Bernie Mac’s widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Chicago against the late comedian’s longtime doctor.
Rhonda McCullough alleges that a few weeks before Mac’s 2008 death, dermatologist Rene M. Earles did not recognize signs of respiratory failure and kept the 50-year-old Chicago native at his clinic for several hours rather than call an ambulance to take him to a hospital.
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Singer/actor/comedian Jamie Foxx was recently involved with a lawsuit filed by a bartender who claimed he and some other caused injuries while he was working at a party.
William Presler was hired to work an after-party in Hollywood for Foxx and during the event supposedly the bartender slipped and fell, cut his left hand while serving partygoers. He received 170 stitches.
Last Monday (07-19-10), Foxx’s lawyers argued that suit be dropped, saying the artists’ actions were carefully scripted and limited to a brief exchange of greetings and a welcome statement to guests.
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Antwan “Big Boi” Patton along with Rick Ross & Lil Jon did a threesome of sorts with Chelsea Handler last night on late night television. The trio sat on The Chelsea Lately Show’s first ever “Rapper’s Round Table” and gave the comedian all the Black man she could handle.
Check out what the fellas of Kidd U Not had to say:
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Lisa Raye’s 1st annual B2B [Back 2 Business] was without a doubt the best way to network, share and discover new things with new people this weekend in Puerto Rico. You didn’t need a passport–all you needed were a few business cards, a business mind-set, and your were ready to talk digits with a few of Lisa’s celebrity friends & family, like rapper Lil’ Kim and daughter Kai!
“I’m here today to first acknowledge that I’ve been in denial for 37 years. … I did assault and inappropriately touch my sister in manners that were uncomfortable for her,” Imes said on the show. “And for that, I apologize and I’m humbly sorry that those actions had taken place.”
Imes admitted that the abuse of his younger sister stemmed from his issues with drugs and alcohol. “The drugs weren’t an excuse. They just allowed me and afforded me the opportunity to do the things that were in the back of my mind as a kid that I always wanted to do,” he said. “Most of the time, the abuse that I did with my sister took place while she was asleep [or] the appearance that she was asleep.
“I hid my own molestation and pain and guilt and shame, because I thought it was my fault that these things happened to me,” he continued. “So I internalized that, and I hid behind the drugs and alcohol and then that spiraling thing in my mind, as a child, I wanted to express my sexuality, so I took it out on my sister.”
For many decades, Imes didn’t own up to his actions. “The hardest part for me was even to admit to her I did something wrong,” he said. “I downplayed it by saying, ‘If you think I did it … .’ There’s no more ‘if you think’ — I did it. I did it. I’m not proud of it. Mo’Nique, I’m sorry. I can only hope that by coming forth today that somewhere along the line with the apology that, yes, hopefully somewhere, somehow as siblings we can come back together.
“I’m doing this to apologize to my sister, to hopefully bring back some family unity,” he added. “I’m doing this to publicly acknowledge. Now let’s bring our family back together.”
Imes, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for molesting another person, said he also apologized to the other victim. As for Mo’Nique publicly addressing the abuse, he said, “I’m proud that she was able to finally get to a place that she could relinquish her pain. When she made the comment that I was the individual contributing to her role, I had to look at her and say, ‘I really understand her pain.’
