Orange County Register: The alleged boobie bandit turned herself in. Based on the MySpace photo the Reg includes, the woman police say stole an indentity to pay for cosmetic surgery is the one who got ripped off. Hey, Yvonne Pampellone, Melissa Rivers called and she wants her face back. . . . America's shrillest shark, Gloria Allred, says Octo-Mom's children are endangered, and Nadya Suleman only cares about them when the cameras are rolling. . . . Hang zero? A 16-year-old Afghan
Courtesy of Jou familyDonna JouThe case of a Donna Jou, a 19-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita woman who went missing in June 2007, comes to a sort of resolution today. Registered sex offender John Steven Burgess, 36, plead guilty this morning in Los Angeles court to involuntary manslaughter and concealing an accidental death in connection with Jou's disappearance. Jou's family has said that Donna and Burgess met each other over Craigslist, when Burgess answered Donna's ad offering her services as
Gene X. Hwang/Orange PhotographyCraigslist founder Craig NewmarkThe Los Angeles Times is reporting that mega-popular classified listings site Craigslist will shut down its "erotic services" section, after criticism from lawmakers and the media -- which you can read about in the latest Weekly cover story.The Craigslist criticism has been largely two-pronged. Some say that Craigslist should be held partly responsible for the emergence of "Craigslist killers" that lure victims to their death with o
Courtesy of Jou familyDonna JouA press release sent out this weekend by lawyer Gloria Allred notifies us that John Steven Burgess, the man who plead guilty to manslaughter and concealing an accidental death in the case of Rancho Santa Margarita's Donna Jou, faces sentencing in Los Angeles Superior Court today at 1:30 p.m. As part of his plea agreement, Burgess is expected to face five years in state prison.[Update, 5/19: Burgess was sentenced to five years. Read more at the LA Times.]Additionall
Ocotomom Nadya Suleman's dreams of reality television show cash-ins crumbled today after a federal judge ordered that a guardian be appointed to oversee the financial interests of her kids. The ruling comes just two days after she'd signed a deal that would earn each of her pups $250 a day to star in a reality t.v. show. The ruling was a response to the lawsuit filed by former child star Paul Peterson in May, who sued Suleman (with his attorney Gloria Allred) for exploiting her brood for fina
Perhaps you saw the May 14 edition of OC Weekly--excuse me--OctoWeekly--wherein all manner of reality-show mayhem is imagined for Nadya Suleman, the La Habra resident and mother of the world's longest-surviving octuplets.Our lampoonage came hot on the heels of lilliputian Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred filing suit against Suleman for inking a deal for a reality-TV show. Allred ostensibly sought to protect the infants from media exploitation and Allred's crack-like addiction to the same.Howev
Thanks to Paul Cook-Giles for pointing out that I missed the real OC-connected news with regards to the upcoming California Supreme Court decision on a challenge to Proposition 8. While Gloria Allred's press conference is cool and all, you might be better served by going to OC Equality Coalition's "Day of Decision" event at the Old Orange Courthouse in Santa Ana at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Cook-Giles writes:
Depending on what the court decides, we will either PROTEST or CELEBRATE.
We will PROTEST if
