Ben Vereen’s surprising bigamous past
69-year-old theater actor, dancer, and Tony Award winner Ben Vereen is now facing allegations that he spent 36 years illegally married to two women at the same time. The women involved are Andrea Vereen, his first wife of 50 years, and Nancy Bruner, with whom he tied the knot in 1976 in California, and later divorced. In Brooklyn Supreme […]
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie dispel divorce rumors
52-year-old actor and producer Brad Pitt and 41-year-old actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie-Pitt are focusing their attentions on their children after managing to dispel rumors that their marriage is coming to an end. After the pair celebrated their two-year wedding anniversary at a Beverly Hills hotel during the last week of August, they were seen buying an […]
Frances Bean Cobain’s estranged husband wants at least $25,000 in monthly spousal support
Frances Bean Cobain (24), daughter of the late Kurt Cobain, is in the midst of a divorce from former husband, Isiah Silva. The two have been unable to split peacefully as Silva (31) continues to demand a significant amount of Cobain’s estate. According to Entertainment News Network TMZ, Silva has requested at least $25,000 in […]
San Jose police officer held as suspected informant of Vietnamese gang
Authorities announced on Wednesday, August 24, that a San Jose police officer was arrested on the suspicion that he is serving as an informant to Vietnamese hoodlums involved in gambling, drugs, and extortion. The officer, identified as Derrick Antonio, was held as a suspect for five felony counts of unauthorized computer access and one count of […]
Federal Background Checks Fail to Stop 7 Percent of Gun Sales to Individuals with Domestic Abuse History
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 6-2 that convicted domestic abusers can be barred from buying guns. The federal background check system, however, failed to block seven percent of sales that should have been denied due to domestic abuse convictions or court protective order. While 89,000 sales were blocked, 6,800 were cleared despite a history […]
UC Berkeley Staffer Sentenced for Embezzling $400,000
A former University of California staffer and Pinole resident received an 18-month prison sentence after making a plea agreement back in February. DeSondra Ward, 45, formerly served as an administrative assistant and financial analyst at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science. During her tenure, she repeatedly used the university’s travel system to purchase plane tickets […]
Jhene Aiko filing for divorce
Twenty-eight-year-old singer-songwriter Jhene Aiko filed a divorce petition last Thursday, August 11. She is seeking a split from 30-year-old record producer Oladipo Omishore, who is professionally known as Dot Da Genius, after a marriage of less than one year. Aiko and Omishore were married in secret 11 months ago, but Aiko is now asking for a divorce from Omishore, […]
Ed Hartwell files for divorce from wife Keshia Knight Pulliam
Thirty-eight-year-old former American linebacker Ed Hartwell filed a divorce petition in Fulton County, Georgia from 37-year-old actress Keshia Knight Pulliam. He also demanded that she take a paternity test. Pulliam said she has been faithful to Hartwell during their seven-month marriage and that she is willing to patch things up with him, even if that means taking a paternity test […]
Divorce, real property, and severing the joint tenancy in California
When you file for marriage nullity, marriage dissolution, or legal separation in California, automatically, four mutual temporary restraining orders are put in place. Such orders disallow one spouse from making transfers, selling, or profiting from a real property on their own. However, if one spouse loses his life, the real property the divorcing spouses share will […]
Nearly 1,000 Law Enforcement Guns Lost in 6 Years
A newly released report claims that California law enforcement has misplaced or reported stolen 944 guns since 2010. The investigation looked into the root cause of the missing weapons and claimed that a majority of the guns stolen came straight out of law enforcement vehicles. In response to this new report, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s […]
