Barbara Hershey Accused Of Witchcraft By Lost Star’s Ex

Lost star Naveen Andrews has gained sole custody of his three-year-old son, Naveen Jr, after a brutal court battle. According to TMZ, Elena Eustache, the child’s mother, took Naveen Jr. out of Los Angeles without permission. She also accused Andrews’ girlfriend, Barbara Hershey, of performing witchcraft and poisoning the child. Andrews’ lawyer has asked that Eustache undergo psychiatric testing.

Andrews conceived the child with Eustache during his brief separation from Beaches star in 2005. Hershey and Andrews have been dating over a decade, despite their 21 year age difference.

Eustache, an actress and stand-up comedienne, appears in the upcoming Matt Damon film, The Informant. Check out a video made by Eustache after the jump.

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A month has passed since the planned sale of Fantasia Barrino’s $1.3 million North Carolina home was announced, and the singer/actress has done absolutely nothing to stop it. Mecklenberg County sheriffs have tried repeatedly to contact her about the January 12th auction, but have yet to get past her mom(!). Ironically, the lien on the property stems from her refusal to pay a mere $55,000 she owes to a Florida credit company. Barrino has never responded to any documents related to the debt, nor has anyone ever appeared for her in court. “My client has continuously asked me why they won’t just pay it,” said the lawyer. “I just don’t have an answer.”

It might seem odd that Barrino would be willing to part with a mansion rather than pay the bill, but this isn’t the first time she’s walked away from a bill. She was sued last year over an unpaid promissory note and almost lost another Charlotte home in 2005. Fantasia, get new handlers! You can’t do worse than what you’ve got.

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In August ‘08, someone created a page on Blogger called Skanks In NYC, posting candid photos and slanderous comments about model Liskula Cohen. “How old is this skank? 40 something? She’s a psychotic, lying, whoring, still going to clubs at her age, skank.” If that wasn’t crazy enough, a commenter named “liveandlove” offered colorful retorts two months later:

After finding your blog I stopped to think about what kind of monster you must really be. To target a woman so aggressively to attack even the stupidest of ill facts. I feel sorry for you “anonymous little blogger”. Why do you hide behind that anonymous title? Are you afraid of what Liskula can do to you? She is a very powerful woman, as I am sure you know. What exactly has she done to you? Does your boyfriend want her? Probably, most men and women want her. She is tall, thin, beautiful, super kind and generous to a fault. Is it her success? Is it the fact that everybody loves her and she gets respect everywhere she goes? Are you one of those little dumpy girls who hang off her every word? Or do you wait three hours in line at a club, when she breezes right in?

Zing. Now Cohen is suing Google, which owns Blogger, to find out who started the site. “I’m tall, I’m blond, I’ve been modeling for many years, and people get jealous,” said Cohen. “If I had to deal with everyone who is jealous, I wouldn’t have time to do anything else.” Will Google fight to protect the identity of anonymous haters, or will they toss the name to Cohen and wash their hands of this ridiculous debacle?

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Liskula Cohen. [Photo: Friendster]

Liskula Cohen. [Photo: Friendster]

Liskula Cohen. [Photo: MySpace]

Liskula Cohen. [Photo: MySpace]

Liskula Cohen. [Photo: MySpace]

Heather Mills has refused to settle a lawsuit issued by her former nanny, who claims she was made to work unreasonable hours and give the ex-wife of Paul McCartney weekly fake tans. Zzz, right? What makes it interesting is that a video of the nanny, Sarah Trumble, complimenting Mills, was put online soon after the suit. According to a source for The Daily Mail, the clip was recorded months ago and may have been leaked by Mills.

Sara is absolutely fuming about that video, but it’s just the sort of stunt her ladyship pulls. All Heather’s staff are ordered to film a 15-minute interview when they join, saying what a wonderful woman she is and how evil the newspapers are. She has chosen a few seconds of footage from Sara’s interview and stuck them together with pictures of the story about her court case, to make it look like she’s being interviewed today.

Mills’ rep denied the accusation, but you have to love that the lady forces her staff to give her compliments on film when they’re hired. Is she planning a documentary? To Heather Mills, Thanks For Everything. Love, Domestic Servants? Check out the video after the jump.

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My, Scarlett Johansson’s having a busy week doling out the threats here, there and everywhere. Firstly, she’s got her knickers in a twist over the current issue of UK Cosmopolitan, claiming they ran quotes about her marriage to Ryan Reynolds that she never said. (To be honest, they’re so anodyne, we wouldn’t give a crap either way. Who cares if you REALLY uttered, “Ryan and I are in love and we’re enjoying our relationship together,” and “We’re like any other couple — we feel so fortunate to be together” as we’ve fallen asleep regardless?) And now she reckons we should all expect a second album from her in the future, after the underwhelming meh- huge success of her Tom Waits cover album earlier this year.

“I would love to do another album. I don’t think I’d do covers, so it’d be a project that I have to dedicate myself to. I feel like that’s something for the future,” she told MTV News.

Apparently, if she did have to do another cover, it would be of Leonard Cohen tracks. But please, Scarlett, please, no “Hallelujah”. Over in the UK, we’re already suffering from Hallelujah-itis, as X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke’s version is set for No. 1 as the fastest download ever. And some smart aleck has also decided to re-release Jeff Buckley’s version too, which is set for the No. 2 slot. We can’t take anymore meaningful, mournful songs. Please! [Photo: Splash News Online]

Phew! Our cherished right to take the piss out of ridiculous, inflated or just your common-or-garden variety celebrities has been upheld in the court of law. Notoriously sensitive flower Elton John this weekend lost a case he brought against British newspaper accusing them of defamation. Their crime? Writing a (not even particularly funny) spoof diary of the music superstar in their magazine, which satirized his annual White Tie and Tiara Ball. It seems sensitive Reg saw red at the clearly jokey piece which poked fun at “a preposterously lavish evening … [because A-listers are] the kind of people who wouldn’t turn up for anything less.”

“In a groundbreaking libel decision, the judge said that “irony” and “teasing” do not amount to defamation. The ruling offers protection to writers of satirical articles clearly not meant to be taken seriously,” the paper reported.

Hurrah! What great news that a pompous superstar can’t always act like a pompous superstar. Don’t get upset, Elton, we’re only teasing. Or are we being ironic? Either way, keep that lawsuit away from us …

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Josh Hartnett, not in the library, and not with the hottie. The Daily Mirror got celebrity sex tape addicts excited about closed-circuit video footage of the 30 Days Of Night star getting 30 minutes of heaven in the library of the Soho Hotel in London. “Like I don’t have a room!” said Hartnett, who sued the paper to defend his Man Whore name. The Mirror admitted earlier today that they were lying about the tape, and have paid the actor $30,000. Hartnett says he’ll give the money to charity, which means his career is doing better than we thought.

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Last September, 44-year-old Canadian stripper Kimberlee Ouwroulis filed a lawsuit, claiming that she had been wrongly fired from the New Locomotion club in Stouffville, Ontario. Two months later, the case has become an internet sensation, with Fox News asking its legal panel whether her claims of age discrimination had any merit. We smell a TV movie coming!

In an interview with the National Post, Ouwroulis says she only began stripping four years ago. “It is unusual to start the business brand-new at age of 40. It really worked for me, because I enjoyed it, and maintained a great attitude.” Ouwroulis is looking for $100,000 in damages, claiming that she made up to $8,000 a month at the club. She’s now working at another club, but—as far as has been reported—her case is still pending.

It’s only Tuesday, but this is already shaping up to be a weak week for Prince. First he was quoted in the New Yorker dissing gay marriage and claiming “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.” This from a man who spent his twenties wearing women’s underwear on stage.

Countless fans were upset that the Purple One could be so intolerant, but this isn’t the first time he was accused of homophobia since his religious conversion to Jehovah’s Witnesses. The biography Possessed:Rise And Fall Of Prince included claims that he would only reunite with Revolution members Wendy & Lisa if they renounced their lesbian relationship. But Perez Hilton says that Prince was misquoted. “What His Purpleness actually did was gesture to the Bible and said he follows what it teaches, referring mainly to the parts about loving everyone and refraining from judgment…” We can only hope!

If this wasn’t enough bad publicity, he’s now being sued by the makers of his 3121 perfume. It seems the star hasn’t bothered to do any promotional work for the perfume line for over a year—despite plans to release a new fragrance in 2009. Sounds like somebody needs to do some PR damage control. Maybe he could hand out free samples at a pride parade.

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Embattled former Death Row owner Suge Knight allegedly started his career by hanging Vanilla Ice out of a hotel window—so it makes sense that the impresario would go back to harrassing rappers today. Knight is belatedly suing Kanye West for the shooting injury he received at West’s pre-VMA bash in August 2005. After all, it was the “Love Lockdown” star’s security that let the unknown assailant through, capping Knight in the leg.

Knight’s other grievances against West include loss of blood, the loss of a diamond earring worth almost $150,000, and having to take a private jet back to Cali (it was so necessary!). He’s also—we shit you not—hitting West up for the “mental anguish” Knight received over “the loss of use and enjoyment of the earring.” Pretty ridiculous, though if anyone would sympathize with the pain of losing diamonds, it’s West.

So why did Knight fail to sue West until now? It couldn’t have anything to do with Knight being under bankruptcy protection, could it? Still, it might be in West’s best interests to settle. Remember when Knight was arrested for beating his girlfriend in Vegas last August? That case is on hold, as the woman, Melissa Isaac, is now missing. Take heed, Yeezy.

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