Celebrity Court

After weeks of speculation on who would gain the custody of pop star Michael Jackson’s three children, Paris, Prince, and Prince II (a.k.a. Blanket) the court has granted custody to Michael’s mother Katherine Jackson.

Michael Jackson’s last Will and Testament named his mother Katherine as guardian but many people wondered if the biological mother of Paris and Prince Jackson, Debbie Rowe, would begin a custody battle. Debbie Rowe did not seek custody but did receive visitation rights and plans to form a relationship with the children.

Debbie Rowe was active in Paris and Prince’s lives when they were very young but after divorcing Michael Jackson she left the Neverland Ranch and her children behind.

Rowe did not ask for any kind of monetary compensation from the Jackson family but will continue to receive the monthly settlement payments she received while Michael Jackson was alive.

Just as Michael Jackson’s three children are settling into their new home with their 79-year-old grandmother, Michael Jackson’s father announced that the recent rumors of his son having a fourth child are true.

Although there has been no DNA test done to confirm that Omar Bhatti, 25, is truly Michael Jackson’s son Michael’s father Joe seems certain that he is. According to rumors Omar Bhatti was the result of a one night stand that Jackson had with a Norwegian fan.

Omar Bhatti even sat with the Jackson clan during Michael Jackson’s recent Memorial Service, and many can’t help notice that Omar Bhatti looks much like Michael Jackson did when he was young.

For now whether Omar Bhatti is Michael Jackson’s son or not remains a mystery. Bhatti himself has stated that he is not the Jackson’s son but that the two were just close. Either way, Omar Bhatti has managed to capture world wide interest, and who knows where his new found fame will take him.

Here’s Joe Jackson talking about his son Michael’s “secret love child” in a recent interview:

Morgan Haley is a criminal who’s become known as the “Bikini Bandit” because she commits crimes while wearing a two piece bathing suit. Haley has been charged with attempted robbery and car jacking, and is now out on $6,000 bail bond.

Here’s a CNN News clip with more on Morgan Haley’s “bikini bandit” arrest:

It’s been two weeks since Michael Jackson’s sudden death and the mother of two of the Jackson children Debbie Rowe, 50, still has not publicly announced whether or she not intends to fight for custody.

In his final Will which was written in 2002 Michael Jackson left all three of his children to his mother Katherine Jackson, 79. If Katherine Jackson was unable or unwilling to care for Paris Katherine, Prince Michael, and Prince Michael II (nicknamed Blanket) Michael Jackson’s wishes were for singer Diana Ross to raise his children.

Michael Jackson did not mention his ex-wife Debbie Rowe, the mother of Paris Katherine and Prince Michael, in his Will other than to state that he’d intentionally left her out. In Michael Jackson’s final years Debbie Rowe did not see her two children or Jackson, and received monetary compensation after their divorce.

Since Debbie Rowe was initially involved in her kids lives some thought that she might fight Michael Jackson’s wishes and try to regain custody of Paris and Michael Jackson. It is obvious that since Debbie Rowe cut herself out of her children’s lives they have formed a deep bond with the Jackson family, and Katherine Jackson who now has temporary custody of all three of Michael’s children is happy to permanently raise them.

There has been some speculation by various media sources that the only interest Debbie Rowe has in her children is the amount of money that she can receive from the Jackson family to give up any parental rights she has left.

But perhaps Debbie Rowe might actually think that at this point her two children are better off with Jackson family and their little brother Prince Michael II who has a different surrogate mother.

Debbie Rowe’s involvement with Michael Jackson has been complex since day one, it will be interesting to see what choices Rowe will make over the next few weeks.

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton a.k.a. “Mario” was assaulted this past weekend after appearing on the Canadian Much Music Awards. Perez and “Lady Gaga” decided to go out to a night club after the show where they ran into singer “Fergie” from the band “The Black Eyed Peas.”

Fergie, who like so many other celebrities is the butt of some of Perez Hilton’s jokes on PerezHilton.com confronted the blogger about his criticisms. Perez Hilton let Fergie know that he wasn’t fond of her latest songs, upsetting the singer. Later at another night club Fergie’s friend and band-mate Will.i.am ran into Perez and brought up his earlier comment to Fergie.

That’s when a verbal fight ensued which quickly escalated into a physical assault. Perez Hilton was punched in the eye but not by Will.i.am. Perez said it was Polo Molina, part of Will.i.am’s entourage that hit him while Will.i.am said it was Toronto fans who jumped on Perez Hilton in his public statement video.

Here is the video of the fight between Will.i.am and Perez Hilton outside the Toronto nightclub this past weekend. It’s hard to get a clear image of exactly what when on but you can hear Perez Hilton fighting verbally with Will.i.am:

Here’s what celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has to say about being assaulted the night of the Much Music Awards:

Here’s “The Black Eyed Peas” band member Will.i.am’s statement about the events that occurred after the Much Music Awards in Toronto, Ontario:

Perez Hilton is shocked at how many people believe that he deserved to be punched. Even though he makes a living at insulting people on his blog and understands that he upsets people, he says that there’s never a reason for violence. The latest update on the Perez assault is that The Black Eyed Peas manager Polo Molina has turned himself in to Toronto police. Which means it’s likely that Perez Hilton is telling the truth.

A recent Nancy Grace show brought up the subject of Casey Anthony’s Google search for the 100th episode of “One Tree Hill.” Casey Anthony made this search shortly before her daughter Caylee Anthony disappeared.

Nancy Grace points out that during this particular episode of “One Tree Hill” a nanny kidnaps a child and dyes his hair to change his appearance. The storyline of the show was similar to the story that Casey Anthony told police regarding her child’s disappearance. Casey Anthony told police that she believed a nanny was involved in her daughter’s case and the description of the woman matched the kidnapper on “One Tree Hill” show.

According to Nancy Grace the Anthony family also mentioned that it was possible that Caylee Anthony’s hair color could have changed, again, similar to the television show’s plot. So is it possible that Casey Anthony watched the 100th episode of “One Tree Hill” and came up with the idea of a nanny kidnapping story? I suppose anything is possible but it’s impossible to know what happened to Caylee Anthony without more information. See what CNN’s Nancy Grace has to say on the subject:

Of course the dog in the recent “Marley and Me” movie starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson is adorable. One Orange County man definitely thought so, but unfortunately he couldn’t afford the expensive breed of dog and resorted to stealing a “Marley and Me” look-a-like from a pet store.

According to news reports 23 year-old Ryan Rickman stole the dog from Pet City three days before Christmas to give to his girlfriend as a Christmas present. Rickman was caught and now faces grand theft charges.

Once his girlfriend found out that she’d received a stolen pet she quickly paid the pet store $1,300 to keep the dog. Hopefully she’ll be calling herself Rickman’s “ex-girlfriend” in 2009.

“Marley and Me” dogs are selling like hot cakes but nothing beats the original, meet “Brownie” one of the highly trained dogs that starred in the movie:

Exactly 13 years ago O.J. Simpson made history when he was acquited of murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simson. But this time the ex pro football star wasn’t so lucky. In the case of the October 3, 2008 armed robbery 61 year-old O.J. Simpson was found guilty and today, December 5, 2008 he was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison. Simpson held back tears during the sentencing, obviously overcome with emotion. The robbery was only six minutes long and O.J. will likely be paying for it for the remainder of his life.

In the 1980’s Boy George was at the top of his career as the lead singer of the popular group “Culture Club” and it’s pretty much been all downhill for the flamboyant singer since then. Now age 47, he’s been making headlines over the years thanks to his drug addiction but most recently he shocked the public when he was arrested for false imprisonment. You have to wonder, who exactly would Boy George imprison?

It turns out it was a 29-year-old male escort named Audun Carlsen that claims George handcuffed him and beat him with a metal chain. Ouch. Although Boy George (his real name George O’Dowd) did admit to handcuffing the escort his story was that it was because the man was tampering with his computer.

Boy George has been found guilty of “false imprisonment” and will be sentenced on January 16, 2009. He is currently out on bail. Hopefully all of Boy George’s “boy toys” will stay away from his computer until then.