Jay Z Extortion Case Dropped
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Legal Issues,
Jay Z is no longer seeking extortion charges over his old recordings.
Producer Chauncey Magan was detained last month after the "99 Problems" hitmaker's label Roc Nation accused him of stealing master tapes in 2002 and demanding $110,000 for their return, but as the rapper doesn't want to pursue charges, Los Angeles police are no longer investigating the case. However, according to TMZ, LAPD officers will hold on to the recordings until a civil judge tells them otherwise.
Mahan - who was interning at Roc Nation when the recordings were made - previously claimed he had been asked by the record label to keep track of the music because the 44-year-old star was just "a stupid kid smoking blunts" at the time, and was reckless with his intellectual property. The producer also insisted he repeatedly told Roc Nation he had the masters - which include "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" and "Holla" - over the last decade and only requested the money when he could no longer afford to pay the storage fee.
He claims he only asked for the cash as compensation for keeping the recordings for 12 years in Northridge, California.
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Kris Jenner “Sex Tape” Has $1 Million Price Tag
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Television, Sex Tapes, Rumors,
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A man who claims to have a sex tape featuring Kris Jenner wants to sell it for a million dollars.
The mystery guy, who called himself "Troy," intends to contact Vivid Entertainment - the porn studio who has released many x-rated celebrity videos, including one of Kris' daughter Kim Kardashian and her former boyfriend Ray J - to sell them the footage.
When asked why he had not yet offered proof of the tape's existence, Troy said, "I am not [making it up]... I have the sex tape on my hard drive. It goes for a high price. I just can't release a sex tape. It is a million dollar sex tape."
Kris has denied the footage - which Troy claims was shot in the Beverly Hilton hotel - exists and has called police to claim she is being bombarded with calls, voice mails and text messages about the film.
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Jennifer Lopez Suing Her Driver For Extortion
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Music, Legal Issues,
The former American Idol panelist is claiming he demanded $2.8 million or else he would tell the media and authorities about secrets he overheard while driving her around for jobs.
Jennifer's case is a countersuit to a claim filed by Hakob Manoukian, who claimed he was forced to resign after being publicly berated by her manager, Benny Medina. In her countersuit, obtained by website TMZ.com, Jennifer alleges Hakob became drunk with power and wanted to control her entire security team and get more money for doing it. When he was turned down, Jennifer claimed he retaliated by threatening to spill confidential information that would be highly embarrassing. Jennifer says the driver threatened that if he wasn't paid $2.8 million, he would take his information to authorities and have her criminally prosecuted. She is suing for damages in excess of $20 million.
Mel Gibson Didn’t Offer Enough Money for Oksana Tapes
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Break-ups, Celebrity Babies, Legal Issues,
Oksana Grigorieva played tapes of Mel Gibson’s rants to her lawyers because his attorneys didn’t offer her enough money.
Emails have been released in which the Russian singer - who recorded telephone conversations in which Mel makes threats to her and tells her she was a “****” - reveals their 11-month-old daughter Lucia was offered a “generous gift” but there was “nothing” in it for her.
“As far as the tapes go, I only played one to my lawyer, because on March 15 Michelle proposed on ur behalf not a very generous gift for our daughter and there was nothing for me. My lowers also told me that Tom Hansen [one of Mel’s lawyers] said I wouldn get a penny. (sic),” Oksana wrote in one email obtained by gossip website TMZ.
However, her lawyer Daniel Horowitz has revealed she was reluctant to play the tapes to him, because she didn’t want to “hurt” the star: “Oksana was legally entitled to play all of the tapes for her lawyers and most clients would have done so. She was being supremely careful of Mel’s privacy because she knew that even lawyers in Hollywood might lose track of the tapes and she didn’t want to hurt him.”
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Celebrity Chatter: Kendra Wilkinson’s Sex Tape, Keanu and Charlize’s Kiss
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Movies, Sports, Television, Dating, Hook-ups, Celebrity Babies, Rumors,
-Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett’s wild past is catching up with her. Vivid Entertainment is reportedly releasing a sex tape the married mother made when she was 18.
-Either Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez like each other, or they just like slumber parties. The actress was spotted leaving A-Rod’s place early Sunday AM.
-Is Keanu Reeves now dating the newly-single Charlize Theron? The former costars appeared awful friendly on Monday night.
-Charlie Sheen has two less things he has to worry about now. The actor has granted full custody of daughters Sam and Lola to Denise Richards.
-You want to get a man to talk? Just ask him for hush money. Bones’ David Boreanaz confessed to cheating on his wife after supposed threats of extortion.
-Sienna Miller and Jude Law made their reunion official when they attended the Costume Institute Gala arm in arm. They really do look like they belong together.
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