TMZ’s Harvey Levin twists celebrity machine again Says Britney Spears’ conservatorship to end soon
TMZ delivered a message to the public over the weekend that isn’t rooted in anything happening at the courthouse in Los Angeles and it’s not the first time. The celebrity news site has made it seem that attorneys are meeting so that Spears could be released from the conservatorhip she is under but none of TMZ’s stories have been based on courtroom fact. Last week TMZ said that attorneys in the case were in the courtroom “right now” talking about ending the conservatorship but that wasn’t quite true. According to the court’s online records last week’s hearing was related to scheduled accounting matters. No motions have been made and no documents have been filed to indicate that the conservatorship is coming to an end...
Adnan Ghalib faces more than one man in alleyway
Update, Jan. 28: I will complete this story soon but there is a key source I would still like to talk to that would tell more of the process servers’ side of the story. Evidence has surfaced that may explain why prosecutors allowed Adnan Ghalib to avoid a potential seven year jail sentence and to serve 45 days instead on felony charges lodged in Feb. 2009 for allegedly striking a process server with his car. The underreported facts suggest a scene in which Ghalib may have felt threatened. Ram Moskowitz, the alleged victim and process server in the incident, filed a declaration with the Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 23, 2009, the same day that the public and the judge heard testimony from Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, in support of the...
Ex TMZ paparazzo wants more than medical expenses
While TMZ broke the story on medical expenses and general damages claimed against Britney Spears by ex-TMZ employee Ricardo Mendoza, they left out what Mendoza is really after: punitive damages. As reported earlier Spears’ attorney, Benjamin C. Alvarez, made a motion to strike Mendoza’s claim to punitive damages last August. Alavez says that Mendoza hasn’t made a case based on fact and uses conclusionary unsupported allegations. Mendoza, who worked for TMZ at the time of the accident, claims Spears ran over his foot and, “…operated a motor vehicle recklessly, wantonly, unlawfully, maliciously and with conscious disregard for the rights, health and safety of others.” Spears’ attorney fired back in his attempt to dismiss the claim that Mendoza ...
Is TMZ a safety issue for Britney’s ex-boyfriend?
According to an attorney for Adnan Ghalib, ex-boyfriend of Britney Spears and now an ex-paparazzo, there is a safety issue when it comes to TMZ being in the courtroom. Peter Korn, Ghalib’s defense attorney did not wish to discuss the matter in a public courtroom in May saying that the media would exaggerate the issues. Korn also objected to an unnamed male attorney being present but it was unclear from the court transcript whether he meant present in chambers with the judge to rule on media presence or the hearing itself. Korn’s objections were recorded by a court reporter during pretrial proceedings to see if there was enough evidence to proceed to a trial on felony assault charges stemming from an altercation between Ghalib and a process server, Ram...
Britney Spears’ defense lawyer calls TMZ cameraman self-serving profit hungry paparazzo
Spears’ attorney Benjamin C. Alvarez filed a motion to strike and dismiss claims of negligence, assault and battery by a TMZ cameraman who says she ran over his foot in Oct. 2007 in Los Angeles. As first reported by TMZ last May, Ricardo Mendoza is suing Spears for damages from the incident. Britney Touring Inc. and Britney Brands are controlled entities of Spears that also named in the suit. Mendoza asserts they should have known that Britney was not in the mental, emotional, and/or physical condition to operate a motor vehicle in a safe and reasonable manner. According to the complaint the companies carelessly and negligently owned, operated and entrusted, leased, repaired, maintained and/or controlled a white Mercedes-Benz so as to cause said vehicle to...
TMZ founder Harvey Levin claims Britney’s backsliding
TMZ’s founder Harvey Levin and his team used a recent shopping trip by Spears to mislead the public into thinking she’s a frantic, compulsive shopper, signs that he says the conservators are seeing as little signs popping up that she’s backsliding into the crazy life. “There’s a little bit of a conundrum. She’s kind of backsliding a little bit. The thing they (the conservators) are looking at is compulsive shopping,” said Levin on TMZ TV this week.* Levin asserts that the conservatorship may end at the end of this year and that the conservators are giving Spears more freedom as they try to wean her away. While it is true that Spears recently spent $3,000 in 15 minutes, according to both TMZ and the boutique stylist who assisted Spears at...
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