Keanu’s Depo Won’t Leave Legal Matrix
Keanu Reeves’ next court date will remain his own private session.
A judge has granted the actor’s request to seal the transcript and tape of his deposition pertaining to a paparazzo’s negligence lawsuit, deeming it a “reasonable request.”
“I expect everyone to comply in good faith,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes said Monday. “I do not view this as an attempt by the defense to take unfair advantage of the plaintiff.”
Reeves’ attorney had argued that, if a video of the Q&A session got out, it would “undoubtedly be analyzed frame by frame in an attempt to embarrass Mr. Reeves.”
Meanwhile, legal eagle Joseph Farzam, who’s representing shutterbug Alison Silva, said that the public was unlikely to give Reeves the fine-tooth comb treatment reserved for celebs such as “Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith.”
The Street Kings star is “certainly not more important than the president of the United States,” Farzam argued.
But, per Grimes’ order, only the warring parties’ lawyers and expert witnesses will have access to the depo transcripts and an unnamed third party will hang onto the tape.
Silva sued Reeves in November for unspecified damages, claiming that “in a sudden, erratic and dangerous manner” Reeves hit him with his Porsche in March 2007 while pulling out of a parking space in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., leaving him with “serious injuries to body and severe shock and injuries to the nervous system and person, all of which…have caused and continue to cause Plaintiff great mental, physical and nervous pain and suffering.”
The case is scheduled to go to trial Oct. 27, but the judge expresed her belief that the two sides will settle up before then.
Try to keep up … Kim Kardashian is launching a perfume line
Fans of skanktastic television will love this news. Kim Kardashian and her ass, both stars of E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, are launching a line of perfume. She announced this news on her blog, which, by the way, is one of my favorite blogs. It’s wonderfully delusional and self-congratulatory.
I’ll indulge you in a sample, “It has always been a dream of mine to start my own perfume business, since I love to mix fragrances together and come up with new and different scents! I hope you understand my total excitement as I let you, the readers of my blog, become the first to know that I am creating my own fragrance!!!” I love the emboldened words and gratuitous use of exclamation points.
She’s working with New Wave Fragrances and the perfume will be out next May in time for Mother’s Day. I know my mom would love to smell like a skank. Come to think of it, what will a Kim scent be? What does a reality whore who made a sex tape and used to be BFFs with Queen Skank Paris Hilton smell like?
[via VH1]
Steve-O, Bodyguard Sued for Boutique Bopping
Maybe working for Steve-O has made his bodyguard forget that most people don’t enjoy the occasional blow to the head.
A former security guard has sued the Jackass daredevil and his muscle, Reggie Pace, for assault and battery, claiming Pace punched him when he refused to let their entourage into a West Hollywood boutique last summer.
“It’s all about getting justice,” Joseph Barrett, attorney for the plaintiff, Roland Cano, said in a statement Thursday. “Steve-O may believe he is someone special who can make his own rules, but he will learn that the same rules apply to him. He can’t hid behind his friend in this fight.”
According to his lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday, Roland Cano was hired to work the door at Kitson during an Aug. 16 party for the launch of Paris Hilton’s new clothing line for the chi-chi shopping spot.
Cano recalls denying Steve-O, whose real name is Stephen Glover, entry to the boutique when he tried to get in with his pals and a camera crew filming the stuntmeister’s USA reality show Dr. Steve-O. (USA Networks and parent company NBC Universal have also been named as defendants.)
Steve-O then said he was going to “go over everyone’s head here in a moment” and subsequently pushed through the door along with Pace, who measures in at 6-feet, nine-inches, the plaintiff alleges, per documents obtained by TMZ.com.
When Cano followed them into the store and tried to escort Steve-O back outside, Pace “leaned into plaintiff and without provocation violently punched [his] face and head repeatedly.”
Steve-O’s camp hasn’t commented on the suit but, according to Cano’s complaint, he said at the time: “I just had my dude rip that security guard’s face…It was awesome…I just needed to see my security guard rough everyone the f–k up.”
People will do anything to be on TV today, eh?
In addition to assault and battery, Cano is also claiming negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and negligent hiring and retention. He’s seeking unspecified damages and attorney’s fees.
A Lively Blake Clears Up the Gossip
Blake Lively is not a socialite. She just plays one on TV.
“I once heard someone say that I’m similar to Paris Hiltonsince I have a dog and blond hair, that must mean we’re alike,” the Gossip Girl star tells Seventeen. “It’s a dumb thing to say. I don’t think that makes Paris and me similar…I don’t go to clubs, I don’t party, I don’t dance on tables, and I don’t like sex tapes.”
All of which explains why the magazine probably asked the grounded 20-year-old actress to appear on not one, not two, but three different covers for its August issue…
