Rapper Wyclef Jean Sued by Jewelry Company

or watches and jewelry that he bought. They say that he bought several items from the company between March 2002 and January 2006 that totaled $765,100. They say that he still owes $319,680 and they have demanded payment many times.

The founder of the jewelery company, known as “Jacob the Jeweler,” was sentenced in June to 2 ½ years in federal prison for lying to investigators about a multistate drug ring.

Sean “Diddy” Combs Settles Punching Lawsuit

Sean “Diddy” Combs has settled the lawsuit against him with an undisclosed amount. He was being accused of punching a man after a post-Oscar party outside of a Hollywood hotel on Feb 25^th. The man suing him also claims that Diddy pushed his girlfriend and spat on another woman.

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.

Pauly Shore Countersues Wes Craven

The actor Pauly Shore is countersuing his neighbor Wes Craven because he says that a landslide on his Hollywood Hills property was caused by Craven not maintaining his vegetation and landscaping on the hillside of his property. He is also claiming that Craven did not eradicate rodents that were burrowing in the hill and made improvements on his property that changed the geology, topography, and drainage.

The lawsuit started last year when Craven sued Shore claiming that he upgraded his home with a pool, spa, landscaping, and other improvements that caused water to seep down a slope and cause damage to his property. Both lawsuits are seeking unspecified amounts for damages and a judgment to determine who will be at responsible.

Remy Ma Being Sued For Millions By Shooting Victim

The rapper Remy Ma is being sued for $20 million dollars by the woman she reportedly shot twice in the abdomen over money. Remy Ma had accused the woman of stealing $2,000 from her purse. The woman was hospitalized for more than two weeks after the shooting and had to have surgery and receive blood transfusions. She says that she will have to continue to need medical treatments. She says that the shooting made her disabled, anxious, and depressed.

The lawsuit is also against Universal Music Group and people who play an important part of Remy Ma’s career because she feels that they should have known the rapper had a history of unlawful, violent, and anti-social behavior and she also feels that they encouraged her to behave with patterns of harassment, threats, intimidation, physical violence, and doing illegal acts. Since the arrest, Remy Ma hasn’t been able to get enough U.S. bookings and a proposed recording contract was put on hold. She is currently free on a $250,000 bail.

The Romantics Sue Video Game Maker Over Song

The music group The Romantics filed a federal lawsuit against Activision Inc, the video game maker of the game “Guitar Hero.” The group says that the game infringes on the band’s rights by featuring a similar recording of their 1980’s song “What I Like About You.” The lawsuit was filed this past Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit. The band is seeking an injunction that could possibly stop the game from being sold on store shelves.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Sues Showtime

The music group Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime Networks over the name of the television series called “Californication,” which is the same name of the group’s 1999 album. “Californication” was the biggest cd, video, and song of the group’s career.

The lawsuit claims unfair competition, dilution of the value of the name, and unjust enrichment. The lawsuit also names the show’s creator and executive producer, Tom Kapinos, and two production companies, named Twilight Time Films and Aggressive Mediocrity Inc. The lawsuit is seeking a permanent injunction barring Showtime and other companies from using the title “Californication” for the show. They are also suing for damages, restitution, and disgorgement of all profits obtained by the defendants.

Family Sues Over Staph Death

The family of a boy who died this month from an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus infection plans to file a $25 million dollar lawsuit against the cit of New York. They say that the boy was misdiagnosed at Kings County Hospital Center when he was taken there to be treated. The boy died on October 14^th at the Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center.

The boy was taken to the hospital by his mother after not being satisfied with the treatment the boy received at a clinic. The doctor at the hospital thought that he was dealing with an allergic reaction instead of an infection. The boy was treated with Benedryl, an anti-allergy medicine. Even though there were visible skin lesions, the doctor didn’t order any blood work to be done. A representative from the hospital claims that the boy didn’t have any signs of a staph infection when he was brought in.

Woman Claims Walgreen’s Pharmacy Caused Miscarriage

In Missouri, a woman, named Chanda Givens, and her husband is suing Walgreen after she had a miscarriage after she went to the Walgreen pharmacy for a prescription of prenatal vitamins and instead they filled her prescription with a chemotherapy drug that had a similar brand name.

She was supposed to have been given Materna but instead they filled her prescription with Matulane, which is used to treat Hodgkin’s disease. Matulane interferes with the growth of cells and their ability to split and reproduce. Givens had a miscarriage less than a month after taking the drug.

Kentucky Sues the Makers of Drug OxyContin

On Thursday, Kentucky officials sued the makers of OxyContin, a prescription painkiller, because of its harmful effects on its residents. The lawsuit wants reimbursement for the costs of drug abuse programs, law enforcement, and prescription drug payments through Medicaid and the Kentucky Pharmaceutical Assistance Program.

The makers of OxyContin are defending themselves by saying that the package has warnings against abusing the drug and the company shouldn’t be responsible for people who abuse the drug.

The lawsuit is also seeking punitive damages and a court-monitored fund that would pay for a program that would notify the users of possible harms of the drug and fund the research on the effects of the drug.

Kentucky officials decided to go through with the lawsuit after the drug maker and three executives pleaded guilty to misleading the public about its risk of addiction. They agreed to pay $634.5 million in fines for saying that the drug is less addictive and has less of a possibility of drug abuse than other pain medications.

Mike Vick Get a Visit from the Repo Man

An Indiana bank recently sued Mike Vick for not repaying his loans that involved a car rental business. Vick is the chief financial officer of Divine Seven, a car rental company, and bought more than 130 cars through the loans. The bank says it suffered damages of about $2 million dollars because Vick and Divine Seven LLC wouldn’t pay for the vehicles. The bank has repossessed most of the cars.

Last week, Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick for $2.3 million dollars that he claimed he was going to use for real estate investments.

Inmate Sues Mike Vick for $63 Billion Dollars and Accuses Him of Buying Missiles

Mike Vick, a NFL quarterback who is facing charges related to dogfighting, has been hit with a $63 billion dollar lawsuit from a South Carolina inmate, named Jonathan Lee Riches, who claims that Vick stole his pit bulls and sold them on Ebay to buy missiles from Iran.

Riches said that Vick stole two white mixed pit bulls from his home in Florida and used them for his dogfights in Virginia. He also said that Vick sold the dogs on Ebay and used the money from that to buy missiles from the Iran government. He said that Vick needed those missiles because he pledged alliance to Al Qaeda earlier this year.

Riches wants $63 billion dollars delivered to the Williamsburg Federal Correctional facility in South Carolina where he is an inmate due to a wire fraud conviction.