A Colombian politician has slammed pop star Shakira for “promoting lesbianism” and instilling moral decay in her latest sexy music video with Rihanna. Marco Fidel Ramirez has called upon Colombia’s National Television Authority to ban “Can’t Remember To Forget You” clip in Shakira’s native country. The Public Option party councilor, from the capital Bogota, said the video “damages the moral character of the youth of Bogota, Colombia and Latin America.” The self-styled “defender of morals and principles” labeled the (HOT!) Shakira-Rihanna video as reference point for a society in moral decay in this world. Click through this gallery to see what Marco means! Sexy Shakira & Rihanna Music Video Stills!
Yesterday morning, Lil Za was arrested for drug possession when police executed a search warrant inside Justin Bieber’s Calabasas home. A few hours later – incredibly, hilariously, confoundingly – the rapper got arrested for a second time… WHILE IN JAIL. Lil Za Arrest Update According to TMZ sources, Za was minutes away from posting bail when, for reasons unknown, he flipped out and totally destroyed a phone. He was therefore booked – AGAIN – on a charge of vandalism and, depending on the value of the phone, could face yet another felony charge. In a literal sense, of course, this has nothing to do with Justin Bieber . But on a grander scale? When you think of all that singer has done over the past year – from driving recklessly, to throwing loud parties, to peeing in mop buckets, to allegedly throwing eggs at his neighbor’s home – it’s not hard to think of the company he’s been keeping as a major influence. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, meanwhile, have finished their raid of Bieber’s home. It’s unclear what evidence, if any, they found inside his mansion that could prove his caused over $20,000 worth of damage to his neighbor’s home via an egg attack last Thursday. For now, authorities say Bieber has neither been exonerated nor arrested.
California School District Accused Of Racism A California school district is in hot water after they allegedly ignored reports of excessive racial taunting and groping of minority female students. via Fox News A civil liberties group is accusing a Northern California school district of pervasive racism and of condoning weekly traditions in which female students are groped. The Times-Standard of Eureka reports the American Civil Liberties Union filed the federal lawsuit against Eureka City Schools on Wednesday. It alleges school officials have ignored complaints of racial taunting and bullying and disproportionately disciplined minority students. It also alleges district staff condoned and even participated in the groping traditions. The lawsuit was filed in conjunction with the National Center for Youth Law on behalf of four teenage African American and Native American students. It seeks monetary damages and administrative changes. In a statement, the district said it does not tolerate harassment or discrimination, but isn’t aware of evidence to support the lawsuit’s allegations. It is, however, investigating them. Hopefully someone will get to the bottom of this story sooner than later.
Wait, what?!? ! Hospital Sued By Mother After Sending Dead Son Home In A Cab Via UPI A North Carolina mother is suing AlliedBarton Security Services after she says they put her son in a taxi and sent him home even though he was already dead. Hospital security guards sent, A’Darrin Washington, who they claimed was “uncooperative” and “refusing to talk or move,” home from Cumberland County Hospital on Nov. 22, 2011. A’Darrin had been going to the hospital for 10 years for treatment for recurrent pneumonia associated with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. On Nov. 14, A’Darrin was admitted to the hospital and misdiagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. After he was correctly diagnosed with fungal pneumonia and given the proper medication, the hospital said he was ready to be discharged on Nov. 21 even though he was still feeling weak and ill. When hospital called a taxi service to take A’Darrin home the next day, AlliedBarton Security guards moved him from a wheelchair and into the cab, according to his mother. “(A) nurse called for security to escort Mr. Washington from his hospital bed to the lobby for discharge because Mr. Washington was allegedly ‘uncooperative’ and ‘refusing to talk or move,’” the complaint states. “Mr. Washington was unresponsive due to the fact that he was dying.” Deborah Washington claims that the guards put her son in the taxi and even crossed his legs. When he arrived at home after a 45-minute trip, he was “unresponsive and cold to the touch.” She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for negligence, wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress. How the HELL do not know that this kid was dead?! Hope this hospital is ready to come off that gwap! Image via Shutterstock
Wait, what?!? ! Hospital Sued By Mother After Sending Dead Son Home In A Cab Via UPI A North Carolina mother is suing AlliedBarton Security Services after she says they put her son in a taxi and sent him home even though he was already dead. Hospital security guards sent, A’Darrin Washington, who they claimed was “uncooperative” and “refusing to talk or move,” home from Cumberland County Hospital on Nov. 22, 2011. A’Darrin had been going to the hospital for 10 years for treatment for recurrent pneumonia associated with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. On Nov. 14, A’Darrin was admitted to the hospital and misdiagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. After he was correctly diagnosed with fungal pneumonia and given the proper medication, the hospital said he was ready to be discharged on Nov. 21 even though he was still feeling weak and ill. When hospital called a taxi service to take A’Darrin home the next day, AlliedBarton Security guards moved him from a wheelchair and into the cab, according to his mother. “(A) nurse called for security to escort Mr. Washington from his hospital bed to the lobby for discharge because Mr. Washington was allegedly ‘uncooperative’ and ‘refusing to talk or move,’” the complaint states. “Mr. Washington was unresponsive due to the fact that he was dying.” Deborah Washington claims that the guards put her son in the taxi and even crossed his legs. When he arrived at home after a 45-minute trip, he was “unresponsive and cold to the touch.” She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for negligence, wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress. How the HELL do not know that this kid was dead?! Hope this hospital is ready to come off that gwap! Image via Shutterstock
Damn, Frank’s cousin is hitting Chris up ski mask-style. Frank Ocean’s Cousin Sues Chris Brown For $3 Million Chris just can’t seem to catch a break . Next people will be suing Chris for breathing on them wrong. According to TMZ: Chris Brown is responsible for more than $3 million dollars in pain and suffering … according to legal docs filed by Frank Ocean’s cousin over that massive brawl outside a recording studio. The docs were filed by Sha’Keir Duarte … who claims one of Chris’ goons put the hurtin’ on him during the melee between Chris, Frank, and their posses in West Hollywood last January. Duarte claims Brown’s bodyguard brutalized him … and in his court docs he itemizes his list of damages complete with price tags: -$1,000,000 for pain, suffering and inconvenience -$1,000,000 for emotional distress -$1,000,000 for punitive damages -plus, another $60K for medical expenses As we previously reported … Chris has filed a counter lawsuit against Duarte, accusing him of provoking the fight and attacking him with kicks and punches. Team Breezy needs to stage an intervention. WENN
Was it that serious? Woman Sues Officer Who Maced Her Gentials The police are getting more and more violent these days. Being underpaid must really get to them. According to Raw Story: Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Marlene Tapia against Blanca Zapater, the corrections officer that Tapia alleges subjected her to cruel and unusual punishment while violating her right to due process. According to the suit, on November 22, 2011, Zapater was arrested on a suspected parole violation. During a routine strip search, Zapater and another corrections officer “observed a plastic baggie protruding from Ms. Tapia’s vagina.” Instead of asking her to remove the package, Zapater allegedly “sprayed a chemical agent directly on Ms. Tapia’s genitals twice,” despite the fact that “Ms. Tapia was not using or attempting to use any force against the corrections officers.” The suit claims that this spraying “served no purpose other than to punish” and “would not cause the baggie to become dislodged.” The effects of the application of this chemical agent lasted for several weeks and included “burning, swollen genitals, painful urination, and pain and burning on Ms. Tapia’s face.” The ACLU is seeking punitive damages, to be determined by a jury, for these alleged violations of Tapia’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. She must have felt like she had an STD with all that burning and swelling. Eww. Shutterstock
Kanye West may be in trouble for allegedly going after a cameraman in July. But when it comes to charges of criminal battery and attempted grand theft, the rapper is firmly standing his ground. West’s attorney, Blair Berk, entered a not guilty plea in court today on behalf of his client, as Kanye is accused of breaking the law when he went after paparazzo Daniel Ramos in July. Watch the video of the altercation in question now: Kanye West Attacks Photographer Ramos is also taking legal action the artist, filing a lawsuit for assault, battery and restriction of free speech following a confrontation he says left him on crutches for two weeks. The reporter is represented by Gloria Allred and is seeking unspecified damages. If convicted of both misdemeanors, Kanye faces a maximum of one year in jail. But there’s a better chance of his marriage to Kim Kardashian actually lasting forever than there is of West spending a second behind bars.
Teddy is coming for those coins Gaga . Teddy Riley Sues Lady Gaga Where did Teddy get the money for the lawyer though? He hasn’t been poppin’ since….. According to Rolling Out: Legendary R&B and hip-hop artist and producer Teddy Riley has sued Lady Gaga for unpaid royalties and fees for the song “Teeth.” The song was released in 2009 on Gaga’s wildly successful Fame Monster album, yet Riley claims that he has yet to receive his due 25 percent of the writing fees for the song. Riley has filed suit for $500,000 plus punitive damages. Riley is known for creating the New Jack Swing sound, along with producing hits for a slew of the biggest and brightest stars in music. including Michael Jackson, Usher, Bobby Brown and Snoop Dogg. Riley was also a member of the well known R&B groups Guy and Blackstreet. We guess Teddy saw all those elaborate costumes Gaga wears and said, “give me that gwap beyotch.” WENN
Soulja Boy stays getting in trouble …he might have to give up some of those coins. Rapper Soulja Boy Sued Over Bentley Crash Soulja Boy is going down fast. Between his struggle status being put on blast by Superhead and this….homie needs to get it together. According to Radar Online Rapper Soulja Boy has been slapped with a major lawsuit, RadarOnline.com has learned, after one of his friends allegedly crashed his Bentley into a motorcyclist in Los Angeles earlier this year and fled the scene of the accident. Lawyers for the alleged victim, Gabor Turi, filed papers in court on October 14 suing Soulja Boy, his friend, Abrahim Mohammed Mustafa and 100 other yet-to-be-named defendants for negligence and demanding payment for medical expenses and other damages. The rapper’s friend, Mustafa, was allegedly driving the rapper’s Bentley in L.A. on January 9. “Said vehicle was being driven at an unsafe speed and/or in an unsafe fashion” by Mustafa, the court documents, obtained by RadarOnline.com, claim. The Bentley “consequently collided with Plaintiff, Gabor Turi … causing Plaintiff to be ejected from his vehicle and to collide with the street.” Mustafa and the unnamed defendants “failed to stop at the scene as required by law,” the documents claim, and “instead fled from the scene in violation of” felony hit and run laws. As a result of the collision, Turi allegedly suffered a fractured right shoulder, knee and foot injuries, severe lacerations and other injuries to his genitalia, which required immediate hospitalization and surgery, and may require further surgery. Even though Soulja Boy was reportedly not in the car, he is named in the suit, the documents allege, because he “knew, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known” that his friends “were incompetent and/or unfit drivers, and would create an unreasonable risk of danger and property riding on the public streets and highways.” Turi has not put a number figure on his demand just yet, but he is asking the court for “general damages within limits,” “medical and related expenses, according to proof,” legal costs, and “such other and further relief as the court deems just and proper.” Turi’s attorney, Larry Nagelberg of the Nagelberg Bernard Law Group, Inc., explains, “It is unfortunate that we live in a time where young, rich celebrities are indulged to such excess that many think they are above the law. Society at large is now struggling with, as some put it, ‘The Bieber Effect,’ and it is crucial that society take a stand, as failure to do so will only lead to more egregious and dangerous behavior, and to more threats against persons or property.” Soulja needs to take a page out of Justin Bieber’s book and kick his no good friends to the curb. He’s getting slapped with a lawsuit and he wasn’t even in the car.
