Las Vegas celebrity impersonator Trina Johnson has been languishing in a Surinamese jail ever since she was unwittingly used in a Toni Braxton concert scam in February. Trina Johnson says she was booked to do a tribute concert to Toni Braxton in Suriname only to find out that concert goers were expecting the real thing. Moments into her second song the audience of 1500 began pelting her with bottles and booing. She was arrested shortly after. Meanwhile the concert promoter and all the proceeds from the concert were nowhere to be found. Trina is facing a three-year prison sentence after authorities in the Latin American republic accused her of fraud for impersonating singer Toni Braxton even though Trina claims to have a contract that clearly states she was booked to impersonate the singer. Prosecutors in Suriname are allowed to detain the accused up to 67 days, and there's no such thing as bail. Trina's husband was also arrested but he was released after spending 2 weeks in a 8 feet by 10 foot open-air jail cell with no heat and no lights and 11 other prisoners existing on a breakfast of one cup of hot tea and a small piece of bread. A combined lunch and dinner consisting of a cup of boiled rice and maybe 2 ounces of protein, either fish, chicken or "mystery meat" and later at night, a cup of flavored water.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Toni Braxton Impersonator Jailed In Suriname
Las Vegas celebrity impersonator Trina Johnson has been languishing in a Surinamese jail ever since she was unwittingly used in a Toni Braxton concert scam in February. Trina Johnson says she was booked to do a tribute concert to Toni Braxton in Suriname only to find out that concert goers were expecting the real thing. Moments into her second song the audience of 1500 began pelting her with bottles and booing. She was arrested shortly after. Meanwhile the concert promoter and all the proceeds from the concert were nowhere to be found. Trina is facing a three-year prison sentence after authorities in the Latin American republic accused her of fraud for impersonating singer Toni Braxton even though Trina claims to have a contract that clearly states she was booked to impersonate the singer. Prosecutors in Suriname are allowed to detain the accused up to 67 days, and there's no such thing as bail. Trina's husband was also arrested but he was released after spending 2 weeks in a 8 feet by 10 foot open-air jail cell with no heat and no lights and 11 other prisoners existing on a breakfast of one cup of hot tea and a small piece of bread. A combined lunch and dinner consisting of a cup of boiled rice and maybe 2 ounces of protein, either fish, chicken or "mystery meat" and later at night, a cup of flavored water.
Michael Jackson Threatens Auctioneers
So you know there's an auction scheduled to unload all the crap at Neverland Ranch that Michael Jackson claims he didn't authorize and since the auction house refused to stop the sale under threat of a lawsuit Michael is 'allegedly' taking it to the street.
The auctioneer has accused Mike of threatening to sic the Fruit of Islam on them.
In a sworn statement, Julien's Auctions President Darren Julien claims the singer's representatives said they would get "Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam" after him if he didn't call off the sale. "Michael Jackson wanted to give the message to us, that our lives are at stake and there will be bloodshed," Julien said.
Jackson's lawyer called the statement a "scurrilous attack."
All The Rage
The latest Internet time wasting topic sweeping the blogisphere are the accusations of Ciara and her Beyonce swagger jacking, complete with side by side shots of recent videos from both. Have at it if you give a .
Spotted here, here, here, and here.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Rachel Has Had Enough
Used to be hip hop mogul Damon Dash is headed for divorce court. Long suffering wife Rachel Roy filed for divorce from her husband of four years earlier this month.
Eddy Curry Says
you can't sue me for workplace sex harassment because I'm not an "employer" under state human-rights law. New York Knick Eddy Curry's former male driver is suing him claiming Eddy propositioned him for sex and neglected to pay him over $98,000.00 in wages and expenses. But Eddy is trying to get the case thrown out because under state law you have to employ at least four people to be considered an employer and Eddy claims that his only employees were the ex-chauffeur and a personal chef.
Since Everybody Pretty Much Stopped Talking About Them
Tyrese Gibson felt like this was the perfect time to release a statement about Chris Brown and Rihanna. He tells People magazine, "Although he [Chris] appears to be really strong through all of this, it’s really taking a toll on his spirit. People like me and Puff, we’re just trying to show him love and keep his spirits up while he’s going through all of the heat, and there are a lot people doing the same for Rihanna. It’s really hard for him to focus right now on his music, even though he really wants to. At the end of the day, I’m not trying to justify it because wrong is wrong, but unfortunately, us as entertainers, we have to grow up on stage with a lot of people looking at us. And a lot of people forget that he’s 19, she’s only 21.”
50 and Ciara In Las Vegas
According to Norm's Vegas Confidential Ciara and 50 Cent were seen together in Las Vegas at the 'Zumanity' show at the New York New York hotel on Saturday and at Cirque du Soleil's 'O' at the Bellagio on Sunday. Nothing newsworthy about that right? Wrong! They say 50 went out both nights dressed as Pimpin' Curly complete with afro wig and sunglasses.
Trick Daddy Reveals Illness
“I went to the doctor, like, 12 years ago. She took all kinds of tests, because I was trying to get rid of what we call dry skin; she did biopsies and blood tests and swab tests. She told me I have lupus. I am allergic highly to the sun, that’s my worst enemy. It’s like an AK-47 with a double clip on it. A lot of people try to cover it up with regular make-up. It makes your skin pigmented. You can go from dark to light and not light to dark. You have to cover it up and conceal it. My mama had 11 children from 10 different men. If she can live with that, I know I can live with this.”
Monday, March 23, 2009
50 Cent
lost his role in Sylvester Stallone's new film The Expendebles. The part will be played by 'Everybody Hates Chris' dad Terry Crews instead.
R Kelly
is somehow involved in a South African money scam. A Durban woman named Busisiwe Priscilla Zakwe claims she deposited 10.5 million South African rands ($1 million) into R Kelly's bank account for a concert that never happened. The concert investors are suing her. R says he never heard of the woman nor received any money, but investigators claim to have a copy of a deposit slip proving the transaction took place and have confirmed that the account belongs to R-ah. The case is scheduled to be heard in a South African court on September 10, 2009.