Showing posts with label Legal Troubles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Legal Troubles. Show all posts

Monday, August 4, 2008

Josh Howard: faster on the highway than the court


Dallas Mavericks star Josh Howard was arrested on August 2nd for racing on North Carolina highway US 421. On top of doing nearly 40 mph over the speed limit (94 in a 55 mph zone), he was additionally charged with careless and reckless driving, and speed competition. He was driving a black Lexus and racing with a Volkswagen. Howard was released from jail after promising to appear in court on September 23rd. No word on the other driver.

Rampage's hit-and-run reveals new victim


Former UFC champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's wild hit-and-run from last month has taken a tragic turn. Holli Griggs was 16 weeks pregnant and "perfectly healthy" when Rampage sideswiped her Cadillac Escalade on July 15th. After the accident however, Griggs lost a lot of fluid from her womb and has now suffered a miscarriage. Griggs and her fiance Bill Krebs have hired an attorney, but have yet to take legal action.

Rodman can't steer clear of trouble


A little over a month after pleading guilty to spousal battery, Dennis Rodman's Mercedes S600 has been impounded. An unidentified female was driving the car in West Hollywood when she was pulled over. The registration had not been paid in a year and a half. A rep for Rodman has stated that Rodman thought his business manager had paid the registration, and that he is ready to fix things.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Neighbor of Michael Bentt gets bent by Bentt


Mark Emerson, neighbor of Michael Bentt, claims in a new lawsuit that Bentt beat him down when he tried to tell the retired heavyweight boxer to keep the noise down. The lawsuit, which you can read here, alleges that, "Michael opened the front door and repeatedly punched Emerson about the face and body until he was unconscious. Emerson lay on the ground unconscious in a pool of his own blood until medical evacuation personnel arrived and took him to the hospital emergency room." The lawsuit furthermore claims that Emerson suffered from, "...cuts and gashes on his face which required 6 stitches, a broken eye socket, a broken cheek bone, two black eyes, a bruised collar bone, a huge lump on the back of his head, numbness in the face, a chronically drooping eye socket and cheek, diagnosed post traumatic stress disorder, distorted vision, dizziness, nervousness, and anxiety."