Showing posts with label injury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label injury. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Singer Chris Brown Pleads Not Guilty

On Monday, the singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to threatening and physically assaulting his girlfriend, singer Rihanna. Rihanna's lawyer was hoping that a plea deal could be made before the case went to trial and has stated that Rihanna would testify if it is required. If Brown is convicted, he could be sentenced to probation or as much as five years in prison. In March, he was charged by Los Angeles County prosecuters with felony assault likely to cause great bodyily injury and making criminal threats.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Actor Shia LaBeouf Not Charged in Car Accident

The actor Shia LaBeouf will not be charged for his involvement in a recent drunken driving accident that caused him to injure his hand. He could have his license suspended due to refusing to take the breathalyzer test. Authorities say that there wasn’t enough evident to charge him with drunken driving. He has a traffic hearing with the Department of Motor Vehicles on Friday and his driver’s license could possible be suspended for up to nine months.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Actor Morgan Freeman Discharged from Hospital

The actor Morgan Freeman was discharged from a hospital in Tennessee on Thursday after being treated for a broken arm, broken elbow, and other injuries that he had gotten in a car accident in Mississippi last weekend. He and his wife of 24 years are also divorcing and the two have been separated since December, but no divorce papers have been filed yet.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Actor Morgan Freeman Injured In Car Accident

The actor Morgan Freeman was injured in a a serious car accident at about 11:30 pm on Sunday night in Mississippi. He was airlifted from the scene of the accident to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Freeman's health condition is currently unknown but state troopers said that he was talking on the scene before being taken to the hospital.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Hulk Hogan’s Son Sentenced to Jail Time

The wrestler Hulk Hogan’s son, Nick Bollea, was sentenced to serve eight months in jail on Friday after he pleaded no contest to causing a car crash that seriously injured his friend. He was also ordered to serve five years of probation and surrender his driving privileges for three years. The family of the friend that was injured asked the judge to impose a sentence of up to a year in jail, which is less than the five years he could have received.

Nick Bollea was arrested last November and charged with felony reckless driving that caused a serious bodily injury after he was speed racing is father’s 1998 Toyota Supra and hit a curb. He then spun into traffic and hit a palm tree. His friend was in the car at that time and was seriously hurt. He wasn’t wearing a seat belt and suffered a broken skull and other severe injuries. Bollea was not seriously hurt, but he had alcohol in his system at the time of the accident. He was cited for being a driver under the age of 21, operating a vehicle with blood-alcohol level of 0.02 percent or higher, and having illegal window tinting. He will have to attend DUI classes and he can’t drink alcohol as terms of his probation.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Hulk Hogan Being Sued Over Son’s Car Accident

The wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, is being sued by the man who was seriously injured in a car crash that involved Hogan’s son. John Graziano’s attorneys filed a lawsuit on Monday in Clearwater against Hogan. The lawsuit claims that Hogan and his wife are responsible as the parents of their son, Nick Bollea, who is currently facing a criminal charge of reckless driving involving serious bodily harm.

Graziano was a passenger in Nick’s Toyota Supra when he lost control of the car and crashed into a tree. Graziano wasn’t wearing a seat belt during the accident and was put in a semiconscious state afterwards. He states that he will require care for the rest of his life.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Man Accused of Stealing False Teeth

In Yorktown, IN that a man named, Robert Henry Stahl, was accused of taking another man’s, Billie Towsend’s, false teeth from his mouth during a fight. Billie told the police that he went to a bar to pay Robert the money he owed him but Robert asked him to go outside and then started punching him. Robert put Henry in a headlock and took out his false teeth and told him that he wasn’t going to give them back.
Robert Stahl has been charged this past Thursday in a Delaware Circuit Court with felony robbery and battery causing bodily injury. He could face between two to eight years in prison