Jezebel
blaming the victim
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Leftovers
Olive Garden Shies Away From Kendra Wilkinson • GGW Assaulter Released From Jail
Kendra Wilkinson's love for the Olive Garden and role as a "rogue brand ambassador" (not to mention promoting the company's employees in Playboy) isn't appreciated by the family-friendly restaurant who view her endorsement as a "complicated issue." • The Girls Gone Wild crew member who was arrested for sexually assaulting a girl in Long Island has been released from jail because no indictment was filed. He still faces charges for the assault. • An Australian woman got revenge on her cheating husband by selling pictures of his lover's underpants and an empty condom wrapper on eBay. • More » -
Snap Judgments (Weekend Edition)
Speidi Dines With Joe Francis? • Nicole Kidman Is Luxurious In Leather
Welcome back to the Monday morning edition of Snap Judgment, in which we publish the celebrity snaps that came in over the earlier part of the weekend. Inside: Naveen Andrews, George Clooney, Kristen Johnson, Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Joe Francis, Lindsay Lohan, Sam Ronson, Nicole Kidman, Katie Holmes, and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bush at the Olympics. All those — and others — in a gallery beginning below. (Click on the post headline, then a picture to begin the gallery view.)
More »9:15 AM on Mon Aug 11 2008
By Maria
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Boys Gone Wilding II
More details pertaining to the arrest of a Girls Gone Wild staffer for sexual assault have been released. Matthew O'Sullivan, the boss of a GGW video crew, met the 20-year-old victim inside a tavern and asked her to come to a party on the GGW bus, where he allegedly pulled off her shorts and underwear and then kept his fingers inhands around her throat to keep her from running out. The girl was able to break free when her friends saw her struggling behind a curtain and then helped her flag down the police. The police arrested O'Sullivan after he locked himself in the GGW bus but eventually surrendered to the cops. Charming! [NY Post] -
Boys Gone Wilding
A taping of Girls Gone Wild (the nipple-flash video franchise owned by lawsuit-attracting and sexual harassment victim, Joe Francis) was cut short in Long Island, NY after a woman flagged down cops at 2:30 a.m. today outside of the Smithtown bar, nubar, and told them she had been sexually assaulted. The police then arrested a male staff member of the GGW production company near the GGW Party Bus, which was filming a segment on the search for "The Wildest Bar in America." Details as to the nature of the assault and the arrested staff member have not yet been made public. [My Fox via Gothamist]
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Loose Lips
Girls Gone Wild's resident jerkass Joe Francis is getting sued for $2 million. Apparently billionaire Steve Wynn gave Francis a $2.8 million loan and has only seen $800,000 of that cash returned to him. • A theater was named for Heath Ledger in the actor's hometown of Perth, Australia today. Heath's dad, Kim, attended the ceremony. • The gossip is tepid today, so I give you David Beckham grabbing his junk. Thanks Dlisted and Michael K.! [TMZ, Us, Dlisted]
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Loose Lips
Rapper Remy Ma (real name: Reminisce Smith) was sentenced today to eight years in jail for shooting a woman outside a New York club. Her lawyer will appeal the sentence. • Beyonce's dad says he doesn't dignify pregnancy rumors with a response. "We don't comment," Matthew Knowles tells Us. "We just let people make fools of themselves." • Shayne Lamas, the woman who just won the Bachelor and is now engaged to bachelor Matt Grant, is celebrating by posing in her skivvies in Girls Gone Wild magazine. Omg, that's just how I like to celebrate special occasions! Soul mates! [TMZ, Us, People]
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dirt bag
Ooh La La! Angelina & Brad En France
- Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and all of their kids have hit the French Riviera. They're staying in a villa owned by Microsoft's Paul Allen that has breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea. A source says: "They love France and will now be here until after the babies are born and Angie is looking at Marseille hospitals as a potential place to give birth." [E!]
- These rumors about Mariah Carey marrying Nick Cannon will not die. Could they possibly be true??? [People]
- Gossip Girl gossip: Girl-on-girl action is on its way! [Perez Hilton]
- Plus! Lisa Loeb will make a cameo on Gossip Girl, playing a socialite. Hee! [LA Times]
- Paula Abdul spaced out or went cuckoo or something on American Idol. You can watch it here. [EW]
- Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and all of their kids have hit the French Riviera. They're staying in a villa owned by Microsoft's Paul Allen that has breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea. A source says: "They love France and will now be here until after the babies are born and Angie is looking at Marseille hospitals as a potential place to give birth." [E!]
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abuses of power
Sheriff Charged With Raping, Sodomizing & Bribing Female Prisoners
An Oklahoma Sheriff is being accused of running his own version of Girls Gone Wild in prison: On Wednesday, Mike Burgess, the top officer in Custer County — 90 miles outside Oklahoma City — was arrested for, among other charges, forcing female prisoners to "engage in wet T-shirt contests and offering cigarettes to those who would flash their breasts," reports the AP. Burgess's T-shirt contests weren't his only alleged misconducts: A federal lawsuit against him includes "14 counts of second-degree rape, seven counts of forcible oral sodomy and five counts of bribery by a public official." Other dastardly deeds attributed to the asshole: telling a drug court participant he would send to jail if she didn't give him sexual favors; giving a prisoner a coveted "jail trusty" job after she performed a sex act on him, then taking the position away when she would no longer service him, and telling a third woman he would get her brother released from jail if she did him. More » -
boy gone vile
In Defense Of Joe Francis (Sort Of)
Don't get me wrong, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is a douche nozzle. He has a lot of idiot friends (Tara Reid, Paris Hilton), he's bristling with entitlement, and probably worst of all, he's under the assumption that his brand of objectification is merely the observation of women's sexual liberation. But people shouldn't have to go to jail just because we aren't fans of them or their work. Joe's legal problems have been going on for years, a lot of which has been at the hands of the Justice Department's Obscenity Prosecution Task Force. Here's the thing about that: The government doesn't give a fuck that drunk girls are flashing their tits for frat guys to jerk off to. They care that they don't get a cut of the action it's bringing in. (Stuff like firearms, tobacco, and alcohol all have hefty government taxes.) The business of sex is a lucrative one, and the Obscenity Task Force was formed to catch smut peddlers on shit like sloppy record keeping, in order to fine them or seize their assets. "It's terrifying, honestly," Vivid Alt's Eon McKai* told us. "It's a bit like a witch hunt." More »
