Roman Polanski Asks Court to Dismiss 30 Year Old Child Sex Case

Academy Award winning Polish-French director and filmmaker Roman Polanski has been living in self-imposed exile in France since fleeing the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13 year old girl in Los Angeles. His legal team is in the process of filing a new brief asking that the case be dismissed.

Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby

TOKYO: A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday. The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy. "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning.

Man claiming to be lovechild of Marilyn Monroe and JFK goes after Kennedy money

A 53-year old man, who is currently going by the name John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is claiming to be the love child of Marilyn Monroe and the original JFK. Kennedy, who’s real name is John Burton, has filed a lawsuit against the President’s estate for his share of the inheritance. Lawyers for the estate are calling the suit “frivolous”.

Woman Shot in Crotch for Refusing Oral Sex

An Australian man shot a woman in the crotch after she refused his demand for oral sex, a court has been told. Laurie Edward Elliott of Adelaide was yesterday found guilty of threatening a person with a firearm and possessing a firearm without a licence. Elliott, 54, demanded the woman perform the sex act on him while the pair were driving in suburban Adelaide, the Advertiser reported.

Naked Clown Calendar to Benefit MS Research

If the thought of clowns wasn’t already enough to scare the pants off some people, 21 clowns are dropping theirs for a 2009 Naked Clown Calendar. Graduates of the San Francisco Circus Center’s Clown Conservatory are getting naked for the calendar to help raise money for the Judy Finelli Fund, a non-profit organization that works with the MS Foundation of Florida to do advocacy and research for multiple sclerosis. It also will provide scholarships to people with MS who want to do circus arts.

Kelly Lumadue Convicted of Sex with 5-Year-Old

Kelly Lumadue, a 33-year-old woman who was videotaped by her husband having sex with a 5-year-old boy, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Lumadue, who was 21 when she had sex with the child, said she performed those acts under duress by her husband (now deceased), a professional photographer who recorded the sessions. The Florida woman was living in Longwood with her husband at the time, and was arrested seven years later, in 2003, when a garbage collector found the tapes and turned them over to authorities.

Michael Jackson's Underwear Up For Sale

File this one under 'gross.' A pair of unwashed underwear that once belonged to Michael Jackson is going up for sale on eBay with a reserve price of $1 million. New Jersey businessman Henry Vacarro obtained the white size 28 Calvin Klein briefs in a bankruptcy case and boy do these tighty whities have a past!

Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be Halloween Costume

So it really was a rubber suit. The excitement over a supposed Bigfoot body that built all last week, culminating Friday in a circus-like press conference in Palo Alto, Calif., collapsed like a wet soufflé over the weekend as an independent investigator found out it was all fake. SearchingforBigfoot.com owner Tom Biscardi paid an “undisclosed sum” to Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two Georgia men who say they found the body, for their frozen corpse and the privilege of trotting them out in front of TV cameras.

Bigfoot Found in Georgia (Photos)

group called Searching for Bigfoot, Inc. says that they have found Bigfoot in the northern woods of Georgia. A press conference will be held this Friday in Palo Alto, California.

Olympic Lip-Synch Scandal Uncovered

Seeking someone "flawless in image," Chinese officials used a lip-synching child to mouth the country's anthem at the Olympic opening ceremonies instead of the real singer. Speaking to local radio, Beijing-based musical director of the ceremony, Chen Qigang, revealed that Lin Miaoke, the 9-year-old girl in the red dress with the pigtails seen on TV singing "Hymn to the Motherland," was, in fact, only a ghost voice. The real voice, he said, belonged to 7-year-old Yang Peiyi.