While the average person may consider the law to be boring, many of the lawsuits that make headlines these days are anything but. Whether it involves the literary world, the music business, or poor parenting, there have been plenty of interesting lawsuits during the previous year. The following lawsuits, some serious and some bizarre, each garnered media attention in 2013. Harper Lee Lawsuit Author Harper Lee, who wrote the world famous novel “To Kill a […]

Tom Cruise has settled his $50 million lawsuit against Bauer Media after they plastered his “abandoned Suri” story all over the tabloids. The terms of the settlement have not been made public, but he will be getting a public apology from them for the mishap. It all began when Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom. Afterward, it was said that Tom hadn’t seen his daughter in months. The tabloids went on with the story […]

A former head of security for Michael Jackson has testified that he was concerned about the late king of pop’s exorbitant drug use. Michael la Perruque took the witness stand in the ongoing lawsuit between the Katherine Jackson and the entire Jackson family against AEG Live earlier this week. In his testimony, La Perruque said that he was especially worried that Jackson would overdose in the early 2000′s, adding that he later seemed to get […]

We all know by now how much Michael Jackson loved his “milk” (ie: Propofol), so it’s not a surprise to many that he was really into some shocking drug use. His former wife/partner Debbie Rowe is set to testify in Katherine Jackson’s wrongful death trial about just how far Michael went to get his fix. Her testimony could damage the Jackson’s case against the music giant, but she will tell the court how much of […]

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has just gotten her butt handed to her in a legal battle with rapper Pitbull over his song “Give Me Everything”. Just because she could sue E-Trade over “Milkaholic Lindsay” and win does not mean that she can launch a lawsuit in anyone’s direction who uses her name. Pitbull used her name in the lyrics for the song, saying, “I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan”. She decided that it […]

Yesterday an unknown man going by the moniker John Doe launched a lawsuit at John Travolta, claiming that he was sexually assaulted by the actor. The lawsuit claims that John found the masseur’s ad online and contacted him for an appointment. They met up and went to the Beverly Hills Hotel and into John’s bungalow. At the time, the masseur claims that John got fully nude and gave him a massage for an hour without […]

Kris Jenner commented that she recently went under the knife to get a new face for her daughter, Kim Kardashian’s wedding. She had the procedure done in June, so that she wouldn’t look like an alien (basically) when it came to the wedding date, which is August 20th. Now, there’s an anti-aging cosmetics company that Kris endorsed, who’s suing her for breach of contract! They have a point…if you want to endorse anti-aging products then […]

Kim Kardashian is steaming mad at Old Navy for using a lookalike of her in a recent ad campaign. So mad, in fact, that she’s hitting them right in the wallet! The ads ran showing Melissa Molinaro, who does actually look like the reality star. So, she’s taking them to court! She claims that the clothing company used the lookalike to fool the public into believing that she is actually affiliated with them. TMZ reports: […]

Courtney Love has been ordered by a judge to part with over $35,000 – after allegedly stiffing two of her former maids. Reportedly, she hadn’t paid the maids, named Myrium and Miriam, for a total of $35,769.72, including interest, penalties and wages. Having hired help proved to be extra-costly for Courtney Love – and all because the rocker didn’t pay her maids in the first place. The two housekeepers proved to a court that the […]

Bret Michaels performed with Poison at the 2009 Tony Awards and if you’ll recall, he was struck in the head by a set piece descending from above. The blow knocked him down, causing lip and nose injuries — and now he’s saying that was the culprit for his brain hemorrhage. In the lawsuit, Bret claims that he had no instruction on how to safely exit the stage and when he did, he was smacked in […]

Katie Holmes is suing American Media Inc. over publishing her alleged drug problem on the front cover of Star magazine’s January issue! She’s seeking $50 million in damages after the publication claimed that she has an “addiction shocker”. They also revealed “The real reason she can’t leave Tom”. Her lawyer called BS on all of the magazine’s allegations and said that everyone should sue to get their money back! The Wrap reports: Star’s “vicious lies […]

Now that porn star Capri Anderson has filed a criminal complaint against Charlie Sheen for the incident at a New York hotel, Charlie’s fighting back! According to reports, Charlie has filed an extortion lawsuit against Capri and is also claiming that she stole his $165,000 watch. He says that she tried to extort him for one million dollars. She reportedly told him that if she didn’t get the money, she’d go to the Aspen prosecutors […]

Last week, actress Eva Longoria got into a car accident with a man named Roman Gasparyan. He claimed to be suffering a series of injuries after the fender bender and has unleashed a lawsuit on her, claiming that she’s at fault. Now, Roman claims that if she issues a public apology to him over the accident and takes the blame, he’ll drop the lawsuit. His attorney said, “Mr. Gasparyan is not here for the money. […]