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Unusual Celebrity Legal News Spotlight!

Many celebrities are or at least appear to be eccentric characters. With that said, celebrities never cease to amaze with the types of legal disputes that they may sometimes get involved with or dragged into. Sometimes these unusual celebrity lawsuits even involve figures who have been dead for quite a while, as some of the following stories depict.

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Unusual Celebrity Legal News Spotlight Updated June 29, 2007!

Family Feud over $412 Million National Enquirer Fortune

Paul Pope, the son of the Generoso Pope, founder of the National Enquirer, has been embroiled in a legal battle with his mother Lois over a $412 million fortune. "We both come from the tabloid world. The irony of it is absolutely bizarre," said Paul Pope over the dispute, which began last year when Lois Pope filed suit against her son for repayment of a $340,000 loan. Paul Pope filed a counterclaim against his mother, saying that monthly payments were to be made only until his advisers could find a way for his mother to give him $1 million per year without having to pay gift taxes. Last month, Paul Pope also claimed that his mother failed to get adequate help for his father when he suffered a fatal heart attack 19 years ago. Lois Pope's attorney called the accusations "despicable."

Dr. Jack Kevorkian Paroled After Eight Years in Prison

Suicide Doc Says He Will Not Assist Suicides Anymore
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the pathologist who made headlines and eventually went to prison for his physician-assisted suicide activism, has been paroled after serving more than eight years in prison. Kevorkian, 79, will reportedly be a free man on June 1 and has said he will never again counsel or advise anyone about suicide; however, he will push for laws that will allow it. In the U.S., only the state of Oregon allows physician-assisted suicide.


Unusual Celebrity Legal News Spotlight Updated June 6, 2007!

Houdini's Family Petitions Court to Exhume Body

Reuters news service has reported that the family of acclaimed late magician Harry Houdini has asked permission to have his body exhumed from a New York cemetery and tested for evidence of murder. George Hardeen, great-nephew of Harry Houdini, has said that he believes Houdini's death in Detroit, MI in 1926 may have been the result of a poisoning by "spiritualist enemies" who wanted Houdini dead. Hardeen is believed to be Houdini's closest living relative.

Murdered Jogger's Body Hidden on Sesame Street Actor's Property

Caretaker for Character Actor Carroll Spinney Hides Body in Spinney's Storage Building
A man who worked as the caretaker for the actor who plays "Big Bird" and "Oscar the Grouch" on the children's show "Sesame Street," was sentenced to life in prison without parole for reportedly killing a jogger and hiding her body on the Sesame Street actor's property. Scott Deojay confessed to killing Judith Nilan, a 44-year old woman. Deojay told police he'd hit Nilan with is car while she was jogging, then hid her body in a storage building on Spinney's property. Spinney, who plays the popular children's show characters, was not home at the time and had no involvement in the crime.

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The Late Johnny Cochran's Law Firm Sued for Racial Discrimination

The law firm that was founded by the late legal legend Johnny Cochran, who successfully defended O.J. Simpson and coined the phrases, "playing the race card," and "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit," has been sued for racial discrimination by an attorney who alleges that white attorneys who took over the firm after Cochran died are discriminating against black lawyers and clients. Attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, who worked for Cochran for 17 years and was demoted and then fired by four white males in the firm after Cochran's death, released a statement saying, "In deference to the memory of Johnnie Cochran and in deference to his family, I do not intend to engage in a public airing of our disagreements. The lawsuit speaks for itself and this matter will be litigated in the courts." Randy McMurray, a partner in the firm, denied Holley's charges. "She was not fired," he told reporters. "Our perceptions of her leaving the firm are different."