Preakness Stakes-winning jockey Kent Desormeaux has gone to alcohol rehabilitation in Utah. Sources say he will return in time to ride Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes Saturday June 11. "It was time to take a sober look at my life and take this step," Desormeaux said in a brief statement issued through his agent J.R. Pegram. Hmmm... jockey... alcohol.. somewhere in here there is a short snort joke.
Read more ...It came as a shock to employees and management of the non-profit organization UNISON when President and CEO Laurene Gramling Lambach was arrested for possible embezzlement on November 20, 2018, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The highly educated Lambach was charged with helping people in her capacity as head of UNISON. Now she's just charged!
Read more ...TV star Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Criminal Minds) has once again checked into rehab after pleading guilty to charges in his most recent arrest. Not just a criminal mind, but a real honest to goodness criminal. Nice.
Read more ...Decades ago, when Robin Williams was just starting to become famous with his madcap, stream-of-consciousness performances on “Mork and Mindy,” one would have made a good bet that he would eventually kill himself through substance abuse. It can be safely said that many of his comedic performances occurred while he was high on cocaine. However, Williams’ recent death by suicide was not directly related to his substance abuse problems.
Read more ...On Monday June 22, 2015 Sean "P. Diddy" Combs was arrested after allegedly assaulting someone with a weight-room "kettle-bell" at a UCLA training complex. A kettle-bell is a small iron weight resembling a cannon ball with a handle used for exercise. Maybe Sean needs to exercise some restraint and get a handle on his temper!
Read more ...Jimi Hendrix, the very name says it all. If you haven’t heard of this legendary artist, you’ve apparently been living in a cave for the last 50 years. He lived a short but meteoric life as a member of the "27 club."
Read more ...And indeed he did! Cornel West was arrested on October 13, 2014 while protesting in Ferguson against the shooting of Michael Brown.
Read more ...Greg Anthony, a basketball analyst for CBS and former NBA player, was arrested on January 16, 2015 and charged with solicitation of a prostitute. That was Greg Anthony... but his new nickname will be John.
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