Former Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor (pictured, with his wife) was accused of having sex with an underage girl who says she's a victim of trafficking. But in a plea bargain, he's managed to avoid jail time.

• In yet another taped phone conversation, Mel Gibson has a rageful, semi-incoherent meltdown, uses an ethnic slur, and tells Oksana Grigorieva, "You're a fucking using whore…I own you... You don't count."

• Last summer, psychic James Van Praagh appeared on The View, and reportedly told Barbara Walters there was an issue with her blood. Barbara said later, "I'm skeptical and Mr. Van Praagh knows it," but now she's having heart surgery.

• The 16-year-old who brought rape charges against Lawrence Taylor says she didn't recognize the NFL player at the time of the assault, but because she's a "huge Giant fan," she isn't sure she wants him to go to jail.

• Washington Post writer Jonathan Capehart is calling out Gabourey Sidibe, and intimating that she is not very nice. In fact, he says, "She's mean."