Assault

Last month, stars of the new hit television Jersey Shore, cast members Jwoww & Snooki found themselves in a bit of a situation and no not the situation your probably thinking of.  It was reported that while the two were in Miami filming for Season 2 of the reality series, the guidettes let their Jersey Temper out.

Carrie Malec of Chicago is suing these two Jersey Shore Stars in addition to MTV & Viacom for over $75,000 for injuries she suffered.  She claims that the two roughed her up during a taping when the fight went down this past May 6th in an undisclosed South Beach Nightclub.

Sources say that this lawsuit could have had a huge impact on the upcoming Season 2 because Malec wants that episode to never make it to our television sets.  Representatives for both Snooki & Jwoww are confident that they can win any lawsuit that may be thrown their way, although they haven’t quite heard anything as of yet.

This comes right after Sammi, another Jersey Shore cast member recently popped a woman in the face only a few weeks earlier in another Miami Nightclub.

No criminal charges were pursued because she was out of Florida before the police could get to her.  If she ever returned to Miami, Sammi could face battery charges.  With all of these altercations in Miami as of late with these MTV Reality Show Stars, it would probably be in the best interest of the victims to seek out personal injury attorneys to help recover damages done from these attacks as they are claiming season 2 has bigger fist pumps and bigger fights.

Talented professional basketball star, Allen Iverson, is in legal trouble again because of an overly aggressive security guard. Ohio resident, Guy Walker, claims to have suffered “severe pain, emotional distress, and mental anguish” from injuries caused by Antwuan Clisey, one of Iverson’s security guards. He says that in April he was the victim of an unprovoked attack at the South Beach Pizza Bar in Detroit. The altercation cleared the bar, including Iverson, who was escorted out by his remaining guards. Walker claims that Mr. Iverson did nothing to stop the initial attack, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Since the incident last year, Walker has filed an eight page complaint with the district court in Detroit, MI, seeking $2.5 million plus damages. He says he suffered “an orbital blowout fracture of the eye” among other injuries.

This case, to be handled by a Michigan law firm, much like a Kalamazoo accident law firm, is similar to another suite Iverson faced in 2005.  Marlin Godfrey sued Iverson after he was beat up by one of his body guards at a nightclub.  He was then awarded $260,000.  I am curious to see if Iverson will be able to “buy” himself out of this one.

Allen Iverson was a member of the Detroit Pistons, but recently was reacquired by the Philadelphia 76ers.  Various lawyers and attorneys are now questioning how the case might affect his game, a good question for Kalamazoo personal injury attorneys in Michigan. Walker would want to know for what price the athlete would be willing to settle the case if it might hurt his focus in the games. As a pivotal figure in the NBA, could the stress of an exhausting trial jeopardize his value as a player?

Owen Wilson via last.fm

Back in December of 2008, Owen Wilson, alongside his brother Andrew, allegedly assaulted a member of the paparazzi in Santa Monica.

According to the lawsuit filed last Friday, paparazzo Clint Brewer claims he was “walking up the stairs and was pushed in the back” by Wilson as he was walking on December 5. He also claims he was beaten up by both of the brothers and said he experienced a number of bodily injuries and claims some injuries are now permanent.

The lawsuit states that he had o shell out approximately $3,251.10 in medical expenses and is seeking $500,000 in general damages. That’s a ton of money for apparently being shoved walking up a flight of stairs!

Note to celebs: As much as the paparazzi annoys you to the point of you wanting to initiate violence, think twice. You never know what cameraman will take you to court (even two years later!)

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The infamous Chris Brown – or “Chris Beat Her Down” as he’s been called in a number of blogs – made an appearance at the Criminal Courts in Los Angeles yesterday after attending 17 out of his required 52 domestic violence classes and performing 32  out of 108 required days of community service in Virginia.

LA Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg went over all of the papers sent from authorities in Virginia and since Brown complied with what she originally ordered him to do, the singer was granted an order that permits him to travel out of town between May 18 and June 27 for his concert performances, only if he gets permission from her in advance.

Brown has to show up back in court on May 11 for the next progress hearing.

For those of you who don’t know – Brown plead guilty on June 22, 2009 to attacking and assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna after a pre-Grammy Awards ceremony in LA. The singer was sentenced on August 25 to five years probation and 180 days of community labor, which is currently fulfilling.

We all hope he learned his lesson.

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Yesterday Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan said that her and her family plan to help her brother fight a state medical examiner’s finding that her father’s death was a homicide.

Her father, 70-year-old Daniel Kerrigan, died on January 24 after what police said was a physical struggle with his 45-year-old son Mark, who was charged with assault.

Two days ago, District Attorney Gerry Leone said that a medical autopsy determined the cause of death for Kerrigan’s father was “cardiac dysrhythmia” — an interruption or lack of a normal heartbeat that can lead to cardiac arrest. This, however, occurred after a physical dispute with reported neck compression that damaged his windpipe.

Supporting accused Mark, the Kerrigans family issued a statement disagreeing with the autopsy findings and stayed that Daniel had a pre-existing heart condition before the altercation.

Mark is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation after pleading “not guilty” to a charge of assault and battery on an elderly person.

In a letter released yesterday, Nancy said her father was her “safety net,” and “the ultimate role model” for her two brothers — “the guy they continue to try to emulate.”