LENNON’SKILLER UP FOR PAROLE
MarkChapman, the man who assassinated John Lennon 24 years ago will appear before aNew YorkState parole board. This will be Chapman’s third attempt togain release – his last two requests for parole, in 2000 and 2002, were denied.
Chapmanwas sentenced to 20 years to life in jail after shooting Lennon dead outsidehis Dakota apartment building in 1980. Yoko Ono, Lennon’s widow, has vocallyopposed Chapman’s release.
PHILSPECTOR’S FOYER OF SHAME
Famed“Wall of Sound” record producer Phil Spector was indicted last week on a chargethat he murdered actress Lana Clarkson, who was discovered shot to death at hishome over a year ago. Clarkson, star of B movies such as Amazon Women onthe Moon, was found by police in the foyer of Spector’s California mansion. Spector claimedClarkson killed herself by placing the gun in her mouth and firing it. Duringa lengthy investigation, the police found blood and gunshot residue indicatingthat Spector had cleaned and moved the gun after the shooting.
PRAYFOR ME MEL GIBSON
Producer,director, and actor Mel Gibson has obtained a restraining order against ZackSinclair. The 34 year old homeless man demanded the actor pray with him at hisMalibu home. Gibson asked Sinclair toleave the premises and not return. But Sinclair appeared at Gibson’s churchthe following day, interrupted the service and again demanded that Gibson praywith him. Sinclair is currently in jail on charges of disorderly conduct andloitering on private property.
DIDBRANDO’S SON KILL BONNY LEE?
RobertBlake’s attorney, M. Gerald Schwartzbach, filed a new motion to presentevidence. At Blake’s upcoming murder trial Schwartzbach wants to show thatother people conspired to kill Bonny Lee Bakley. The attorney claims thatnewly discovered evidence points to a complex conspiracy to murder Bakley byfriends of Christian Brando (son of deceased Marlon Brando).
Blake ischarged with killing Bakley on May 4, 2001 after she was found shot to death intheir car outside an Italian restaurant where they had dined.
THOSECUTE KID STARS
Prosecutorsfiled three felony counts last week against former Growing Pains star“Tracey Gold” in her alleged drunk driving crash. Gold was driving her carwith a blood alcohol level in excess of 0.08 and caused her SUV to flip. Theincident occurred September 3 on Highway 118 in Moorpark, and the child star’s husbandand two of her three children were injured.
Gold isscheduled for arraignment on October 18. The maximum sentence for this crimewould be five years in prison.
NOLOVE FOR COURTNEY
A Santa Monica travel agency is suing rockerCourtney Love for nearly $50,000 in unpaid airline tickets. The lawsuit statesthat Love authorized the company to book her travel arrangements, authorizedpayment to her credit card but later withdrew authorization. Love then paidthe agency with checks from a closed bank account.
Love alsocurrently faces felony charges for illegal possession of painkillers and for strikinga fan with a microphone in a NY club.
WHAT’SWITH BRITNEY?
Finally,a star who listens to her parents. After refusing to make her new hubby, KevinFederline, sign a prenuptial agreement, Britney Spears has bowed to pressurefrom her family. At first, Britney refused to force Kevin to sign a pre-nup,stating the couple would never split. But Spears finally listened andpresented Federline with the agreement.
However,it seems the pre-nup is still being negotiated as evidenced by the agreementsigned by both parties with respect to their surprise September 18 nuptials.Spears and Federline were so concerned about the media hype surrounding their scheduledOctober 16 ceremony that they pushed the wedding up a month. They brought in alegal team to draft the agreement regarding the “faux” marriage, indicatingthat each party acknowledged the nature of the ceremony.
Under California divorce law, couples can beforced to split their wealth 50-50 unless a pre-nuptial agreement is signedbefore the wedding. Sources say the pre-nuptial drafted between Spears andFederline stipulates that should the couple split, Federline would be entitledto 300k a year for half the length of the marriage. Spears also will not befinancially responsible for Federline’s two children by another woman.
Seems asthough the real wedding is off until the prenuptial is signed.
