Where Is James Brown's Money

A company that handles royalties and income from commercials and other projects for James Brown's estate has significantly less money than it should, a lawyer for the late soul singer's family said. Much of the money that was supposed to be going to James Brown Enterprise Inc. instead ended up in a company established by a former trustee accused of misappropriating $7 million from the singer, attorney Louis Levenson said Thursday after a court hearing to sort through Brown's finances. The company collected money earned by Brown's endeavors while he was alive and continued to do so after he died on Christmas, but never gave the money to the singer, Levenson said. David Cannon, who quit working for the estate in August after being accused of taking money from it, testified that Brown's work earned millions of dollars a year. He said he would give Brown $100,000 a month for "walking-around spending money" because the singer had difficulty managing his finances.

Location Of Dr. West's Surgery Revealed

The Los Angeles County coroner has revealed the location where Dr. Jan Adams performed surgery on Dr. West. According to reports, the procedures took place at Brentwood Surgery Center, described as "a low-rent storefront clinic perched above a FedEx Kinko's store in a West Los Angeles strip mall."

Barry Bonds Indicted

Barry Bonds was indicted Thursday for perjury and obstruction of justice, charged with lying when he told a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs. The indictment, unsealed Thursday by federal prosecutors in San Francisco, is the culmination of a four-year federal probe into whether he lied under oath to a grand jury investigating steroid use by elite athletes. The indictment comes three months after the 43-year-old Bonds, one of the biggest names in professional sports, passed Hank Aaron to become baseball's career home run leader, his sport's most hallowed record. Bonds, who parted ways with the San Francisco Giants at the end of last season and has yet to sign with another team, also holds the game's single-season home run record of 73.

Dude Suing Diddy For Rights To Biggie Songs Sues Him Again

Remember that guy, James Sabatino, who's suing Diddy for 19 million dollars claiming he owns the rights to some audio and video footage of Biggie Smalls? He filed another suit against Diddy trying to make him stop mentioning an FBI investigation where James is mentioned in connection with that time Tupac got shot at the studio. In one of the FBI interrogation records, an unidentified informant who had ties to Tupac and Sabatino, told authorities in an interview held six years after Tupac's death that he was inside the Quad Studio when Tupac was shot in 1994. The informant told authorities that Sabatino appeared unconcerned when shots were heard and yelled ‘Get that piece of shit out of here!’ when a bloodied Tupac appeared in the studio. The informant also claimed that Sabatino said that Tupac needed to be ‘dealt with’. James says Diddy is circulating the FBI records ‘as part of smear campaign against him.’

Al B Sure's Other Son

OJ Is Going To Trial

The preliminary hearings are over and after three of the five guys who helped OJ pull his heist testified against him, he was hit with 12 charges including kidnapping and armed robbery. A conviction on the kidnapping count could put him in jail for life. The trial is not expected to start until next year.

Oscar Getting Sued

That stripper who sold those pictures of Oscar de la Hoya dressed in drag is suing him. Milana Dravnel is filing the papers in Manhattan state Supreme Court against de la Hoya and two unnamed defendants for alleged fraud, defamation, interference with contract, infliction of emotional distress and undue influence, her lawyer said. "[They] did everything [they] could to thwart her being able to sell this, saying they weren't real, photo-shopped, and that she didn't know what she was doing . . . that she was just a stripper," said her high-powered attorney Salvatore Strazullo. He says people in de la Hoya's camp contacted his client and threatened her to keep silent and keep the damaging photographs to herself. "There were so many people involved. Phone calls from people saying they were FBI agents or speaking on behalf of FBI agents. They did everything," Strazullo said. "It's the perfect case of David against Goliath and she got Goliath Junior on their case." When the pictures emerged publicly in September, Dravnel sold them for $70,000 to a West Coast photo agency. De la Hoya's camp denied they were real and insisted they had been doctored.

Everybody Hates Bloggers

Gabrielle Union, Nia Long, and Sanaa Lathan are in the current issue of Essence magazine and I'm sure they talk about a lot of interesting things, but um, I didn't read it. Anyway, here's what they say about black gossip blogs...

AWOL

Ok, so yesterday I read that NY Knicks coah Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden chairman Thomas Dolan were trying to decide whether or not to cut Stephon Murbury's playing time. I guess Stephon heard about it the same time I did because they say he was on the Knicks charter plane to a Phoenix Suns game when he found out he wasn't starting and stormed to the front of the plane to have a word with Isiah. Who knows what they said to one another, but witnesses claim Stephon came back in a huff telling teammates, "Isiah has to start me. I've got so much on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can mess with me. But I'll mess with him first. You have no idea what I know." Once the plane landed in Phoenix, Stephon took the next flight back to NY, skipping the game.

Dr. Jan Adams Served with 10 Malpractice Suits

Kanye West's mother, Dr. Donda West's, initial autopsy report is inconclusive pending toxicology reports, but whether or not Dr. Jan is at fault, a ton of skeletons have come crashing out of his closet....

Pac Man Agrees To Testify

Tennessee Titan, Adam "Pac Man" Jones will not be going to trial regarding the Las Vegas topless bar shooting that left one man paralyzed and Pac Man suspended from the NFL, because he pled no contest to the charges of conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct and has agreed to testify in the case. The shooter, who can seen on the club's surveiliance tapes, has not been arrested. Pac Man received a suspended sentence of one year in the Clark County (Nev.) jail. He must also attend an anger management program, complete 200 hours of community service within a year and submit to random drug tests.

Halle's Baby Daddy Don't Plan To Stick Around

Friends say five months pregnant Halle Berry was shocked to find out her baby’s daddy, Gabriel Aubry, does not plan to live in Los Angeles with her after the baby is born. They say Halle assumed he would stay with her in L.A. and had no idea he planned to move back to New York to pursue his modeling career. She can take the next 4 months talking him into staying or making up her mind to move to New York with him.

168 Million Dollar Divorce Settlement

The divorce is final and Juanita Jordan cleaned up. After 17 years of marriage Juanita gets the seven-acre estate in Chicago, custody of her and Michael's three children plus 168 million dollars.

High Powered Attorney Takes Case Against Da Brat

That girl Da Brat smacked in the face with a rum bottle hired high powered attorney Willie Gary to litigate her case. A statement released by Gary claims, “Our client was physically attacked by Da Brat and has suffered significant head injuries, permanent disfigurement as well as mental distress. Ms. Stevens is a cheerleader, choreographer, dancer, actress and entrepreneur, whose career has been greatly affected by this incident." Gary is well known for winning multi-million dollar settlements for his clients.