• NY Health Dept. Believes Yorkville Clinic Broke Protocol Before Giving Joan Rivers Double Dose of Propofol

    It sounds like New York's Department of Health and Human Services has just made Melissa Rivers's malpractice suit a whole lot easier. As we recently told you, Melissa has hired a high-powered Manhattan law firm to represent her on behalf of Joan Rivers's estate. Page Six said Joan checked herself into the Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic Aug. 28 for what was intended to be an exploitative procedure and went into cardiac arrest while sedated with Propofol. According to the agency, the clinic screwed up by not dosing Joan properly. Propofol's dosage is dependent upon a patient's weight and, apparently, Yorkville never bothered to weigh Joan. According to an explosive report by TMZ, a staff member told the New York agency that they made a mistake while inputting the proper dosage into the computer and that Joan was given double the dosage of what is safe for a woman of her size. Not only did they screw up the medication, but the report also alleges that if Joan had been as closely monitored as a patient under Propofol is supposed to be, then staffers would have realized she was starting to die right in front of them! Instead, by the time the two doctors and team of nurses in the room realized what was happening, she was already in full cardiac arrest.

  • Jehovah's Witnesses Ordered to Pay $13.5 Million to Jose Lopez for Sex Abuse at Hands of Elder Who Had Admitted to Molesting a Child Years Earlier

    Usually when we hear about sexual abuse in connection with a religious leader, we're inevitably reading about another fallen member of the Catholic Church, but another case is garnering some attention this weekend. In 2010, Jose Lopez filed a lawsuit against the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York claiming that he was molested back in 1986. A San Diego judge believed his story and on Friday awarded him $13.5 million in restitution.

  • 'Blood Sweat & Heels' Star Geneva Thomas Suing Costar Melyssa Ford for $25 Million in Aftermath of Violent Fight

    We told you last week about a fight that occurred between Melyssa Ford and Geneva Thomas while they were filming 'Blood, Sweat & Heels,' their reality show on Bravo. Apparently the ladies got into a verbal fight that turned violent and ended with Thomas smashing a bottle over Ford's head. The on-camera assault left Ford in need of stitches and a hospital bed. The incident caused Thomas to be painted as violent so she has filed a $25 million dollar defamation suit.

  • 'Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's' Benzino and Althea Eaton Have Been Fired Instead of the Mega-Violent Joseline Hernandez

    Apparently the producers of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta are siding with the couple whose dysfunction and drama brings the viewers because just this afternoon both Benzino and his love, Althea Eaton were fired. This undoubtedly stems from the smack down that occurred on the recent reunion show between these two and Stevie J with his kinda sorta wife, Joseline Hernandez. One minute everyone was seated and the next, Hernandez was charging the stage at Eaton and it was downhill from there.

  • Amber Vinson Released from Hospital after Being Declared Ebola-Free, Retains Attorney

    Today is no doubt one of the happiest of Amber Vinson's life, as she was discharged from Emory Hospital in Atlanta earlier today after being declared healthy. Vinson was the second Texas nurse infected with the Ebola virus after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from the illness Oct. 9. She eventually was transferred out of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in favor of Atlanta's Emory facility, one that had previously treated Ebola patients, and it is the excellent care she received there that eventually nursed her back to health.

  • Jamie Foxx Releases New Song 'Ain't My Fault' [LISTEN]

    Jamie Foxx isn't letting that lawsuit stop him from releasing new music. In fact, the actor recently released a new song entitled "Ain't My Fault." The song comes on the heels of accusations that Foxx and DJ Mustard stole the beat and lyrics for their collaboration "Party Ain't A Party" from another song.

  • Melissa Rivers Reportedly Will Sue Yorkville Clinic in Order to Find Out What Actually Caused Joan Rivers's Death

    It has been nearly two months since Joan Rivers walked into the Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic for a routine procedure and never recovered. While the comedienne was 81 at the time of her death, she was thought to be in good shape, making her death an untimely one. Unfortunately, Melissa Rivers opted not to have an autopsy done on her mother, so even after Joan's death was ruled a complication connected to the surgery, that is not actually telling Melissa what really happened to her mother. In order to get to the bottom of things, Melissa has reportedly decided to sue the Yorkville clinic and the doctors who cared for Joan.

  • Lack of Oxygen to Brain Caused Joan Rivers's Unexpected Death; Malpractice Still Potential Issue

    After weeks of speculation, the cause of Joan Rivers's unexpected death Sept. 4 is finally known: a lack of oxygen to the brain. Rivers had checked herself into the Yorkville Clinic in New York City for an endoscopic procedure Aug. 28 when things went wrong, and malpractice is still a potential issue. Now the New York Chief Medical Examiner's Office has finally announced its findings in a report today.

  • Melissa Rivers to Sue Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic Over Joan Rivers's Botched Biopsy That Led to Cardiac Arrest

    Melissa Rivers deciding to file a malpractice lawsuit against the Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic was probably inevitable, given the facts that have been learned. Joan Rivers was admitted to the facility for a routine endoscopy on her throat and she never regained consciousness after being put under sedation and suffering cardiac arrest. Joan Rivers had never signed off on any paperwork authorizing a biopsy should the doctor's have found anything while she was unconscious, and the fact is that Dr. Gwen Korovin opted to perform one anyway.

  • Beastie Boys Involved In Another Lawsuit After Winning $1.7 Million: Capitol Records Sues Monster Energy Drink For Using Group's Music

    Earlier this year, the Beastie Boys racked up $1.7 million following a lawsuit against Monster Energy Drink for illegally using their music for a promotional video, and now Capitol Records and Universal-Polygram International Publishing are coming for their cut as they are suing the popular beverage company for copyright infringement involving several songs from the Beastie Boys.
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