also seen firing a gun during the advert which included car chase and a voice-over describing Wanted as “the coolest movie of the year”.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the advert gave the overall impression “that using guns was sexy and glamorous” and breached the Advertising Standards Code for television.
“We concluded the ad could be seen to condone violence by glorifying or glamorising the use of guns,” its adjudication said.
The advert for the DVD release of Wanted had been restricted from being shown at times when young children were likely to be watching but the ASA concluded that was “insufficient”.
Wednesday’s ruling said the advert “was also inappropriate to be seen by older children because it could be seen to condone violence by glorifying or glamorising the use of guns”.
Universal Pictures was told the advert must not be broadcast again in its current form.
The ASA received just one complaint about the advert. (From the Press Association)
Wanted has already been shown in British theatres - the ads are for the Wanted DVDs. I’ve seen the movie, and it is very violent, and definitely not for kids. I guess for the DVD promotion they just cut together some of the most violent parts of the film and put it in a minute-long spot.
I’m always surprised in the differences in how various countries approach violent “art”, specifically gun violence. When I was a teenager, I saw that French film Hate (starring Vincent Cassel, swoon) where the plot revolves around these French guys getting their hands on a gun, like a gun was something no average citizen ever got to touch. It was a revelation to me that people live in countries where there isn’t such easy access to weapons as in America. Considering gun violence has grown by leaps and bounds in Europe, I suppose a crack-down on its glamorization isn’t such a bad idea.
Dame they gotta be so hard, i mean what about Tom&Jerry and all those old Looney Tunes cartoons? Those were pretty violent when I was growing up yet they were targeted towards kids.
If it’s too violent for you then don’t go see that movie at the theater, Jeezzzzz.
Roger Khan is ready to surrender but wants deal before he goes down.here's the report:
Shaheed 'Roger' Khan yesterday pleaded guilty to all charges leveled against him in the United States of America, and the prosecution in the Eastern District Circuit Court in Brooklyn has agreed to a 15-year sentence offered during a plea bargain.
The matter was to have gone to trial next month and Khan faced life imprisonment on conviction. In 2006, Suriname police arrested Khan and three ex-policemen, Sean Belfield, Paul Rodrigues and Lloyd Roberts.
he was ordered deported, but instead of being transported to the borders of Guyana, Khan was flown to Trinidad where the authorities refused to grant him permission to land. Agents of the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) immediately arrested him and shipped him to the USA on charge of masterminding large shipments of illegal drugs to that country.
Khan had initially pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of drug-possession and drug-distribution charges, which alleged that he import and distribute, and possessed cocaine for the purpose of distribution on a number of dates between 2001 and 2006. He was also charges for being part of an international distribution conspiracy.Khan was also in 1993 charged with possessions of an illegal firearm and ammunition, and was granted bail but fled the US jurisdiction.
According to MTO, Rihanna has officially ended things Chris Brown and the manner in which it was done was "scandelous".
The insider, who spoke to MTO on the condition of anonymity, explained that Rihanna gave Chris an ultimatum – end all contact with manager Tina Davis, or lose her. The insider explained, “Rihanna will not take him back, especially if there is still any kind of relationship between him and Tina Davis - personal or professional! But he is not prepared to fire her, and [so he] lost Rihanna.”
As MTO reported earlier, Tina and Chris have been rumored to be having a sexual relationship for many years. According to TMZ.com, Tina sent Chris a sexual text message - which sparked the assault incident. Tina has since issued a public statement - claiming that she and Chris were not sexually involved.
And so as of last THURSDAY NIGHT, Rihanna and Chris are officially over. Another insider told MTO, “[Rihanna] left Los Angeles to clear her head … and get him out of her mind.”
But while Rihanna seems to be moving past the incident, Chris is reportedly falling into a very deep depression. A person close to Chris’ camp explains, “Initially he was confident that he’d get past this, but he’s beginning to loose hope … [Many] people are worried about him … I’ve never seen him like this.”
Source: MTO.com
