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Don't you hate it when you can't find a porn star to serve them with legal papers?

What, you've never been in that situation? Well, Charlie Sheen sure has, in fact, he's currently searching for porn star Capri Anderson so he can serve her with legal papers, because he claims she tried to extort him after his Plaza Hotel "incident."

Here's what it says in the lawsuit:

"She fabricated a sensational tale about being assaulted, battered and held against her will, and used that fictional story as a basis for an extortion plot."

Charlie seems dead set on suing her. He tried to get permission to notify Anderson of the lawsuit by "publishing an announcement," and he even hired a private investigator to find her, but both efforts did not work out.

Here's what Anderson had to say about Sheen's failed efforts to find her:

"I have no idea why Charlie hasn't been able to locate me. No one else has had any problem."

"If he wants to see me, he can come to The Scene (strip club) on Long Island April 15 and 16. I'll be a featured dancer."

This is bizarre! Is he really struggling to find her? Or is he trying to make a story out of nothing just to get the word out there and hurt her reputation? With Sheen, it could really go either way.

Why do U think Charlie's been struggling to find porn star Capri Anderson?

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Tags: capri anderson, extortion, legal papers, long island, missing, plaza hotel, porn star, private investigator, strip club, the scene

The protective order for Oksana was issued as part of the plea that Mel made earlier.

It was a no contest plea, and the order lets Oksana record Mel for a few reasons:

"The protected persons may record any prohibited communications made by the restrained person."

So that means she can straight up record him if he's threatening, harassing, striking, stalking, following, or blocking Oksana from moving freely.

Our bet is that he probably won't do that now anyway, but at least that's in place as an extra thought to cross his mind before he does something stupid.

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Tags: contest, court, extortion, hearing, investigation, mel gibson, record, recording, threaten, violence

Last month, we learned that the D.A. was ready to charge Mel Gibson with domestic violence. We also learned that they were NOT planning on charging Oksana Grigorieva with extortion.

Looks like everything's gone according to plan, because Mel is being charged with battery, but Oksana will not be charged with extortion.

Here's what a source had to say about it:

"The battery charge against Mel will officially be filed on Friday morning. The DA's office will announce that the extortion case was rejected. There wasn't enough evidence to prove that a crime occurred."

As we said last month, we don't think either party is truly innocent in this case, but at least Mel one of them will be punished.

Do U think Oksana should be charged with extortion? Or did she deserve to get off?

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Tags: battery, case, charge, district attorney, domestic violence, extortion, punishment

American Apparel quickly released a statement after news broke take founder Dov Charney is being sued for allegedly making an employee his sex slave.

The sexually explicit company wrote:

We have been informed today that [redacted], a former employee of American Apparel who left the company without complaint and resigned with a letter of gratitude regarding her positive experience at the company, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in New York against the company.

Upon her resignation, [the employee] acknowledged in writing that she had no pending claims against the company and signed a severance agreement which included a full release of claims and an agreement to submit any future claims to confidential binding arbitration. All American Apparel's employees are subject to the same confidential arbitration agreement signed by [the employee] in order to protect the privacy interests of employees and former employees, and to prevent predatory plaintiffs and their attorneys from attempting to use the media to extort the company. Such an arbitration process was initiated by the company against [the employee] several weeks ago.

The company intends to file a formal complaint with the NY state bar seeking disciplinary action against [the employee's] lawyers who we believe are engaged in an illegal conspiracy to extort money from American Apparel. We are very confident that [her] claims will be promptly referred by the court to confidential binding arbitration where her claims and the company's counter-claims will be resolved, we believe fully in favor of the company.

Inneresting.

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Tags: conspiracy, extortion, lawsuit, response, sex slave, statement

After all that, he won't see a minute behind bars. Something seems wrong about that.

Sources reveal that come Friday, Mel Gibson will appear before a judge and plead no contest to simple battery, a much lesser charge than the original corporal injury on a spouse charge he was facing. Turns out, Mel was able to bargain himself a plea deal this week that will keep him out of jail and get him out of the legal war that's been raging between him and Oksana Grigorieva for the last year.

As we understand it, Mel was hell bent on proving his innocence against Oksana's claim that he beat on her in January 2010, but recently decided that for the good of his family, especially his children, he would take a deal that would finally bring this ordeal to an end. Mel's lawyer confirmed the news by releasing the following statement:

"I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price. That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due process can only be exercised in this case with an enormous media circus attached. Mel's priority throughout all of this has been that the best interests of his young daughter Lucia and the rest of his children be put first in any decisions made. It is with only that in mind that he asked me to approach the District Attorney with a proposal that would bring all of this to an immediate end."

We don't know how we feel about this. On the one hand, it sounds pretty much like he is walking away from this situation scot-free. Sure, the deal involves him seeking counseling, which is great, but it still doesn't seem like enough.

On the flip side, accepting any criminal charge to be put on his record will severely hurt his chances of getting custody of his daughter. Can't say we see that as a silver lining, but at least we'll know the little one is safe if Mel really is as violent as everyone thinks he is.

What do U think? Is Mel getting off too easy or is his sentencing fair?

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Tags: children, extortion, jail, lawyer, oksana grigorieva, plea deal, violence

Tomorrow, Mel Gibson will board a plane bound for Guatemala, just a week before he's slated to be charged with misdemeanor domestic violence.

According to sources, Mel has had this trip planned for awhile; he made a commitment to a specific charity campaign set on saving the rain forest several months ago.

So, as it seems to be the D.A.'s intention to charge him this week, it looks like Mel will be out of the country when the decision is made.

Yeah, nothing can go wrong with this scenario. Nothing at all.

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Tags: charity, extortion, misdemeanor, rain forest

After months of litigation, sources are reporting that it is finally looking like Mel Gibson will be charged with domestic violence.

Though nothing is set in stone yet, insiders close to the case explain that the District Attorney feels there is plenty of evidence to bring up a formal charge against Mel, the least of which being the declaration Mel had his lawyers file in which he admits to slapping Oksana Grigorieva because she was shaking their baby Lucia "wildly."

However, the charge will most likely be filed as a misdemeanor, not a felony, which could result maximum penalty of six months in jail.

Furthermore, the same source reports that it DOESN'T look like Oksana will be charged with extortion. Though Sheriff's investigators believe there is sufficient evidence, the D.A. does not and doesn't seem interested in pursuing anything further in the case.

We're told the official decisions on both matter should be made in the coming weeks.

Neither one of them seems really innocent in this situation, but we're glad to hear Mel will face some kind of punishment for his violent actions, no matter how minimal it may seem. Violence is never the answer and unfortunately, some people have to learn that the hard way.

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Tags: attorney, baby, domestic violence, evidence, extortion, lawyers, misdemeanor, oksana grigorieva