Court Cases

A man in Washington state faces a possible jail sentence after punching a 10-year-old boy in the face. Yong Hyun Kim told police he thought the boy was a grown man and was repeatedly disturbed by the boy during a screening of "Titanic."

"I just got so mad that it happened," Yong told police. According to him, the boy and his girlfriend had been loud during the entire movie, causing Kim to repeatedly ask them to be quiet. The two were also throwing popcorn, distracting Kim from watching the film.

After growing frustrated, Yong climbed over his seat and attacked the 10-year-old, causing him to lose a tooth and have a bloody nose.  more >>

A British man was sentenced to one year in jail after hacking into Selena Gomez's Facebook and Twitter, and then posting a derogatory remark about Justin Bieber.

Gareth Crosskey, 21, was sentenced to one year in prison under Britain's Computer Misuse Act after hacking into Selena Gomez's Facebook and Twitter account. Reports stated the Crosskey had posted "Justin Bieber sucks" on her Facebook wall, which upset a number of outraged fans.

In addition, Crosskey supposedly upset communication between the two stars and threatened to expose private emails from Bieber to Gomez. A worker at McDonalds, Crosskey was tracked by the FBI and local authorities after he sent threatening emails to Gomez's stepfather. more >>

Usher's ex-wife spit on his girlfriend during an incident between the two, the singer testified. Usher Raymond was called Monday to give his account of events that took place because of the custody battle between he and his ex, Tameka Foster.

Usher alleged that his ex-wife spit on his girlfriend and manager, Grace Miguel, when the "U Got It Bad" singer went to the house to drop of one of his young sons. The R&B powerhouse told a courtroom that although he parked his car away from Foster's home to avoid a confrontation, his ex-wife became suspicious, and walked the distance to the car anyways.

It was then that she saw Miguel, and "wanted to fight" the woman, according to TMZ. more >>

Lauren Odes, 29, claims that she was fired from her temporary data entry position after being told that her physique was not appropriate for the position. Odes is now filling suit on religious and sexual discrimination grounds.

Odes was employed by the owners of a lingerie shop for the position of a temporary data entry assistant. Odes claims that she was never given a specific dress code and then later told that her attire was offensive.

"When I first started working there, I asked what the dress code was, and I was just told to look around and see what everyone else was wearing," Odes said in a press conference Monday. "So I did. The dress was very casual athletic wear to business attire." more >>

Usher, 33-year-old Grammy Award-winning singer, broke down on the stand during the custody hearing for his children after ex-wife Tameka Foster's lawyers accused him of using drugs and making partying a priority over parenting.

Usher dabbed at his eyes with tissues while taking the stand in an attempt to get sole custody of his two sons Usher Raymond V, 4, and Naviyd Ely Raymond, over 40-year-old Foster, who he separated from in 2009 after two years of marriage. The singer reportedly filed to obtain custody in January, after the mother of his children refused to let them travel on a world tour with him.

The singer broke down in the Atlanta courtroom on Tuesday after Foster's attorney presented images of him partying in Europe in February. more >>

A U.S. district court judge in Delaware ruled last week that members of a local city council who had been reciting the Lord's Prayer at every meeting for six years must stop the "Christian" practice because it violates the Constitution.

The decision by Judge Leonard P. Stark comes in response to a lawsuit filed last year by four Sussex County residents who claimed that the prayer violates the First Amendment. The city council had argued that the Lord's Prayer, though widely used by Catholics and Protestants, was not exclusive to Christianity as it does not make a specific reference to Jesus.

Judge Stark explained in his opinion that "the court is likely to conclude that the Council's practice of opening each meeting with a recitation of this distinctly Christian Lord's Prayer violates the Establishment Clause because it constitutes government endorsement of the Christian faith." more >>