Rumors about Hollywood's leading men being secretly gay aren't exactly new, but a recent allegation against John Travolta suggests that the star was particularly brazen with a man he had just met. An unnamed masseur is suing Travolta, claiming that during a routine massage, the actor tried to have sex with him. more ›

Blogger Perez Hilton has been hit with a libel suit by the jeweler who designed the engagement ring Brad Pitt gave to Angie. The Beverly Hills jeweler Robert Procop filed a suit in court today saying that Hilton wrongly accused him of committing fraud in connection with the sale of a 1985 diamond necklace. more ›

Mel Gibson went on Jay Leno—ostensibly to plug his Direct TV project “Get the Gringo”—but he also gave Leno an explanation about why he completely unloaded on screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. But Gibson told Leno that Eszterhas was late with a script and when he finally turned it in, it was so bad that Warner Bros. flat-out rejected it. more ›

A portion of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a toddler who fell to his death from a luxury box at the Staples Center has been tossed out. more ›

Queen of Burlesque Dita Von Teese was recently awarded nearly $80,000 in a default judgment case against her former landlord accused of subjecting the model to a "Mel Gibson-like anti-Semitic" attack. Judging by Gibson's latest rant, the incident must have been quite severe to warrant such a description and amount of legal attention. more ›

Were you looking forward to getting a knock-off Coachella T-shirt this weekend? Sorry, bro. Festival organizers are asking a judge to put a stop to the sale of totally unauthorized merchandise featuring logos from the festival and headliners, like Radiohead. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) has decided to take their frustration to a judge, and has announced they will file suit against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department in response to the newly-implemented policies regarding vehicle impounding for unlicensed drivers. more ›

The feud between actor Mel Gibson and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has now reached epic proportions following Eszterhas' release of Gibson ranting in an expletive-loaded tirade that Eszterhas says proves the actor needs help. more ›

A racial discrimination lawsuit expected to be filed today against the show's network, ABC, points out "that over 10 years of the show and 23 seasons, the programs have not featured a single person of color as the featured Bachelor or Bachelorette," according to The Hollywood Reporter. more ›

Johnny Depp's recent music endeavors have been making headlines as of late, and another musical story connected to the actor has the Interwebs buzzing once again. Depp is reportedly being sued by a 52-year-old disabled woman who claims the star's security team roughed her up and flashed her buttocks to Iggy Pop concert-goers at the Hollywood Palladium in December. more ›

Funeral services will be held today for Abdul Arian, the 19-year-old who was shot and killed by police on the 101 Freeway last week, reports City News Service. The shooting took place after Arian fled a traffic stop, and during the chase he called 9-1-1 and told an operator he had a gun. more ›

The family of Abdul Arian, the 19-year-old who was shot and killed by police last week after claiming he had a gun, is suing the city for $120 million, reports NBC Los Angeles. Their lawyer notes that the amount they're asking for is equivalent to $1 million per bullet fired at Arian. more ›

Actor-director Vincent Gallo, the quotable gentleman infamous for his tiffs with fellow Hollywood entertainers (and blowjob scene with Chloë Sevigny in "The Brown Bunny"), has taken on possibly the biggest grumble of his career: He's suing the City of Los Angeles. more ›

A Downey couple filed suit in Norwalk Superior Court today against PetSmart, alleging the retailer's Downey store is responsible for the death of their 4-month-old English Bulldog. Veronica Mendoza and John Benitez took their pup, Rita, to PetSmart to be groomed less than two months after purchasing her for $1,800 in March 2011. more ›

It's ON: Current TV has not only responded to ousted anchorman Keith Olbermann's newly-minted lawsuit against the independent cable network, but has filed a cross-complaint. more ›

A week after being shown the door from his "Countdown" gig at Current TV, Keith Olbermann has filed suit against the network in Los Angeles, alleging breach of contract. more ›

An actress sued Belvedere Vodka after her image was used unwittingly in an ad that jokes about date rape. The ad shows a drunken frat boy type holding back a girl who looks horrified. The ad says, "Unlike some people Belvedere always goes down smoothly." more ›

A former McDonald's worker says that her job serving up chicken with ranch led to her working at the brothel Chicken Ranch. Shelley Lynn filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles this week claiming that her job at a McDonald's set her on the road to prostitution. more ›

The Ivy, one of Mid-City West's most prime celebrity-spotting locales, has been sued for firing a busser, not due to snapping a photo of a celeb or stealing a bite of one of the eatery's $22 hamburgers, but allegedly for being HIV-positive. more ›

We've all experienced close encounters with beach fire pits, but a young boy suffered third-degree burns after falling into a Huntington Beach pit. And his father is now suing the city. The incident occurred April 17, 2011, when the 6-year-old boy was flying a kite at Huntington City Beach and fell backward into a pit. more ›

A Los Angeles couple is suing a man who leased them a home without bothering to mention that it had once been a meth lab. Last May William Mohler and his wife Rebecca Popkin—three months pregnant at the time—moved into the home on Chase Avenue. more ›

The man who sued his ex-fiancée for not giving back their engagement ring after she spurned him has dropped his suit against her. The man, who is identified in court papers as "John Doe" and on TMZ as a "huge actor," sued his former flame Lisa Ragland. more ›

Chef Andrew Kirschner - owner of Tar & Roses in Santa Monica - has been sued by his contractor for allegedly failing to pay over $120,000 in due fees. However, the restaurant denies any knowledge of the lawsuit, stating it has not "seen a formal complaint," nor does the eatery "have any notice or knowledge of a pending lawsuit." more ›

A local student's guardian has filed a lawsuit on a teen's behalf against the Los Angeles Unified School District, after the teen bit into her cafeteria burrito and got a big metal mouthful of thermometer. more ›

Gentlemen, when you put your heart out on the line and offer a lady a diamond engagement ring, it's sure a bummer when she changes her mind and backs out of the marriage. So what becomes of the ring? more ›

Courtney Love's big mouth has gotten her into all sorts of trouble, and now it's looking like a libel lawsuit filed by her own ex-lawyer is going to go ahead. more ›

The fastest ride in the Wilderness is over at Thunder Mountain, so guests on the classic Disneyland attraction the Jungle Cruise aren't usually in store for more jostling than the scare provided by some animatronic alligators. A lawsuit filed earlier this month, however, implicates a reckless cruise boat driver for a crash that allegedly left a couple seriously injured. more ›

Some local Lap-Band patients will have to wait for their new lives to begin, as two L.A. outpatient clinics have temporarily halted the surgeries. The 1-800-GET-THIN marketing campaign has fallen under much scrutiny in recent months, including state and federal investigations. As a result, both local clinics are conducting a review of the procedure. more ›

City parks not nice enough for you? Dislike the neighborhood strip joint's employees dancing in their skivvies? Want your street to be renamed? Have beef with big time Hollywood actors? You could go ahead and file a steaming pile of lawsuits and demand cash, which is what one Huntington Beach lady has been busy doing. more ›

A settlement requiring the Brazilian Blowout manufacturer to warn consumers and hair stylists of the health risks associated with its products was announced today, making it the first government enforceable action in the U.S. to address the exposures of formaldehyde gas associated with said products. more ›