Posted Mar 18th 2010 12:03AM by TMZ Staff
Playmate of the Year 2004 Carmella DeCesare Garcia is exercising some serious face control ... because the model's suing a Cleveland nightclub for using her image without asking first.
In a lawsuit filed in Cleveland, 27-year-old DeCesare claims a local nightclub named "Sin" plastered her face all over a flier without her permission ... and more importantly, without paying her a dime.
Club owner Gordon Stojkowski tells us, "I have no idea about this lawsuit."
DeCesare -- who married former Cleveland Browns QB Jeff Garcia in 2007 -- wants at least $25,000 in damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: carmella decesare, carmella decesare garcia, CarmellaDecesare, CarmellaDecesareGarcia, jeff garcia, JeffGarcia, lawsuit, nfl, playboy, playmate, playmate of the year, PlaymateOfTheYear
Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:15PM by TMZ Staff
Playboy Playmate Holly Madison squeezed into a tiny outfit, played beer pong and hung out with a leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day ... and bless her for it.
Madison's revealing celebration went down at O'Sheas Casino in Las Vegas.
Filed under: Party All The Time, Photo Galleries, Playboy
Tags: holy madison, HolyMadison, las vegas, LasVegas, osheas casino, OsheasCasino, playboy, playmate
Posted Feb 9th 2010 7:30PM by TMZ Staff
Good news ladies... Hugh Hefner is going to be a single man ... soon.
TMZ has obtained legal docs making his divorce from Kimberly Hefner official on March 11.
Sources tell us the couple has come to terms on a property settlement which is confidential.
The 83-year-old filed for divorce last September, although he separated from Kimberly in 1998.
Hugh didn't file for divorce earlier because he struck a deal and paid Kimberly a fixed sum and let her live in the house adjacent to the Playboy Mansion.
Kimberly filed a $5 million lawsuit against Hef last August after Hef sold the house and didn't give her profits. He claims he's paid her nearly $12 million since they separated.
The couple married in 1989 and have two adult sons.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Dirty Divorces, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: divorce, final, hugh hefner, HughHefner, judgment, kimberly hefner, KimberlyHefner, properly, settlement
Posted Feb 8th 2010 7:50PM by TMZ Staff
Hugh Hefner has been sued for living the good life and refusing to give it up for the sake of his company.
We've obtained a class action lawsuit filed by a Playboy shareholder who claims the company is falling apart and Hugh has intentionally sabotaged two potential deals in the last 6 months to sell the company at a decent price.
In the lawsuit, an investment company that analyzed Playboy's business sent a note stating "we think the wildcard here is Hugh Hefner." The note continues, "If you were Hugh Hefner, 81, would you give up the parade of busty blonds, the fancy mansion and the reality TV show for a payout?"
The suit goes on ... "Hefner has continued to live the good life and make sure everyone knows it. Hefner remains in the limelight, showing up at media events and at the Playboy mansion ... with his girlfriends by his side."
The suit laments, "Today, the price of a Playboy magazine is far higher than the price of Playboy common stock." In 1999, the stock sold for $36 a share. Today Playboy closed at $3.14. The magazine sells for $5.99 ... because of the articles.
The plaintiffs say Hefner runs roughshod over the shareholders and they want unspecified damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: class action, class action lawsuit, ClassAction, ClassActionLawsuit, hugh hefner, HughHefner, lawsuit, playboy, sell
Posted Jan 28th 2010 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
A man claims he went to the Playboy Mansion -- and all he got was a "savage" ass kicking.
It's all part of a new lawsuit filed against Playboy ... by a guy who obviously never, ever plans to go back to Hef's place again in his lifetime.
According to the suit, a guy named Ryan Murphy claims he somehow scored an invite to a Super Bowl party at the Mansion in 2008 -- a party where guests were "permitted to consume an endless amount of alcohol without restriction." So far, so good -- right?
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: hugh hefner, HughHefner, lawsuit, playboy mansion, PlayboyMansion
Posted Dec 31st 2009 6:54PM by TMZ Staff
In a lawsuit that arguably defies the very fabric of Playboy, a woman who was fired by Playboy Enterprises claims Hugh Hefner prefers younger women.
Jennifer Lewis, a former Guest Relations Coordinator for the Playboy Mansion, claims she was fired after she turned 47 and replaced by a 33-year-old woman. The suit claims Lewis, who is suing Hef as well as other Playboy big wigs, gave the defendants "over ten of the best years of her life."
Lewis claims beginning last year, she was singled out and subjected to a hostile work environment. Lewis claims it got so bad she was placed on anti-depressants.
In the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Lewis is asking for unspecified damages.
No immediate comment from Playboy.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: age, age discrimination, AgeDiscrimination, discrimination, hef, hugh hefner, HughHefner, Jennifer Lewis, JenniferLewis, lawsuit, playboy, sex
Posted Dec 24th 2009 2:05AM by TMZ Staff
Fire engulfed a home owned by Playboy Playmate Brande Roderick this week, leaving her garage a smoldering mess -- fortunately, she wasn't there when the flames broke out.
Roderick -- who's currently renting the Los Angeles home out to tenants -- tells us firefighters responded quickly and extinguished the flames in 7 minutes.
We're told no one was injured in the blaze. Authorities are currently investigating the source of the fire.
Filed under: Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: baywatch, brande roderick, BrandeRoderick, fire, Los Angeles Fire Department, LosAngelesFireDepartment, playboy, playmate of the year, PlaymateOfTheYear
Posted Dec 1st 2009 2:40PM by TMZ Staff
We've never heard of Rita Guedes -- and she clearly didn't understand the questions we threw at her yesterday in Beverly Hills -- but she's hot enough to have been in Playboy Brazil, so enjoy.
Filed under: Playboy
Tags: brazilian model, BrazilianModel, playboy, Rita Guedes, RitaGuedes
Posted Nov 21st 2009 9:00AM by TMZ Staff
You wanna see if Levi Johnston lives up to his name? It's gonna cost you.
Fact is ... the hype is bigger than the payoff, because there's no full frontal -- at least that's the skinny. Playgirl has figured it out, though. You have to "JOIN NOW TO SEE LEVI JOHNSTON NUDE!"
Here's the deal ...You want to see a shirtless, hairless man this weekend, just go see the new "Twilight" movie.
Filed under: Playboy, Sarah & The Palins
Tags: full frontal, FullFrontal, levi johnston, LeviJohnston, naked, nude, photo, photos, playgirl
Posted Nov 16th 2009 5:15PM by TMZ Staff
The feud between Sarah Palin ('memba her?!) and Levi Johnston rages on -- and even though she offered him an olive branch invite to her Thanksgiving dinner, we don't see them sharing the stuffing come next week.
The VP wannabeen appeared on "Oprah" today, where talk turned to her daughter's babydaddy's Playgirl spread -- a career move she labels as "heartbreaking" "porn." Palin also noted that she heard Levi is going by another name these days -- Rikki Hollywood.
FYI -- Levi's supposedly shooting his "porn" today.
Filed under: TV, Oprah, Celebrity Feuds, Playboy, Politix, Sarah & The Palins
Tags: levi johnston, LeviJohnston, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey, playgirl, porn, sarah palin, SarahPalin
Posted Nov 4th 2009 12:05AM by TMZ Staff
The Playboy Playmate formerly accused of taking money from innocent children just won big in court -- because the lawsuit which claimed stole another woman's child support was just dropped.
Ida Ljungqvist's lawyer, Keith Fink, claimed the other woman decided against pursuing her lawsuit because she was told she faced a malicious prosecution action if she followed through with it.
Katrina Kantner filed the lawsuit on May 28 -- claiming Ida received $90,000 from her ex-husband, Doug ... all while Doug neglected his $10,000 monthly child support payments.
Ida's lawyer claims she was targeted simply because she is a celebrity.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Playboy
Tags: child support, ChildSupport, ida ljungqvist, IdaLjungqvist, lawsuit, playboy, playmate, playmate of the year, PlaymateOfTheYear
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 12:50AM by TMZ Staff
Joanna Krupa has got one hilarious foot fetish -- or at least she does in this laughable low budget fetish video from back in the day ... complete with more tickle torture than anyone should ever have to endure.
TMZ has learned the Playboy bombshell and "Dancing with the Stars" competitor scored the starring role of "Head Nurse Regina" in the foot fetish/tickle torture film "No Shoes No Mercy" back in 2003 ... probably for some extra cash before her big break.
In the video, Krupa starts off by unleashing her fingers of fury on her female tickle partner ... then gets tied down on the hospital bed for an awkwardly awesome session of her very own.
As for Krupa's tickle partner? That's Sarah Kozer -- a reality TV regular you might recognize as the runner-up from "Joe Millionaire."
Filed under: TV, Dancing with the Stars, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: dancing with the stars, DancingWithTheStars, foot fetish, FootFetish, joanna krupa, JoannaKrupa, joe millionaire, JoeMillionaire, playboy, sarah kozer, SarahKozer, tickle torture, TickleTorture
Posted Oct 29th 2009 6:00AM by TMZ Staff
A former Playmate of the Year is suing the ex-boyfriend she claims brutalized her, threatened to kill her family .... and even attempted to pop her breast implants.
Dalene Kurtis, who won the Playmate title in 2002, wants $10 million from ex-BF James Daren Metropoulos, heir to the Bumblebee Tuna fortune.
Dalene claims, among other things, James
-- Beat her in the ribs with a baseball bat
-- Called her a "f**king whore," "ungrateful b*tch," and "ugly old Playmate"
-- Stomped on her chest and stomach
-- Choked her
-- Grabbed, punched, and kicked her
-- Spit on her
Dalene won a temporary restraining order against James early last month.
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: dalene kurtis, DaleneKurtis, james metropoulos, JamesMetropoulos
