So here’s a question I’m sure Britney’s lawyers would love to have answered:
If Kevin Federline is feeling flush enough to drop $20,000 on jewelry and leave a $2,000 tip on a $365 dinner tab, why is Britney Spears still paying his legal bills?
There’s no question he’s a mooch but it seems he’s living especially large these days, heading to Fashion Week in New York last month and flashing all kinds of cash like he actually has a job.
Oh wait, he still gets $200,000 a year in spousal support from Brits. Which he conveniently omitted from his most recent earnings declaration. And his bling, food, and phone bills? He deducted them as “business expenses.”
KFed currently owes just over $400,000 in fees to his legal team. His lawyers made the argument that Britney should continue to pay his fees because he can’t otherwise afford their representation.
Ever heard of a budget, Kevin? You’re not a baller anymore, time to come down off that hog.
A New York lawyer who gained prominence by representing 9/11 victims and then fell from grace by swindling them has sued a bunch of casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City for allowing her to gamble away $1 million.
Arelia Taveras helped survivors of 9/11 seek compensation following the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York but then was disbarred after it came out that she skimmed nearly $100,000 from her clients to funnel money to her gambling habit.
Taveras says she fell into such a deep gambling addiction that she would go days without leaving the Blackjack tables, brushing her teeth with disposable wipes and subsisting on Snickers bars and orange juice. In her lawsuit, she claims the casinos shouldn’t have let her play:
“They knew I was going for days without eating or sleeping,” Taveras, 37, said. “I would pass out at the tables. They had a duty of care to me…
“Everybody says, ‘You gambled and you enjoyed yourself, then lost your money and now you want it back.’ They think gambling is fun. It isn’t, believe me. Not when you get like I did.”
She is suing the casinos for $20 million. (They deny they did anything wrong.) I have to say, this sounds like pretty sweet justice for a pretty scummy person.
Digg this
