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Song Of The Day Rehab staffer accuses Lohan of battery, then fired
LOS ANGELES: A day that began with authorities con- remains unclear.
firming Lindsay Lohan was being investigated for battery on a A judge has ordered her to remain at Betty Ford until Jan.
female staffer at a California rehab facility treating the starlet 3 and remain out of trouble until Feb. 25. He also ordered
ended with the worker fired after giving an interview about her to submit to all drug and alcohol screenings or face up to
the incident. six months in jail for violating her probation on a 3-year-old
Riverside County sheriff’s detectives said Tuesday they drunk driving case.
are investigating the Mean Girls star for an alleged altercation Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela
with a worker at a Betty Ford Center facility in Palm Desert said Lohan’s case would be presented to prosecutors, who will
that occurred after 1 a.m. on Dec. 12. decide whether Lohan faces a new charge.
The agency declined to say what prompted the fight, but Lohan has been receiving treatment at the Betty Ford
said the worker was interested in pursuing charges against Lo- Center and its facilities, about 120 miles east of Los Angeles,
han. since late September.
Betty Ford spokesman Russ Patrick said the staffer was Patrick’s statement said that until Tuesday, Betty Ford had
fired for identifying patients at the center in an interview and upheld the confidentiality of 96,000 patients who had re-
“disclosing a privileged document.” ceived treatment there since it opened in 1982.
Although Betty Ford and the sheriff’s department did not He said Holland’s interview was a breach of trust and the
identify the worker, she appeared in an interview on celebrity rehab process.
website TMZ on Tuesday afternoon and was promptly fired. “When patients come to the center for treatment, they
She claims the 24-year-old Lohan and two other girls had come to a safe place where their identity is protected, where
sneaked out of the facility. anonymity is safeguarded,” he said in an e-mail. “Their simple
In the video, Dawn Holland claims she was trying to get priority when in treatment is to learn how to live a life free of
Lohan to submit to a breathalyzer test when the actress be- alcohol and other drugs.
came belligerent, pushed her and snatched a phone from her “Confidentiality and trust are key to the treatment and
Fahad AlSabah hand, straining her arm. recovery process.”
Staff Writer Attempts to reach Holland were unsuccessful. A phone Lohan’s stint at Betty Ford is her fifth stay in rehab and her
number registered to her was not accepting calls Tuesday eve- second this year.
Song: This Bird ning. FILE - In this July 20, 2010 file photo, Lindsay Lohan is Beginning in July, she was jailed for 14 days, followed by
Artist: Solange Lohan has not been arrested or charged in the incident. three weeks at inpatient rehab. Los Angeles Superior Court
Album: Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams shown in court in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP)
Her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, said in an e-mailed Judge Elden S. Fox agreed to release her early from treatment
Genre: R&B/Soul
statement that it was the actress who called for police. sheriff’s investigation. at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in late August based
In short: While Solange is no where near half as successful as
her sister, Beyoncé, she managed to deliver an album great- She declined to offer additional details, citing the ongoing While the fallout for Holland was swift, Lohan’s situation on doctor’s recommendations. -AP
est than her sister’s last two records combined. On ‘This Bird’
Solange soars high above clouds to a place previously foreign
to the Knowles.
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E-mail your feedback to falsabah@alwatandaily.com Zsa Zsa Gabor’s Chris Brown ‘proud’ he
husband glues own eye shut finished class on violence
Judge to decide LOS ANGELES: R&B singer Chris Brown took to Twitter on Tuesday to tell
fans he completed domestic violence classes that were part of his sentence for
Jackson syringe
assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna and that he was proud of finishing them.
“I have enough self respect and decency to be proud of accomplishing this
DV class.. Boyz run from there mistakes.. Men learn from them!!!thx,” Brown
tweeted.
testing issues
Earlier on Twitter, he posted a picture of his certificate showing he had com-
pleted the course and said, “im done with class”.
Brown, 21, pleaded guilty last year to attacking Rihanna during an argu-
ment on the eve the Grammy Awards in 2009. He was sentenced to five years of
probation, community service and the year-long domestic violence course.
LOS ANGELES: A judge overseeing the criminal case of Last month, the Los Angeles judge overseeing Brown’s probation praised the
a doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death has scheduled singer of hits like “Kiss Kiss” on his progress, telling him that “no one has done
a hearing to determine if medical items found in the singer’s a better or more consistent job than you have” in meeting the requirements of
bedroom should undergo more testing that defense attorneys probation. -Reuters
contend is crucial to the case.
Attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray have been asking for
months that fluids in two syringes and an IV bag found in
Jackson’s rented mansion be tested to determine how much
of the anesthetic propofol and painkiller lidocaine they con-
tained.
Coroner’s officials ruled Jackson died of acute propofol
intoxication.
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor will hear the test-
Prince Frederic von Anhalt, husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, talks to the media as he an-
ing arguments on Dec. 29 - six days before Murray is sched-
nounces his campaign to run for governor of California in Jan. 2010. (AFP)
uled to appear for what is expected to be a lengthy, detailed
preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence
for the cardiologist to stand trial. LOS ANGELES: The husband of ailing Hol- launched a bid to become the next governor of
Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaugh- lywood socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was California.
ter. hospitalized after accidentally gluing one of his Von Anhalt is Gabor’s ninth husband.
Murray’s attorneys have struck an urgent tone regarding own eyes shut. The elderly serial marrier, famous cop slapper
the need to test the medical items, saying the evidence is Gabor, 93, has been in and out of hospi- and Hollywood star of yore had several health
deteriorating. They have described the fluids in one of the tal in recent months. But this time, it was self- scares this year.
syringes as having turned to “salt” and contended the testing proclaimed Prince Frederic Von Anhalt who was Gabor, who was left partially paralyzed and
should have been done after Jackson’s death in June 2009. rushed to hospital after he mistakenly picked up wheelchair-bound after a 2002 car accident, was
Coroner’s officials say in court filings the testing was not a bottle of nail glue he mistook for eye drops and admitted to hospital last month after suffering
necessary to determine Jackson’s cause of death. sealed his eye shut, according to celebrity website painful swelling in her legs.
Prosecutors have downplayed the significance and re- TMZ.com. In July, the Hungarian-born actress and for-
fused to enter into an agreement with Murray about testing The colorful 66-year-old German socialite mer beauty queen was hospitalized after falling
the items. underwent a procedure at a Beverly Hills clinic and breaking her hip when she reached for a ring-
The tests are likely to destroy the samples. to unstick his eye. One of his representatives told ing phone while watching her favorite television
In a document filed Friday, coroner’s officials laid out an TMZ he was in good spirits. show, Jeopardy.
experimental testing procedures they can use if Murray’s Just two months ago, von Anhalt -- who says She underwent hip replacement surgery but
motion is approved. he was adopted as an adult by a German princess suffered more complications, including a blood
One of Murray’s attorneys, J. Michael Flanagan, argued -- was hospitalized for swallowing a bee while clot for which she had more surgery.
in a court filing the delay in testing the syringes might hurt sunbathing in his backyard. During another hospital stay in August, she
the doctor’s defense. He has claimed to have fathered the daughter called in a priest to administer last rites, then left FILE - Actor and singer Chris Brown arrives at the premiere of ‘’Takers’’ in
“An essential fact in this case is not only how much of late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith after the hospital a day later insisting she wanted to Los Angeles, California Aug. 4, 2010. (Reuters)
propofol was in Michael Jackson’s body but how it was put her death in February 2007. Earlier this year, he return at home. -AFP
into his body,” Flanagan wrote. “Since further degradation
and deterioration of the evidence makes it increasingly more
difficult to test, the prejudice to the defendant is increasing.”
Velvet Revolver hoping to announce new singer soon
District attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said pros-
CBS announces
ecutors had not filed a response to Murray’s motion. -AP
DETROIT: More than two years after group. “I’ve always stressed to the band Cherie Currie. Still, he hoped the band
dumping original lead singer Scott Wei-
land, the remaining members of Velvet
Revolver are in the “dating” stages with
that we need to be current,” Sorum noted.
“I don’t want to go out there and make
retro rock ‘n’ roll music. We have to take
would be able to announce its singer soon
and be active “at least by fall” of 2011.
Velvet Revolver’s debut album, 2004’s
midseason
an unidentified replacement, according to
drummer Matt Sorum.
“The guy we’re liking now is a young
in the environment and parlay that into a
rock ‘n’ roll outlet.”
Velvet Revolver’s timetable is some-
Contraband, was a surprise hit and yielded
a Grammy. But sales for the 2007 follow-
up, Libertad, were disappointing. Weiland
changes,
adds 3 rookies
guy, a very strong guy ... a little bit heavi- what up-in-the-air. Slash plans to be on was ousted in early 2008, with the band
er rock ‘n’ roll than we are,” Sorum told the road promoting his solo album into citing his “increasingly erratic on-stage
Billboard.com. the summer, including a stint opening for behavior and personal problems.” The
He said the prospective front man has Ozzy Osbourne. Sorum, meanwhile, is band split with its RCA Records label in
been in other known bands before. “He’s producing a new album for the Runaways’ late 2008. -Reuters LOS ANGELES: Prime-time leader CBS
a guy we’ve had our eye on, but the tim- is tweaking its schedule to bring midseason
ing wasn’t right.” shows aboard.
Sorum says he, guitarists Slash and Joining the CBS lineup is spinoff series
Dave Kushner and bassist Duff McKagan Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, which
worked with the singer earlier this month. will debut Feb. 16. Other newcomers are the
Velvet Revolver is planning to hit Sorum’s comedy Mad Love, debuting Feb. 21, and the
Hollywood studio again in January to spy drama Chaos starting April 1.
start recording songs. As part of the shuffle, the Tom Selleck po-
“(Writing) is a lot of the way we’ve lice drama Blue Bloods will move to 10 p.m.
been trying out singers,” Sorum ex- ET Wednesday for four weeks beginning Jan.
plained, “and a lot of the reason we’ve 19, then return to its 10 p.m. ET Friday home
had trouble trying to pick a guy, because in February.
we really need to hear that truth. We can’t Rules of Engagement, now airing Mon-
just jump out there with any singer. We’ve day, will pair with sitcom sibling The Big Bang
got to make the right decision ... a guy Theory on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET starting
who can front a rock band of this caliber Feb. 24. It’s replacing (Bleep) My Dad Says
and be a strong enough front man to go with William Shatner, which will wrap for the
out in front of Slash and be that guy. We season.
need to hear that vocal, that lyric, that The Defenders, starring Jim Belushi and
melody. It’s not an easy thing.” Jerry O’Connell, will end its season run with
Nevertheless, Sorum said the band a shift to 8 p.m. ET Friday starting Feb. 4. CBS
FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael was impressed that the frontman candi- FILE - Scott Weiland (left) and Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver perform at the “City didn’t announce whether it or the Shatner
Jackson is shown at a press conference in London. (AP) date “has a work ethic similar to ours” of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award” gala honoring Charles Goldstuck, president of the comedy will be renewed for next year. -AP
and also brings a “modern” edge to the Bertelsmann Music Group, in West Hollywood, California Oct. 5, 2006. (Reuters)