There was a constant drip, drop of legal news this week. Nothing too earth shattering, but there isn’t much news to speaks of today. So, I’m going to give you dribs and drabs. I did post about Tommy Feight today so check here if you missed that one. I also gave a full update on the Amber Portwood situation here. That resulted in some crazy lady threatening me. Not sure why she was threatening and giving me her entire family tree and place of employment. But that is always helpful for the requisite restraining order I guess.
Orange County Drama
Tamra Judge is suing here legal insurance company for failing to cover her legal bills related to Jim Bellino suing her. The insurance company claims her policy didn’t cover such things. This will be a simple contract case. Either she was covered or she wasn’t. The company has asked for the case to be dismissed. In other Tamra Judge news, she’s be poking the Brandi Glanville bear. They will apparently be at the same function in a couple weeks. Brandi plans to handle her there. So, stay tuned.
Alexis Bellino owes $22K in back taxes. Why don’t these women pay their taxes?
Gina Kirschenheiter’s husband Matt showed up in court this week to plead not guilty in his felony domestic violence this week. If he doesn’t eventually take a plea deal the case will go to trial. Gina was also given a longer restraining order barring all contact from Matt. The children are not effected by the order. I believe his visitations are supposed to be supervised by one or both of his parents
Social media is buzzing about Emily Simpson and husband Shane. Shane did not pass the bar in February. The next test was in July. The rumor, (this is not sourced) is that Shane and Emily haven’t been seen together since around the time of the beginning of July. He may have been “off studying” again. But we haven’t seen her with her wedding ring on in her recent Instagram pictures. Emily’s oldest daughter just left to go to college at Brigham Young University. Is divorce looming?
Beverly Hills
Dorit and Paul Kemsley were both in civil court this week so that a forensic attorney/accountant can examine their finances. PK is being sued for repayment of a $1.2 million dollar loan. He claims it was included in his bankruptcy. However, it appears he made a one time payment of $250,000 after the bankruptcy. So he is probably fucked.
No news of any kind has been made public over Dorit’s Beverly Beach financial and legal issues. Dorit allegedly bought a house near Kyle recently. There doesn’t seem to be any record of that sale. The Boy George house they have been living in continues to drop in price. However, PK is only a minor investor in that property so the sale won’t help much with their financial problems.
Felicity Huffman got a great plea deal today in the federal Varsity Blues case. She will serve one month in prison, pay a $20,000 fine and spend a year on supervised release.
Jeez, I have to go back a long time to remember the last time I rooted for Brandi Glanville. But in this case, I wish her all the best in taking down Tamra.
I recently started following Emily on Instagram. I so feel for her here. Perhaps she truly has some kind of love for Shane. But just from what we’ve seen on the show, he hasn’t exactly been in the running for “Spouse of the Year”, and we can only wonder what may or may not have gone down when the cameras weren’t rolling.
Wake me up when Dorit and PK pay any of their damned bills. Same goes for Alexis.
I really like Emily. I don’t watch too much anymore but even a casual viewer can see she has a lot going for her. Unfortunately like most people (present company incl) she sells herself short. She’s intelligent, well educated and gorgeous! I imagine there are a lot of men who might appreciate her more. I can’t imagine entertaining my in-laws (on TV) if my husband weren’t there. She deserves better.
I hope Emily left Shane. He is despicable and clearly doesn’t love her. The way he treated her when he finally reappeared at home was painful to watch.
Agreed. I will never understand that match up.. zero chemistry.
He asked her to marry him over messenger after being platonic friends forever… he was just looking for someone to fill that role.
Hate to say it but he’s treating her like his beard. And I mean absolutely no disrespect with my comment but they lack any type of chemistry.
Could this be a Blind Reveal?
Hmmm, could be Nanette! I know I didn’t think of this couple at the time but sure would make what we’ve seen make a lot of sense!
This isn’t legal news just really sad. I just read that Chris March who was on Project Runway and dressed Sonja once for her Marie Antoinette getup sans underpants passed away. I loved his bug laughter and even bigger than life designs.
Sorry TT for referring to a topic other than these ridiculous reality stars who think they don’t have to follow the same playbook the rest of us do
You should be sorry for NOT READING THE COMMENTING RULES.
I wish this weren’t true, but Chris has had health issues for so long. I was SHOCKED and saddened when Mychael Knight died, surprised when Wendy Pepper died. They all seem too young to die. I hope PR will do a “dedicated to” Chris next season. After I saw this, I checked Tim Gunn on IG. No mention. I hope this isn’t against the rules because it is from PR IG, not a gossip — or hating troll-laden site.
Bravo announced it on their website. So sad. I don’t watch the new Project Runway but I hope they do acknowledge the loss
In her Instagram stories that I saw from the weekend and as recent as yesterday I saw Shane in them.
Hmmm. When are the results posted for the July bar? Next week or two? I’d be interested in knowing if he even sat for it.
November. Right before Thanksgiving.
Thanks. I was hoping that it would occur while the season aired.
That is horrible. Can you imagine waiting that long for something that important?
In other Tamra Judge news … Go Brandi, go! (Give that peckerwood bitch EVERYTHING. But no slapping. Only because she will sue you.)
The results for the July California bar will be posted in November.
I haven’t rooted for Brandi since the mean girls hid her crutch from her. Get ‘er Brandi. Yank her by your tampon cord, gurl.
Gina and Emily have my sincere prayers as they navigate their current situations. (Emily, bae, you have kids, I know, but your kids and Shane’s parents see he treats you like shit. You will not let anyone down, including yourself. Cut bait and run. Run to your fabulous future where the next man will be THRILLED to see you dance in the “Sexxy” show!!)
And I refuse to discuss the last two con-artists.
I found Felicity Huffman’s letter to the Judge to be quite remorseful.
I will say that Tamra calling anyone unstable is like the pot calling the kettle black. I mean whatever happened to the forgiving, christian Tamra from Season 10 ?
Holier than thou was all for her storyline. Her BEHAVIOR — not her jesusbabble— is more like a satanist.
Yea, Tamra is the poster girl for the devil.
She really is.
Oh boy.
Tamra a not being covered by insurance? Absolutely correct. If she wants to be reckless with her mouth it should be on her dime. After all, the very person she’s now fighting with, Brandi, learned that lesson the hard way too. In some weird way, I see these 2 connecting in the future. Double train wrecks.
Emily. Poor girl. You deserve so much better. Run girl. Run like the wind.
Dorit and PK. Hoping to see the two of them do some time in the future for conning so many people. If they aren’t paying their creditors, likely they aren’t paying taxes either.
Felicity Huffman. Love her in so many movies and TV series. Sad to see her going to jail, but at least she owned up to it and took responsibility.
Any updates on Gretchen Rossi house?
I seem to remember when Gina said she and Matt were splitting up and it was nothing. Just they weren’t that into each other anymore and were friends. Boy, has that changed over the last year.
Dorit and PK should definitely spend time in jail!
Did you say Emily’s daughter is leaving for college ? Is there an older sibling ?
I did say that. But it was kind of a brain fart. Shane has two older kids with his first wife. The eldest girl from his first marriage is off to college.
I don’t see Emily and Shane staying married for much longer if he doesn’t pass the bar…he just doesn’t strike me as the kinda guy who has the temperament to deal with the fact he keeps failing at something his wife passed the first time (I think)…his ego doesn’t seem like he would be able to take it.
I get what everyone is saying about Shane, but going through the shame & disappointment of not passing the bar in front of an audience has to be excruciatingly painful. If I came home from taking the bar for the ?th time & had Bravo cameras in my face, I may have said some not so nice comments as well. He has always come off as someone uncomfortable in front of the cameras. He seems much more real in front of the one-on-one talking heads. Their kiddos while precious, seem crazy active & loud. (As twin toddler boys would be!) 2 weeks in a hotel may have felt like paradise even with the extreme stress of bar prep. I really, really like Emily, and I so feel for her pain. But, as an introvert who has a very social job, I feel for the spouses who don’t successfully navigate the reality show waters.
I like Shane. I agree with everything you said. HOWEVER, he is looking like a major twat. And Emily seems very …influenced by social media. EMILY IS BEAUTIFUL. But now she is posting IGs about working out hard. She is not a person who recognizes her own beauty. Reality TV is not good for her. Hell, ultimately it is not good for anyone. But Shane is not some awful person. He is just under A LOT of pressure and apparently is not a good test taker. He failed in February. perhaps he passed the July one.
I don’t know why I think this but i think he passed a bar in another state. Some people are just not good test takers. I could probably pass the bar with no studying. I am a great test taker. It could be about nuclear fusion and I would pass. There is a skill to taking and understanding tests. It doesn’t make you smart. It just means you are a good test taker.
I did fail the test to be an ambassador or something. When I was in college I took this test to be a… foreign …something. I failed because the English language portion was about technical grammar terms. All the American students failed but the foreigners who learned English as a foreign language thought that section was super easy..
Sorry. Rambling.
I agree 100% with your Shane assessment. I know many people who do not test well. I do. I get nervous right before and once the test begins, I get dead calm. I once helped a boyfriend study for his contractor’s license. By the end, we both were wishing I could take the test for him. Even though I couldn’t DO it, I could pass. He could DO it and not pass. It was humiliating for him each time he failed. He felt so stupid. After studying together, he passed bigtime. And that time he KNEW he had passed. It wasn’t any 4 months to wait.
I’m also a good test taker, in the Navy you could test out on college courses and I’d just show up and pick a one day of. I have absolute empathy for people that are not good test takers.
so will the February failure be the 3rd or 4th time he has failed the bar exam? I understand that the California bar is one of the hardest if not the hardest to pass, but at this point shouldn’t he know what they will be asking on the test? Also if he has zero compassion for his wife how will he have compassion for his clients?
There’s something contrived about Emily this season. Like, it seemed to me that she invited her in laws over for the birthday knowing full well Shane was out of town and couldn’t make it. It seemed like even his parents knew he wasn’t coming. But it was this opportunity to make Her look good and him look bad. And then she is acting like she does everything for the kids herself but I think the point he was trying to make to her (poorly) was that he Helps out around the house too. I can’t imagine studying for the CA bar after work every day while doing the nighttime routine with multiple little kids. And I’ve passed the bar.
I don’t particularly like him, nor do I get all the Emily love. Someone else married him before Emily?? And his talking head, well, that’s on him. He sounds like a meanie in it- bad look. Not sure it’s an affair situation … unless that’s how he and Emily met… in which case you know the saying.
You seem to think Shane has a job. He has ONE JOB. PASS THE BAR! And yet…
I think he does have a day job.
And what praytell do you think that is?
Another site last year said he worked as a claims investigator based on their online sleuthing. Some google searching seems to back that up.