Christina Pagliarolo, a former guest on the Rachael Ray Show in April 2011, is suing the show, the network and the personal trainer assigned to help her have a dream prom for humiliation and “negligent” conduct.

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Pagliarolo, who was 18 when she filmed segments for Rachael Ray, approached the show with a goal of losing 70 pounds by the time of her senior prom. She was interviewed on the show, telling audience members how she was bullied because of her weight.

Now, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Pagliarolo is claiming that Ray and her employees were ”grossly negligent, careless, reckless, wanton, and outrageous” in their conduct.

In the papers, Pagliarolo says her trainer, Eric Viskovicz, screamed at her during their workouts ”in a manner that caused Plaintiff to feel anxious, demeaned and threatened.”

Pagliarolo is seeking ”punitive damages in an amount appropriate to punish and make an example of Defendants and each of them.”

“We haven’t received this purported lawsuit but if it does materialize we will defend ourselves against it vigorously and fully expect to prevail,” a rep for the show told reporters.

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Katy Perry is in a hefty lawsuit with haircare brand for $2 million after the firm representing the company reportedly failed to pay the pop singer.

In 2011, Perry signed a $4.9 million contract with Jemella Group, ghd’s representation, to star in a series of advertisements for the brand.

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The singer is now threatening to sue the company, claiming they owe her $2 million from an oral agreement they made to extend their two-year contract. Unfortunately for Perry, Jemella filed papers in an attempt to block her from taking legal action, and claims there was no agreement.

Perry’s rep made comment on the situation, saying, “Jemella’s attempt to embarrass Ms Perry by including defamatory statements about her in a public filing is shameful.”

Why would you want someone who wears wigs to represent a hair company?

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Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss is suing her co-star Kim Zolciak for selling the single ‘Tardy for the Party’, which Burruss wrote, without her ”authorization, license or consent.”

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Burruss’ lawyer, Housewives star Phaedra Parks, filed documents asking for a temporary restraining order to prevent the song to from being sold in the future.

The order asks for the “destruction of all copies of the infringing single and any other product of defendant’s that infringe plaintiffs’ copyrights.” Burruss is also seeking punitive damages, fees and a jury trial.

Both Burruss and Zolciak have been vocal about their disagreement over the single on the reality show. Zolciak took to her Twitter to deny the reports that she hadn’t paid Burruss for the song. ”I don’t owe kandi a dime in fact I overpaid her! #fact #gotthedocstoprove it,” she wrote.

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A New York federal judge has thrown out Lindsay Lohan‘s lawsuit against rapper Pitbull.

Lohan sued Pitbull in 2011 under New York’s Civil Rights Law, claiming that the lyrics “Hustlers move aside, so I’m tiptoein’, to keep flowin’/ I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan” in his hit song “Give Me Everything” were ”disparaging and defamatory.”

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According to papers, Lohan claimed the lyrics were ”destined to do irreparable harm” to her reputation and caused her “emotional distress.”

The judge ruled that the song is protected under the First Amendment because it’s a work of art. ”Even if the defendants used plaintiff’s name in one line of the Song without her consent, such conduct is insufficient to meet the threshold for extreme and outrageous conduct necessary to sustain a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress,” the judge ruled.

Pitbull is said to be pleased with the outcome of the lawsuit. ”This will further solidify the rights of artists to express themselves in song,” his lawyer said in a statement. “He felt it was very important to address this head on to protect his right and the rights of other artist. He decided to fight this.”

Can’t win for losin’, Lindz…

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Hayley Hasselhoff has been formally charged with a DUI after being arrested under the suspicion of drinking and driving in late December.

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The 20-year-old  is the daughter of famous Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff, who has had a public problem with drinking himself. Her mother, Pamela Bach, was arrested twice for DUI in 2009 and 2010.

Hasselhoff faces up to six months in jail if convicted. A source claims that she is planning to fight the charges.

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Donald Trump called into “Fox & Friends” Monday to announce he is suing HBO host Bill Maher for $5 million for likening him to an orangutan on Jay Leno last month.

During an appearance on Leno’s late night talk show, Maher, poking fun at Trump for offering $5 million to President Barack Obama to release his college records, said Trump must be “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.” He went on to say he’d put the same $5 million offer on the table for Trump if he would prove he didn’t “descend from an ape.”

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Trump claims that he present Maher with his New York birth certificate, but never received his money, which he planned to donate to charity. He filed a lawsuit in L.A. on Monday citing breach of contract.

When he called in to “Fox & Friends,” Trump was quick to note that he didn’t think Maher was joking when he proposed the idea on Leno. “He said it with venom. I don’t think it was a joke,” he said.

Maher’s rep didn’t immediately respond with comment, but Maher himself did with a Tweet that read,  “What?? Really? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha”

I’m with ya, Maher.

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Casey Anthony has filed for bankruptcy in Florida.

Anthony, who was acquitted in the murder of her two-year-old daughter Caylee in 2011, was in court again Friday to have two of her convictions for lying to authorities thrown out. She filed for Chapter 7 on the same day.

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In the papers, Anthony claims she owes about $800,000 to about 80 creditors and has no income. Among her noted debts, she owes $500,000 to her lead defense attorney Jose Baez, $145,660 to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and $68,540 to the IRS.

It’s never ending, huh? Hard being the most hated woman in America.

Glee star Mark Salling has been sued by his former girlfriend Roxanne Gorzela for sexual battery, according to a lawsuit obtained by TMZ.

Gorzela claims that she hooked up with Salling in 2011 before she traveled to Canada. She agreed to sexual intercourse with the actor, whom she had been dating since September 2010, but insisted he wear a condom. According to the lawsuit, Salling ignored her request and proceeded to ”insert his penis into [her] vagina without a condom.”

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Later that month, Gorzela says she went to his home to confront him about the incident when she discovered him in bed with another woman, and “demanded” that he undergo an STD test. Salling reportedly grabbed her and threw her to the ground. She filed a police report the same day.

Salling’s rep denied the accusations in a statement. ”There is no truth to this. It’s the textbook case of a disgruntled girl looking to cash in on a TV star’s success. We turn the rest over to Mark’s attorneys and have no further comment.”

Is it not a little weird that this happened in 2011 and she’s just now filing suit in 2013? Somebody must be strapped for cash.

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Justin Bieber‘s former bodyguard Moshe Benabou has filed a lawsuit against the singer for assault and battery and unpaid wages.

Benabou claims that he was punched in the chest multiple times after 18-year-old Bieber lost his temper following a concert and fired him. He also claims that he’s owed $421,261 in “unpaid wages, unspecified damages and court costs after working overtime to protect the pop star.”

In the complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Benabou says the altercation took place on Oct. 10, 2012 while the two were backstage before a concert.

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“Justin Bieber, egged on by a small group of his ‘companions,’ launched an abusive tirade against Moshe Benabou,” the suit states. “The tirade was apparently triggered by what Justin Bieber perceived as an attempt by Moshe Benabou to keep one member of Mr. Bieber’s entourage physically away from Justin Bieber. As part of his tirade, Justin Bieber repeatedly punched [the plaintiff] in the chest and upper body area.”

Benabou, who didn’t “retaliate” against Bieber, said the singer then yelled at him, ”You are fired!”

There has been no comment from Bieber or his reps.

Boy, it’s been one hell of a week for the Biebz.

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Former Melrose Place star Amy Locane-Bovenizer was convicted of vehicular homicide after killing 60-year-old Helene Seeman while she was under the influence in 2010.

Forty-year-old Locane-Bovenizer had a blood-alcohol level three times over the legal limit when her car hit the victim’s car in New Jersey.

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The actress and mother of two was taken into custody Tuesday after her bail was revoked. She faces “five to ten years in prison on the vehicular homicide count, and three to five years in prison on a second count of assault by auto for injuries Seeman’s husband Fred sustained in the crash.”

“This is a sad day for the Seeman Family. There were no winners declared by the verdict. There are only losers,” Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Murphy said. “A husband lost his dear wife; his two children lost their mother; and Helene’s mother lost her daughter. That loss can never be rectified by a verdict.”

Sentencing is set for March 1.

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Actor Tom Cruise is suing the gossip magazine Life & Style for $50 million over claims that he abandoned his young daughter Suri after his public divorce from Katie Holmes.

The defamation suit, which was filed in Los Angeles yesterday, was brought on after the magazine ran an article in July with the headline ’Suri in Tears: Abandoned by Her Dad.’ In the article, a “source” claimed Cruise wasn’t spending time with his daughter after the divorce.

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Bert Fields, Cruise’s lawyer, told reporters that his client prefers not to sue tabloids, but felt he needed to make the truth about his relationship with Suri clear.

“When these sleaze peddlers try to make money with disgusting lies about his relationship with his child, you bet he’s going to sue,” Fields said.

He also said: “These serial defamers are foreign owned companies with their global headquarters in Hamburg.” Adding, “Having to pay a libel judgment may slow them down. Tom will undoubtedly give the money to charity. He always has.”

Don’t blame him one bit. If somebody wrote that about my baby, I’d knock em’ out.

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The attorney for Sam Lutfi, who was once upon a time the manager for Britney Spears when the singer was at her most desperate low, is claiming that Lutfi had drug dogs come in to search her house and that a substance was found in Spears’ possession that was probably “crystal meth.”

Lutfi’s attorney Joseph Schleimer dropped this bombshell on the jury in Lutfi’s trail against Spears’ mom Lynne Spears for making claims in her autobiography, “Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World,” that Lutfi drugged Britney and kept her isolated and away from everyone.

“My client was made a scapegoat for drug abuse and erratic behavior of Britney Spears,” Schleimer told the jury, most of whom knew of the singer but hadn’t followed her career or personal troubles.

Schleimer claimed Spears favored amphetamines and that the dogs turned up a substance the Grammy-winner told Lutfi was probably crystal meth.

Lutfi is also suing for monies he believes he is entitled to from an agreement he signed with Spears that would give him 15% of her earnings as her manager.

The shock claims didn’t stop there as Schleimer went on to state that Spears overdosed while Lutfi was in charge of her career:

“He was terrified of being her manager when she overdosed,” Schleimer said.

I bet Lynne thought she finally had this weasel out of her life.  Lutfi might get a judgment for some of the money he claims he is owed under the manger contract, but I don’t see his libel claims against Lynne going anywhere as they’ll be extremely hard to prove.

One report claims that Britney shaved her head during that chaotic period of her life to hide drug evidence.

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