Judge says Pamela Anderson must follow the rules
Pamela Anderson and Rick Soloman in Miami Beach
Pamela Anderson’s on-again off-again legal fight with soon to be ex-husband Rick Solomon hit a legal bump. Anderson filed for a restraining order against Solomon based on claims he is blackmailing her with nude pics. In court however, Anderson’s legal team failed to show they properly served Solomon. As a result, the judge would only issue a temporary order.
It appears that the legal problem is a simple one: Pamela’s attorneys didn’t file her case properly. It doesn’t matter how powerful her claims may be, the judge has to give Salomon a chance to come to court and refute them. A new hearing date has been set, and so Anderson and her team will get a “do over.”
Nikki Lund and Richie Sambora
Sambora denies threat and goes to Bora Bora
Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora angrily denies reports he threatened his ex-girlfriend and ex-business partner Nikki Lund in a heated phone call last month.
“This is a cluster of fabricated lies in retaliation for Mr. Sambora’s decision to cease further funding of the unprofitable partnership, plain and simple,” Sambora’s rep told the NY Daily News.
Sambora is in Bora Bora vacationing with ex-wife Heather Locklear and their daughter.
After Sambora had left for Bora Bora, Lund, filed a police report claiming the rocker assaulted her and threatened to kill her. Sambora’s reps say he will address the allegations when he returns home.
This is a messy case. We do know is the sheriff’s department is investigating and deputies tried to contact Sambora. We also know Sambora and Lund started the Nikki Rich clothing last year. Sambora left then partnership last month.
Lund is a childhood friend of Kim Kardashian. She has not publically comments on the allegations.
Judge throws the book at revenge porn website owner
Kevin Bollaert in courtroom in San Diego
A San Diego judge sentenced 28 year old Kevin Bollaert, the owner of a revenge porn website, to 18 years in prison. It’s a very strong sentence that sends a clear message – this type of Internet extortion will put you in prison for a long stretch. Bollaert’s attorney said he posted more than 10,000 sexually explicit pictures in one year – mostly of women.
Prosecutors did not use California’s new anti-revenge porn law. Instead they charged Bollaert with 21 counts of identity theft and six counts of extortion. He was found guilty on all counts in February.
“Sitting behind a computer, committing what is essentially a cowardly and criminal act, will not shield predators from the law or jail,” California Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a statement.
Victims of Bollaert’s scheme said he ruined their lives. One victim told the court she attempted suicide. Others said it cost them their jobs and destroyed relationships.
Even Bollaert’s lawyer claimed at the trial the business was gross and offensive, but that their client did not break the law by allowing others to post the explicit material.
After the photos were posted, Bollaert contacted the victims and offered to remove the photos for $350.
The Washington Post wrote:
California is one of 17 states that now has a law aimed at punishing “revenge porn.” Bollaert was arrested two months after the law was put into effect, although he was eventually charged with identity theft and extortion. California’s law, like other anti-revenge porn laws working their way through state legislatures, makes it a criminal act to distribute sexually explicit images without permission to cause emotional distress, even if the subject of the picture agreed to be photographed.
Reactions to Bollaert’s sentence has been mixed. Some feel that the harm he’s caused through the exploitation of this invasion of privacy warrants and even harsher sentence. Others suggest that an 18 year prison sentence is too long when you consider that maiming or killing another person often results in less time behind bars. Regardless, Bollaert will now have plenty of time to contemplate this, and perhaps even experience his own version of “revenge porn” in prison.
Read more on California’s “Revenge Porn” law.
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