Shaq In Middle of Kidnapping, Robbery, Sex Tape Case
Shaquille O'Neal is embroiled in a criminal case in which 7 gang members allegedly kidnapped, beat up and robbed a man who claimed to have a tape showing Shaq having sex with other women while he was married to Shaunie.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Ladell Rowles -- a member of the Main Street Mafia Crip Gang in L.A. who is friends with Shaq -- along with 6 other members went on a search and destroy mission in L.A. on February 11, 2008. They believed a man named Robert Ross had the sex tape and they tried getting it back with the help of a gun or two.
According to the police report, the 7 gang members met up with Ross at a convenience store -- Pink Dot -- on the Sunset Strip. The men allegedly surrounded Ross' Rolls Royce Phantom with guns drawn, jumped into Ross' car and ordered him to drive to Rowles' house in South Central L.A.
Joe Montana -- Stitched Up After Bloody ATV Crash
Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana needed several stitches to close a gash above his eye after crashing an all-terrain vehicle on his Northern California ranch this weekend.
According to local reports, Montana was not seriously injured -- but the damage to his eye will keep him from appearing in front of the Santa Clara City Council tonight.
Montana was scheduled to discuss plans to build a new hotel, restaurant and sports bars near the proposed new 49ers stadium.
Buckle Up for Safety
WWE Star Kevin Nash -- BIGGEST MUG SHOT EVER!
Cops in Florida TRIED to measure the height of WWE superstar Kevin Nash after he was recently arrested ... but HE WAS TALLER THAN THEIR MEASURING CHART!!!!!
Nash posed for the mug shot after he was arrested on suspicion of battery last month -- a charge that was later dismissed for lack of evidence.
Nash -- who claims he's a solid 7 feet tall -- was recently arrested on suspicion of battery in Florida ... after he stopped a drunk dude from getting too close to his wife at a local restaurant.
Big Sexy admits things did get physical with the other man -- but Nash insists he only acted in self-defense because the drunk guy came at him with a beer bottle.
Bigger Is Better
Big Ben & Steelers -- Wetting Themselves
Ben Roethlisberger and his Pittsburgh Steeler pals are barely keeping their heads above water during the lockout -- in fact ... they SOAKED their unemployed asses at a waterpark in Texas this weekend.
Big Ben and the boys took a much needed break from doing nothing on Saturday -- and stopped by the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in New Braunfels.
A rep for the park tells TMZ, the guys hit some of the biggest rides -- including the Boogie Bahn Surf Ride, the Dragon's Revenge uphill water coaster, the Down Hill Racer and the Hill Side Tube Chute.
We're told they even made a sizeable donation to the park's Employees Scholarship -- but if the lockout goes on any longer, they may have to ask for it back.
Heating Up
Dirk Nowitzki DETHRONES LeBron in Cleveland Beef
Talk about adding insult to injury -- a day after LeBron James' dreams were dashed to pieces, one of the biggest delis in Cleveland renamed its famous "King" sandwich ... after Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki.
TMZ spoke with Earl Stein -- the co-owner of Corky and Lenny's in Cleveland -- and he tells us, the deli redubbed the $10.50 sandwich in honor of Dallas' victory over Miami Sunday night.
What was once the "King Size Corned Beef Sandwich" is now the "The Dirk Nowitzki Corned Beef Sandwich."
We haven't tasted it ourselves -- but it looks delicious ... and probably goes real well with an ice cold can of spite.
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Chris Bosh -- At Least I Played in Front of My Daughter!
Chris Bosh isn't as sad about losing out on an NBA championship as you might think -- because on Sunday night, he got to play in front of his daughter.
As TMZ first reported, Bosh filed an emergency motion with a Maryland judge to try and modify his custody arrangement so that his two-year-old girl Trinity could see him play in his first NBA Finals.
Things didn't go as Bosh wanted, but luckily for him the series lasted long enough so that his regular visitation time with Trinity allowed her to go to Sunday night's game.
Bosh and the Miami Heat suffered a bitter loss, but sources close to Bosh tell us seeing his daughter made him feel like a winner.
Maybe he can let LeBron have her for a weekend.
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Mavs Player RIPS LeBron 'How's My Dirk Taste?'
Dallas Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson let his T-shirt do the trash talking after his team took down the Miami Heat last night -- "HEY LEBRON! HOW'S MY DIRK TASTE."
DeShawn made the fashion statement while celebrating in his hotel room after the game.
JUNE 2008
Of course, DeShawn was simply making a tweak to the greatest NBA Championship trash talking rap of all time -- when Shaq asked Kobe to, "Tell me how my ass tastes!!"
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Miami Paper Congratulates WRONG NBA Team
And they say newspapers are dying ...
The Miami Herald ran an advertisement for Macy's in this morning's edition -- congratulating the Miami Heat on winning NBA Championship.
Oops.
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Dallas Mavs Partying Where Bron's Mom Was Busted
The Dallas Mavericks continued to stick it to the Miami Heat last night even AFTER they won the NBA Championship... partying at the same place LeBron's mom got arrested back in April.
NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki, owner Mark Cuban, several other Mavs, and a few celebs like Lil Wayne and Trey Songz ... celebrated at LIV nightclub in the swanky Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel -- where just two months ago, Gloria James was arrested for slapping a valet.
To the victors, go the spoils.
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Kim K to Bret Lockett -- Here Comes the Lawsuit!
Bret Lockett might finally get that face-to-face meeting with Kim Kardashian he always wanted -- but it looks like it's going to go down ... in a courtroom!
Sources close to Kim K tell TMZ ... her lawyers are drafting a defamation lawsuit against Lockett and will file it as early as Monday morning.
Kim has maintained all along she never met Bret -- despite his claims they had a "physical relationship." Harvey hammered Lockett on TMZ Live last week, asking him when and where he met Kim, but Lockett refused to say. Nevertheless, he insisted he and Kim had hooked up this year, after she started dating Kris Humphries.
But on Friday, Lockett finally fessed up on "Showbiz Tonight" ... admitting he never actually met Kim.
We're told Kim's lawyers fired off a letter to Lockett in the last few days, telling him to hang on to the so-called "evidence" he has on his "affair" with Kim -- because he'll need to produce it in court.
What a jerk.
KIM SET THIS UP HERSELF.SHE IS IN CAHOOTS WITH BRETT. THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER.ANYONE WHO CAN'T SEE THIS IS STUPID.
I think it is hard to defame someone who became famous for a sex tape.
I can't understand why the man would come out of the blue and make up a story like this. I want to see how far the court case will goes if this was only a publicity stunt.
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WWE Star Kevin Nash -- Cleared After Battery Arrest
WWE legend Kevin Nash is in the clear ... TMZ has learned -- after cops arrested him in Florida recently for allegedly laying the smackdown on some drunk guy ... for hitting on his wife.
According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, Big Sexy and his lady were leaving a restaurant after dinner, when a man approached Nash's wife and began chatting her up.
According to the report, Nash's wife told the guy to buzz off ... but he got aggressive -- so Nash stepped in and dropped him.
Nash held the man down until police arrived -- but in a cruel twist of fate, he ended up getting arrested himself on suspicion of battery, a charge that was eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.
Nash tells TMZ, he never should have been arrested -- and if he wanted to sue, he'd have a good case in court, adding, "I'm a 52-year-old fake fighter. My hands aren't deadly weapons."
Let's Get Physical
The Real HOT Housewives of Futbol Players
Other than all things David Beckham related, soccer is not that hot in the U.S. ... but the wives and fiancée of some of their players sure are!
The ridiculously sexy significant others of German soccer star Bastian Schweinsteiger, French player David Trezeguet and Uruguayan stud Diego Forlán all bathed their bikini bods in the warm waters of Miami on Wednesday.
Score!
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Bret Lockett -- I Never Actually Met Kim Kardashian
Although he maintains to have carried on a "physical relationship" with Kim Kardashian, NFL guy Bret Lockett finally admitted last night on HLN's "Showbiz Tonight" ... he has never even met her in person.
You'll remember ... we tried pressing Bret during TMZ Live earlier this week for details on where he met Kim ... but he
Mr. Lockett, your 15 minutes are officially up.
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Kim Kardashian on Lockett: "It's Embarrassing for Him"
Kim Kardashian finally spoke aloud on the alleged Bret Lockett affair story as she exited her lunchspot Carousel ... saying she was embarrassed for him and that she has never spoken him "a day in her life."
What more is there to say?
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Cops to NBAer: Urine BigTrouble!
Diminutive NBA baller Nate Robinson got himself in a jam early Friday morning ... when he was busted for pissing in public.
The 5'9" former Slam Dunk champ was spotted by cops in White Plains, NY... urinating on the sidewalk across from City Hall.
Robinson -- who has played for the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, and now the Oklahoma City Thunder -- has been released on $100 bail and ordered to return to court on June 22.
What a pisser. Sorry.
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Ex-Wrestling Champ Uses STUN GUN on Woman
Former TNA Wrestling champion Jeff Hardy grabbed a REAL, WORKING STUN GUN -- and used it to zap the hell out of his brother's girlfriend during a webcast this week ... and the video is shocking.
The girl -- who reluctantly agreed to be shocked after some coaxing from the Hardy brothers -- let out a bloodcurlding shriek when the electric shock zapped her body -- instantly dropping her to the ground.
Moments later, she got up -- and seemed to be OK.
The following day, Jeff's brother Matt posted a video apology to their fans -- noting that the stunt was only "meant to be fun."