Scandals

Paris Jackson Suicide Attempt Reported in Calabasas

In the middle of the new trial of the century, the Jackson family's multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against Anschutz Entertainment Group, Paris Jackson appears to have tried to commit suicide. The 15-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson was hospitalized overnight after either an overdose or cutting a ... More >>

The Bling Ring Book Chronicles the Calabasas Teens Who Stole From Celebrities

"It seemed like something somebody would make up," author Nancy Jo Sales says on the phone from her New York home. "If you had pitched this as a movie, nobody would've bought it. It would've been too unbelievable." But the story of a bunch of young suburbanites who burglarized a string of celebrity ... More >>

Sex Offenders, Narcotics Convicts Working As California Drug Counselors?

A look at California's substance abuse counselors found that at least 23 of them were convicted sex offenders, with many having rape or child molestation on their records. That's according to a California Senate Rules Committee study of our lack of oversight for drug counselors in the Golden State:

Drinking Too Much Makes You Stupid, But SoCal Researcher Has A Cure

We all know that drinking a lot makes you stupid. What we don't really know is if there's an antidote to this mental decline. Now a Southern California professor and her research partner from the University of Colorado at Boulder claim there just might be:

L.A. Pedophile Priests 'Dumped On' Latino Neighborhoods? Revealing Audio Unearthed

The L.A. Archdiocese not only knew about pedophile priests, but strategized about how to shuffle them around. KCET's "SoCal Connected" at 5:30 tonight will air its exclusive investigation into the scandal that has clouded the legacy of ex-Cardinal Roger Mahony. The station obtained exclusive, 1996 ... More >>

Cardinal Roger Mahony Stripped Of Duties For Sex Abuse Cover-Up

We're not sure that a stunning rebuke is, but we're going to guess that this is one. Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez stated tonight that retired Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus Roger Mahony would "no longer have any administrative or public duties" for the 4-million-parishioner L.A. Archdiocese ... More >>

Will Cardinal Roger Mahony Face Charges for Sex Abuse Cover Up? SNAP says Yes

On the front page of this morning's Los Angeles Times, the paper notes that several legal experts suspect Cardinal Roger Mahony will not face criminal charges for covering up clergy sex abuse due to the statute of limitations. One advocacy group says those experts have it wrong. "We aren't police, ... More >>

L.A. FBI Agents Ready To Investigate Allegations Of Voter Fraud in Southern California

Voter fraud is rarer than a global-warming denier in New York City right now. Republican efforts to scare away the poor, dark and Democratic vote in states like Pennsylvania and Florida have made this non-issue a hot topic nonetheless. Ironically, some of the biggest headlines about voter fraud th ... More >>

Vernon Election Overturned; Hearing Officer Finds Out-Of-Towners Illegally Tipped Result

A hearing officer today ruled that illegal, out-of-town voters supplied the winning margin in a city council election in Vernon -- the tiny industrial city with a long history of corruption.Reno Bellamy was initially declared the winner in June by a narrow margin, 34-30. But the hearing officer, Deb ... More >>

Voter Fraud in Vernon

Chamber accuses nine ringers of voting in Vernon to steal a city council election

Linda Hogan's DUI Arrest Comes in Midst of Hulk Hogan's Sex-Tape Scandal

Hulk Hogan's ex-wife Linda Bollea, a.k.a. Linda Hogan, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of driving her Mercedes under the influence of alcohol on the 101 freeway in Calabasas, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department announced today. It happened shortly after 1:30 a.m. on the 101 at Kanan Road, depu ... More >>

Amanda Bynes DUI: Nickelodeon Star Clips L.A. Sheriff's Vehicle While Allegedly Wasted

Is Amanda Bynes the new Lindsay Lohan? Her hair is looking extra fried and face extra puffy these days. But more importantly, the former child star (and up-and-coming West Hollywood party girl) was arrested last night for drunk driving, according to Sergeant Arthur Famble at the West Hollywood Sher ... More >>

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LA Weekly's Top 11 News Stories of 2011

And here we thought 2010 was a sexy one for Los Angeles. Our most popular news stories in 2011 make last year's fare -- alleged John Travolta sightings at a gay spa, Vegas broads who sell sex to make rent -- look wholesome by comparison. Los Angeles was a blur of nude pics and racy murders these la ... More >>

Conrad Murray Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter of Michael Jackson

Conrad Murray.​With Jackson family members Joe, Katherine, La Toya and Germaine inside the courtroom and hundreds of fans outside the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles, a court clerk announced that jurors have concluded Dr. Conrad Murray is guilty of involu ... More >>

Tower Heist Review

Cop's Book Says Sean Combs, Suge Knight Ordered Tupac and Biggie Killings

Top detective on rap murders says LAPD pulled the plug despite confessions

Marijuana Could be Used to Treat Cocaine Addiction, According to Federal Research

A joint will fix you right up.​Are you one of those partiers who gets caught in this cycle: You're a little plastered, so you reach for the nearest line of cocaine. Then you're a little too up, so you reach for the nearest joint. And so on. (Coughs -- Lindsay Lohan. Joking). Maybe you're onto ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Sexted Underage Girl? Cops Are Looking Into Reported Twitter Relationship Between U.S. Rep And 17-Year-Old

debaird​This Weiner scandal has legs, and not the kind you want to see sexted to your iPhone, either. Cops today are reportedly investigating whether U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner communicated with an underage girl from Delaware as part of the Weinergate sexting scandal that erupted after L.A. blo ... More >>

Mercedes To Open Teen Driving School in Los Angeles For The Rich And The Furious

MBUSASL65 AMG: Educational.​Not so sure that if we had a teen daughter we'd want her to learn how to drive behind the wheel of the same kind of car Lindsay Lohan ditched on the side of a local road en route to a DUI conviction and her much publicized legal woes. But if there's anyplace in Ame ... More >>

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Britney Spears, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Nolte Invoked For Movie Investment Scam, Feds Allege

Britney was used.​In a town for where handshakes and words often suffice for written contracts, it's easy to see how an alleged scam like this could go down. Two L.A. area men were arrested today on suspicion of running a "boiler room" operation that raised $300,000 for films that weren't pro ... More >>

Somebody Stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini

Food Network/Alan PoulinGuy Fieri​ Ah, the perils of fame, money and expensive cars. And no, sorry, this is not a Charlie Sheen story. Food Network star Guy Fieri (Minute to Win It, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) had his $200,000-plus Lamborghini sports car stolen, and not just ripped off by an ... More >>

Leonardo DiCaprio Flick 'Shutter Island' Was Backdrop For Lancaster Stabbing That Will Send Landry Boullard to Prison For 40 Years

Leonardo DiCaprio did not inspire this attack.​We know, sometimes all of us would like to commit a capital crime whenever we actually pay to see a movie featuring Ben Affleck (as if). But this guy actually lost it during a screening of Leonardo DiCaprio flick Shutter Island in Lancaster near ... More >>

Top 10 LA Weekly News Stories Of 2010: Sex, Drugs, One Absurdly Long Tongue And The 'Attempted Lynching' That Shook Los Angeles

Swam2dayWe get it: You like your news with a side of sexy​How better to determine the Top 10 news items of the year in our wonderfully fucked-up, always aggravating but certainly never boring City of Angels than by raw click count? The following stories may not be the most important of the y ... More >>

L.A. Porn-Maker Releasing Brittney Jones Sex Tape Despite Threats From Aston Kutcher's Attorney

VividHomewrecker (allegedly).​Porn maker Vivid Entertainment is being more careful about marketing a video featuring a woman who claims to have been Aston Kutcher's f-buddy. But it's still releasing the tape. In a statement this week, Vivid alluded to Brittney Jones' claimed rendezvous with A ... More >>

Fantasy Voter Fraud

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was dissed by Russell Pearce over Prop 200's dismissal

Ashton Kutcher Expected To Testify In Trial Of Alleged 'Chiller Killer' Michael Gargiulo

Ashley Ellerin, allegedly murdered by the "Chiller Killer."​Ashton Kutcher hasn't said much, if anything, about the murder of his onetime love interest Ashley Ellerin in 2001. Now, LA Weekly reports, he'll probably have to testify in open court. Prosecutors claim she was the victim of a frien ... More >>

Informally Licensed Sex Therapists Capitalizing On Sex-Addiction Craze

Sawf NewsPorn star Joslyn James was a tall whiskey-Cola to "sex addict" Tiger Woods​In a puzzling new contradiction to stale married life as we know it, therapists have found that many humans enjoy sex. Lots of it. New centers and counselors for sex-addiction therapy are popping up this yea ... More >>

Jerry Brown Sues Sikder Family, Owners Of Koi Restaurant, For 'Worker Exploitation' At Car Washes

​California Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown is pulling out all the stops in his quest for the Latino vote. After outing challenger Meg Whitman as a former employer of an undocumented housekeeper, on Monday he slapped the owners of TMZ hot-spot restaurant Koi for "worke ... More >>

Cardinal Roger Mahony Vilified for Cleansing 'Predator Priests' List of Names from His L.A. Archdiocese Web Site

Cardinal Roger Mahony​With Cardinal Roger Mahony getting ready to retire from the Roman Catholic Los Angeles Archdiocese, his eminence is pulling some strange, ill-conceived moves again, now refusing to maintain an updated list of sexually abusive priests on the archdiocese's web site. The ... More >>

Wynn Resorts Bans Paris Hilton Following Arrest For Alleged Cocaine Possession

​Wynn Resorts banned Paris Hilton from its two hotels on the Las Vegas strip Wednesday, while her boyfriend Cy Waits has been released as managing partner for the properties' Tryst and XS nightclubs, the Associated Press reports. Wynn spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne told the paper that Hilton is b ... More >>

RV Dealer Wants To Settle Lawsuit with 'Twilight' Star Taylor Lautner With Push-Up Contest

​"Twilight" star Taylor Lautner could once again flex his muscles, though not in a movie, but, rather, in a push-up contest. Brian McMahon, owner of an RV dealership, has challenged actor Taylor Lautner to a push-up challenge in an attempt to settle a lawsuit by the action star, the Los Angel ... More >>

Paris Hilton Arrested In Vegas After Cocaine Allegedly Found In Her Possession

​Is anyone surprised? Party girl Paris Hilton was arrested Friday night in Las Vegas after police said they found cocaine in her purse. Hilton has already hired a top Vegas lawyer, David Chesnoff, who asks us "not to rush to judgment until all of the facts have been dealt with in a court of la ... More >>

Cardinal Roger Mahony Slams Prop. 8 Decision

Cardinal Roger Mahony​On his blog on Wednesday, Cardinal Roger Mahony, who leads the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, slammed U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker for overturning Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that took away the existing right of gays and lesbians to legally marry in Ca ... More >>

Michael Jackson One-Year Tribute Event Happening In Beverly Hills

​An event marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson will take place Saturday at the Beverly Hilton hotel. With ticket prices of $150 to $500, the public was invited to check out performances by the Chi Lites and Randy Jackson's daughter, Genevieve Jackson. When the Week ... More >>

Conrad Murray Allowed To Continue Practicing Medicine In California

​Conrad Murray, the doctor accused in the manslaughter death of Michael Jackson, can continue to practice medicine in the state of California under a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling issued Monday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor said fellow Judge Keith Schwartz already gav ... More >>

Michael Jackson Fans To March Downtown One Day After The Anniversary Of King Of Pop's Death

​A group unhappy about the justice system's pace in the death of Michael Jackson is planning a rally downtown one day after the one-year anniversary of the pop star's death. The group is encouraging people to show up outside Staples Center on Saturday, June 26 at 11 a.m. for a march to the Los ... More >>

Will Cardinal Mahony Hurt the Cooley Campaign?

For months, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, a moderate Republican seeking the GOP nomination for California Attorney General, has been taking hits from his conservative rivals during a hard-hitting primary race (see the current issue of L.A. Weekly).Los Angeles County D.A. Steve C ... More >>

Tiger's Texts To Be Played Out In Adult Video

Vivid​If you ever wondered how Tiger Woods really got down during his alleged affair with porn star Joslyn James, she's going to show you: James parlayed her Woods-affair spotlight into a deal with the world's largest porn producer, Los Angeles-based Vivid, for The Eleventh Hole, "a movie that ... More >>

Faux Hookers, Bartending Kids at Banksy Premiere

​ Exit Through the Gift Shop, the documentary starring (and apparently detourned by) street artist Banksy, had its LA premiere last night at the grand old Los Angeles Theater in Downtown LA. In our cover story this week, Banksy himself claimed that "the plan for the American premiere is to sur ... More >>

Did Michael Jackson Give Himself A Fatal Dose?

​TMZ is reporting that the legal team of the doctor charged on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson is preparing to argue that the King of Pop gave himself the final and fatal dose of an anesthetic drug. Doctor Conrad Murray's defense team, however, denied the ... More >>

Failure To Tweet Puts Singer Justin Bieber's Manager Under Arrest

Justin Bieber.​The manager of teen pop sensation Justin Bieber turned himself in to authorities Wednesday after he was arrested for refusing a cop's order to tweet that an out-of-control appearance in Long Island, New York by the singer was called off. Scott "Scooter" Braun pleaded not guilty ... More >>

Jerry Brown Files To Prevent Michael Jackson's Doctor From Practicing In California

Attorney General Jerry Brown.​State Attorney General Jerry Brown on Tuesday announced that he has formally asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to suspend the state license of Michael Jackson's doctor until the involuntary manslaughter case against him is completed. Brown filed documents on b ... More >>

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Jackson Doctor Prohibited From Administering Heavy Sedatives

​Conrad Murray, the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death, can still practice medicine, but he's been prohibited from administering heavy sedatives, a spokeswoman for the California Medical Board told LA Weekly. Candis Cohen of the Medical Board says the board and the Los Angeles County D ... More >>

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