Showing posts with label Clothes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clothes. Show all posts

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Oprah Winfrey’s Mother Getting Sued for Unpaid Bill

A high-end clothing store in Brookfield, Wisconsin named Valentina is suing Oprah Winfrey’s mother, Vernita Lee, for not paying a bill. A civil complaint states that she owes the store nearly $156,000 for purchases and interest as of July 1st and has not made the monthly minimum payment of $2,000. A nonbinding mediation session is scheduled for September 16th.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Gap Clothing Store Uses Child Labor

A British newspaper reported that they found children making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi, India that the Gap clothing store is running to make clothing. Some of the children were as young as 10 years old and had been sold to the sweatshop by their parents. The children work up to 16 hours per day sewing clothing by hand and some of the children say that they are not being paid. One child said that if a child cried or didn’t work hard enough were hit with rubber pipes or had oily clothes stuffed into their mouths.

Representatives of the Gap clothing store say that they will stop the clothing being made by the children from being sold in their stores and that they will take action to stop the child labor.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Rihanna's Father Sells Clothes Out the Trunk of His Car

A website posted pictures of Rihanna's father selling clothes and goods out of the trunk of his car. Click the link to check out the picture.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Priest Arrested After Nude Jog at High School Track

It is reported in Frederick, Colorado that a Catholic priest named Robert Whipkey is facing charges of indecent exposure after he decided to go jogging nude at a high school track an hour before sunrise. He told the police that he didn't think anyone would be around the track at that time of day and that he sweats a lot when he wear clothing while jogging.

The incident is being taken very seriously and if he is convicted of idecent exposure, he would have to register as a sex offender. Currently, he is still an active priest.