Bernard Spitzer
Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson Talk It Out; Guy Ritchie and Madonna Divorce Finalized; Eliot Spitzer's Bad Day
The still "very much in love" Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan have started attending couples therapy after a series of public fights. [P6]
At a divorce hearing yesterday, Guy Ritchie declined to go after soon-to-be ex-wife Madonna's money, opting instead to focus on obtaining joint custody of his children. [NYDN]
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz named their son Bronx Mowgli. [Us Weekly] read more »
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A Complaint Against Bernard Spitzer
Bernard Spitzer will take the stand in his own defense in Bronx courtroom tomorrow against charges that four African-Americans were improperly fired at one the building he owns, according to a plaintiff in the case.
Anthony Hayden, 43, of Brooklyn, one of the four plaintiffs, said he'll be at court tomorrow to see Spitzer, father of the former governor, testify. read more »
Roger Stone: Dems Knew About Harmonie Membership
Roger Stone doesn’t think much of the suggestion (based on my reading of a Weekly Standard story) that he had any role in drumming up a controversy over the fact that Eliot Spitzer’s father and MTA nominee Dale Hemmerdinger were members of the racially un-diverse Harmonie Club. Hemmerdinger's membership became a contentious political issue after an angry letter from Democratic Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries.
Stone emails:
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Just for the record, I never spoke to Hakim Jeffries, never spoke to his people and never asked anyone to speak to him. In fact, until I read the story I never heard of him.
He also said, “I admire what Jeffries did.”
In another email, Stone wrote: read more »
Roger Stone and a Spitzer Controversy [updated]
A new Weekly Standard profile of Roger Stone has a suggestive nugget implying that he is still playing a quietly active role in a broad-based anti-Spitzer coalition.
From the story: read more »
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