By: Andrea Simpson / June 26, 2013 Chris Brown finds himself in legal hot water yet again. Olga Gure-Kovalenko, who was allegedly caught in a unfortunate fender bender which led to hit-and-run charges against the troubled R&B star, gave her account to the Los Angeles Police in the days after the incident on May 21. In her statement, obtained by […]

by:David Gumpert Thu, 08/11/2011 – 22:41 Christopher Darden – The criminal charges filed against three individuals associated with the Rawesome Food Club in Venice, CA, have gotten me thinking much about the trial of the Chicago Seven. It’s been a while since we’ve had a good old-fashioned political trial. The last important one that comes to mind was probably that of the […]

7/15/2013 10:48 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF EXCLUSIVE 11:30 AM PT — The L.A. City Attorney’s office has just objected to the settlement between Chris and Olga because it hasn’t yet made direct contact with Olga. The City Attorney wants to make sure Olga’s on board with the deal before they sign off on it. The judge has since continued […]

5/6/2009 3:00 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF Eddie Griffin is in the middle of a seriously nasty lawsuit — one littered with allegations of deception, fraud and worst of all … bouncing one of those comically oversized donation checks. It’s all over a $150,000 gift Griffin presented to the “Jamaica 360” program — which sends 100 African American college grads […]

6/26/2013 8:05 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF EXCLUSIVE 8:10 AM PT  Chris’ lawyer, Mark Geragos, just told TMZ, the criminal hit-and-run charge against his client is “B.S.”  Geragos says Chris gave the other driver his Virginia driver’s license and also gave her an insurance card. Geragos says Chris has 2 cars, and the Fireman’s Insurance card he forked over was […]

11/4/2010 12:50 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF The woman who allegedly cut Leonardo DiCaprio‘s face by smashing him with a broken glass in 2005 will cop a plea today … the lawyer for the accused tells TMZ. The attorney for Aretha Wilson tells TMZ … Wilson will plead no contest to felony assault with a deadly weapon resulting in great […]

8/3/2012 1:05 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF EXCLUSIVE Former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri just dodged a major bullet after his 4-hour standoff with a S.W.A.T. team last year — cutting a MAJOR deal with prosecutors that will keep him out of jail. Oliveri’s lawyer Freddy Sayegh tells TMZ, “Mr. Oliveri agreed to plead to one count of […]

By Steve Elliott Hemp News It’s been 100 years since California became the first states in the U.S. to ban marijuana. Weed historian and cannabis legalization advocate Dale Gieringer says the key date is August 10, 1913, when the state Board of Pharmacy was authorized to add “loco-weed” to the state’s Poison Act. “They began launching raids,” said Gieringer, state […]

By Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer POSTED:   06/02/2013 05:19:49 PM PDT0 COMMENTS| UPDATED:   ABOUT A YEAR AGO Magic Ellingson, known as “Henry Hemp” promotes medical marijuana at a recent Hempcon Marijuana convention at the Convention Center in Los Angeles. (David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News) The crackdown against medical pot shops across Southern California began as soon as the state’s […]

By Christina Villacorte, Staff Writer POSTED: 12/31/69, 4:00 PM PST | UPDATED: ON 08/25/2011 T-shirts decorated with the words “I Love Pot,” bongs in every shape and color, and sexy nurses wearing garlands of fake cannabis leaves — it was all there at HempCon 2011. The event at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which runs through the weekend, is all […]