Maria Shriver filed for divorce on July 1, 2011, citing “irreconcilable differences” to dissolve her 25-year marriage to former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The question recently arose in Hollywood when a 16-year-old married a man who is 35 years older than her. “Lost” actor Doug Anthony Hutchison, 51 years old, married Alexis Stodden, who is 16 years old, in Las Vegas in May. According to Las Vegas law, minor applicants who are 16 and 17 years old can obtain a marriage license with: 1. an original or certified copy of their birth certificate, and 2. a parent or legal guardian who will provide his or her consent. Stodden’s mother, Krista Stodden, provided the necessary consent for the marriage.
Plaintiff, Ilich Jorquera, is suing ex – girlfriend Carla Pimentel for $11 million in Queens Supreme Court, because he claims she ran away with their two-year-old Schnauzer named Guapo after they broke up.
A family is outraged after Brooklyn janitor Joseph Mack was cremated. Joseph Mack was cremated at the direction of his wife, Regina Brown. The only problem is that Regina Brown was not his only wife. The other wife wanted him buried with the family. This ugly widow’s war has spawned an ugly legal mess with [...]
It has been a rough couple of weeks for Two and Half Men actor Charlie Sheen. After an exclusive interview with NBC, where Sheen’s outrageous behavior was thrown into the national spotlight, Sheen finds himself in the middle of a major custody battle. That is, his two young sons have been temporarily removed from his [...]
Singer Ashlee Simpson has filed for divorce from Pete Wentz. The couple wed in May 2008 after dating for about two years. Simpson-Wentz, 26, and Wentz, 31, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. It has been reported that the divorce is very amicable, as the couple had been growing apart for quite [...]
Mega Millions lottery winner Holly Lahti, who is separated from her husband after years of domestic abuse, may be required to share her winnings, totaling half of the $380 million jackpot. Idaho is a community property state, her estranged husband, Josh Lahti, could wind up a very rich man. Although it is unknown on how [...]
Eva Longoria, the star from “Desperate Housewives” and NBA star, Tony Parker, both filed for divorce in November when both issued a statement saying they still loved the other. Their divorce has now been finalized by a Texas court. The couple filed for divorce after reports came about that she found evidence he was cheating [...]
Kelsey Grammer appeared on Late Show With David Letterman this week, giving more details about his messy divorce to soon-to-be ex-wife, Camille Grammer, currently starring on the Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The couple married in 1997 and have two children together. Kelsey, 55, although still legally married to Camille, recently proposed to 29-year-old [...]
The Huffington Post has added a divorce section to their online newspaper, and since its inception, the site has gone viral. Its creator, Arianna Huffington, says she hopes “that people will learn from each other and from experts, but most importantly, that people will be able to express their own truth, their own experience, and [...]
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Employers that don't try to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace take heed. A jury in Queens, N.Y., this week awarded $15 million to a nurse who endured several years of unwanted sex talk, propositions and groping by a doctor that escalated to two sexual assaults against her in 2001. The verdict represents the largest sexual harassment judgment ever awarded to an individual in a New York state court.
February 25, 2009
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