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The Real Housewives of Orange County: Gretchen Rossi May be Forced to Pay Ex Jay Photoglou $40,000 in Legal Fees

« American Idol: Carrie Underwood Takes the Top Two Spots in Idol Airplay This Week | Home | Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew: Rachel Uchitel, P.I.? » December 27, 2010 01:00:23 by Shayla Perry It looks like more trouble for another Housewife. Gretchen Rossi of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County may be forced to pay her ex-boyfriend, Jay Photoglou $40,000 in attorney fees due to an anti-SLAPP motion filed by Photoglou and his lawyer. Keep reading for more details. Gretchen Rossi of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County has been sued by her ex-boyfriend , Jay Photoglou, who’s seeking to be paid for attorney fees that he racked up fighting Rossi’s defamation lawsuit against him. On Wednesday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory Munoz declared that Photoglou could be awarded $40,799.38. Two months ago, the same O.C. judge threw out most of Rossi’s defamation lawsuit against Jay Photoglou, including the Housewife’s claims of defamation, slander, and portrayal in a false...

Margaret Cho defends Bristol, says Sarah Palin forced her to compete

It wasn’t Bristol Palin’s choice to compete on Dancing with the Stars, according to one of her self-proclaimed friends, Margaret Cho, who also competed on the 11th season. Instead, Sarah Palin forced her daughter to do the show because she blamed Bristol for her loss in the 2008 presidential election. Margaret Cho wrote on her blog that while she doesn’t agree with the Palins’ politics, “I consider [Bristol] a friend” and “I really like Bristol as a person. She’s warm and incredibly supportive, and I think that she looks beautiful out on the dance floor. It’s heartbreaking that people are so awful to her about her weight. I think she looks fantastic, and why does everybody think they have a right to comment on our bodies?” But Margaret also sort of throws her friend under the bus, saying that she “heard from someone who really should know (really should seriously know the dirt really really) that the only reason Bristol was on the show was because Sarah Palin forced her to do it.” Wh...