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A photographer famed for shooting fitness magazine covers has married an aspiring model he is accused of statutorily raping when she was just 15.
Jason Ellis, 36, faces six felony counts of sexual assault for having an unlawful relationship with the alleged victim, who is now 18 and refuses to cooperate with the criminal investigation.
His former fiancee, Michelle Hecker, was originally accused of sexually assaulting the girl too, but Orange County prosecutors dropped the charges last month because of insufficient evidence.
Ellis, who calls himself the 'King of Covers', is due to stand trial on charges including sexual penetration by a foreign object, unlawful sexual intercourse and oral copulation on June 6.
The photographer boasts he has shot more than 100 fitness magazine covers and features a picture of himself on a throne on his website.

He married his alleged victim - who has not been named - on February 28, but the Orange County deputy district attorney told the Daily Pilot the wedding will not stop the trial going ahead.
Drew Haughton said: 'I think whether they're married or not, he committed a crime because we have evidence to believe he had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old female.'
He told the newspaper it is rare to see a victim marrying someone accused of assaulting them.
Accused: Jason Ellis, left, faces trial for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl he was introduced to by his former fiancee Michelle Hecker, right

He said: 'I typically saw weddings more in the context where there was a pregnancy involved and they wanted to keep the family together. I don't think I've ever seen one with this large an age difference."
Hecker allegedly introduced her former fiancee to the girl in 2007 - when she was just 14 - under the pretence she would become a model.
Prosecutors say Hecker told the girl's parents she was taking her on horseriding lessons, even getting her to dress up in riding clothes.
Muscled look: Photographer Jason Ellis says he has shot more than 100 covers for fitness magazines including Men's Workout

Successful: Jason Ellis photographs models for a fitness magazine cover
But in fact, the district attorney claims, she was driving her to meet Ellis for dinner and movie dates, where they were allegedly seen kissing in public.

According to the district attorney her parents eventually became suspicious of the amount of time she was spending with Hecker, and hired a private investigator to track her.
The investigator allegedly collected evidence - including DNA - of a sexual relationship and presented it to police in 2008.

Initially Hecker was charged with the same counts as her former fiance, but they were dropped when the couple married.
Facing trial: The photographer, pictured on a chat show, has married his alleged victim, who is now 18
A spokesman for the district attorney told AOL: 'We recently dismissed the charges against Hecker because the victim is now refusing to cooperate, and we are unable to prove a case against Hecker beyond a reasonable doubt without Jane Doe's testimony.
Ellis has taken pictures of models and celebrities as part of his photography career, shooting covers for magazines including Exercise and Health, Men's Workout and Olympian News.

On his website he boasts: 'Jason can get you published in a magazine or EVEN ON THE COVER if you have what it takes. You could be the next cover model! Book your shoot today.'

Emma Watson was bullied by classmates at a top US college who taunted her with lines from the Harry Potter movies, it has been claimed. They seemed to think she was Hermione Granger.
The actress, who plays Hermione Granger in the franchise, would answer questions in class at Brown University only to find her fellow students would make wisecracks.
A source said: '[They] would respond with a quote from Harry Potter.
'The most popular choice was "Three points for Gryffindor!"'
Characters in the films would often shout that phrase out when a student at the fictional Hogwarts school got a correct answer.

Watson's peers also shouted phrases from the film at her as she watched an American football game, the New York Daily News reports.

Last month Watson, 21, announced she was putting her studies at the Providence, Rhode Island institution on hold.

'I will still be working towards my degree... it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought,' she wrote on her website.
'As you know, I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.'
Determined to fit in: The actress, pictured here during her first semester at the school in 2009, wanted to be treated like any other student
Watson is now busy working on a number of fashion projects before she turns her attention to the promotion trail when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is released in July.
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It has been claimed that she is planning to leave Brown and transfer to another US university, possibly in New York.

Before her classes began in 2009, Watson was hopeful that she would be treated like any other student.
She said at the time: 'I do hope that it will be only a short time before I am known as "Emma Watson, the student from the UK" rather than "Emma Watson who starred in those Harry Potter films".'
Taking leave: Emma has putting her studies at Brown University on hold while she finished work on the Harry Potter movies
That same year, Mark Nickel, the school’s director of communications, said: 'We do whatever we need to do to ensure safety and privacy, and that applies pretty much to all students.'
Brown University is one of the top colleges in the United States, boasting alumni including former presidents, diplomats, royalty and a heavy sprinkling of celebrities' offspring.

It was number 1 for America's 'Happiest College Students', according to the Princeton Review 2010 rankings.

It has also been named 'the most fashionable school in the Ivy League' by the fashion trade journal Women's Wear Daily.

Watson achieved straight As in her A-levels before landing a place at the university.

A spokesperson for the actress was unavailable for comment when contacted by Mail Online.


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An Atlanta mother used Facebook to track down an older teenager who allegedly had sex with her 12-year-old daughter.
Joie Lee first became suspicious when she read part of an argument between her daughter, and the girlfriend of 17-year-old Rodney Duncan posted on the social networking site.

When she found references to sex between Duncan and her daughter, she set about tracking down the girlfriend in order to confront the teenager face-to-face.
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Caught: Mrs Lee, seen here outside court, tracked down Duncan via Facebook

Accused: Rodney Duncan, 17, is accused of having sex with Joie Lee's 12-year-old daughter
Speaking to WSBTV.com, Mrs Lees said of the initial Facebook post: 'It gave me a picture of the young man. I knew who he was. It led me to the girlfriend. She had information.'
Shadowed: Miss Lee's 12-year-old daughter (pictured) got into an online argument with Duncan's girlfriend
After locating Duncan, and armed with information from his girlfriend, she confronted his mother at their home.
But after Duncan's mother refused to talk her, Mrs Lee went to the police.
Duncan was arraigned on statutory rape charges on Tuesday.

Speaking outside court, Mrs Lee said: 'Parents, if someone is coming to you to let you know that your overage son has been engaging with sexual activities with your under-age daughter, listen.
'I really feel sorry for him. He will have to go register as a sex offender.'
Court: Duncan's mother refused to talk as she left court Tuesday
Because of her silence, Mrs Lee is convinced Duncan's mother knew what was going on.
Mrs Lee said: ' I believe she did, that's why she was extremely defensive with me.
'She never wanted to talk with me because she knew what was going on.'



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“Mob Wives” is a new reality show following the lives of the wives and daughters of notorious crime bosses, who are currently behind bars or tied to the mob, in Staten Island. These Italian-American women struggle to live a normal life while their loved ones are “away” (aka in prison).

The Mob Wives are: Renee Graziano, Karen Gravano, Drita D’avanzo and Carla Facciolo (cast bios and pictures below). They all claim they want to pass a message of perseverance and resilience, showing how hard and glamorous it is to be a Mob Wife.

These women all know each other. Some of them are best friends and best enemies. Mob Wife Carla described the show as “half reality, half comedy but filled with tons of drama”.

“The message I’m portraying, and maybe the other girls also, is that I was a single mother for six years of my husband being away, and I had to deal with a lot, taking care of my kids on my own and doing everything myself. I’m making it through it and I’m staying strong. I’m keeping myself together, keeping my kids together. I want people to see that,” Carla says.

“We’re both in the same world and we both have different perspectives. … I don’t agree with everything she says and she doesn’t agree with everything I believe in,” Gravano says. “We’re strong women, so we probably butt heads sometimes.”

“We want to let people know there’s a downside to the lifestyle, and we’re kind of taking them inside of this world,” says Gravano, a mother who is writing a book about her life. “I felt like so many people have ideas and opinions of what goes on in this world, but for me, I’ve seen both sides and to me there is a down side. … and you do have to deal with the consequences of loved ones’ decisions.”

The show premiered on Sunday and it was a huge hit. “Mob Wives” had more than 1.4 million views (2.2 million with the rerun later that night) and was the most watched non-sports cable show at 8 pm for woman between 18-49.

Italian group UNICO National slammed the show, claiming it’s ruining Italian-Americans’ reputation just like “Jersey Shore”. A rep said, “We were mobsters and mafiosos with ‘The Sopranos,’ bimbos and buffoons with ‘Jersey Shore,’ and now we’re back where we started. It’s a disgrace.”



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Twice in a month! Lady GaGa took off her jacket, threw it down, tripped and fell on stage while singing “Poker Face” for her Little Monsters during a Monster Ball show in Atlanta on Wednesday night (April 20)- watch video below

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Rihanna is whipping the charts into a frenzy. The pop siren soars to the top of the singles chart this week with “S&M,” smashing records in her path.

Her raunchy Loud single and its remix featuring Britney Spears moves 2-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, becoming her 10th No. 1 hit. But that isn’t her only accomplishment. Rihanna earns 10 No. 1s on the Hot 100 in the shortest span for a solo artist since first debuting atop the chart with “SOS” four years, 11 months ago.

At 23 years old, she also becomes the youngest artist to achieve 10 No. 1s on the Hot 100, besting labelmate Mariah Carey who was 25 at the time. Additionally, she tallied her No. 1s faster than Carey. Among all artists, the Barbados singer follows only the Beatles and the Supremes for the fastest accumulation of 10 Hot 100 No. 1s.

“10th!!!!!Now LOOK at what u did… #RihannaNavy U rocked that !! OUT!THANK U so much, this is the BEST news!U guys #werk hard #whosyadaddy,” tweeted a thrilled RiRi, who also thanked Britney Spears’ fans. “#BIGUP to @britneyspears and all her wonderful fans who supported this song.”

Steve Bartels, Island Def Jam President and COO, added, “Rihanna’s tenth #1 single is a monumental accomplishment and a testament to her incredible artistry. This was a truly collaborative and creative effort, spearheaded by Rihanna’s tireless work and aided in no small part by the incredible Britney Spears and her team. I am extremely proud of Rihanna, her ongoing dominance on the charts, and the entire IDJ team who worked so diligently to bring this one home.”

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Lil Wayne let his hair down courtside at the Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets game at Staples Center yesterday. Dressed in a BBC hoodie, camouflage shorts, and studded high-tops, the sports enthusiast intently watched as the Lakers defeated his home team. His YMCMB family Birdman and Mack Maine were close by. The crew is in town for Weezys I Am Still Music tour, which will play Staples on Friday and Anaheim on Saturday.

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"I am sick of him talking about me; I am sick of him saying, This is a coon; this is a buffoon,'" The writer-director-star of "Madea's Big Happy Family" says of Lee.

Tyler Perry has fired back at Spike Lee once again.

The writer-director-star of Madea's Big Happy Family has been embroiled in a war of words with Lee ever since the latter a year ago described Perry's projects -- including his TBS shows Meet the Browns and House of Payne -- as "coonery" and "buffoonery."

On Tuesday at a press conference in Beverly Hills, he had harsh comments for Lee.

"I'm so sick of hearing about damn Spike Lee," Perry said, as reported by Box Office Magazine. "Spike can go straight to hell! You can print that. I am sick of him talking about me, I am sick of him saying, This is a coon; this is a buffoon.' I am sick of him talking about black people going to see movies. This is what he said: You vote by what you see,' as if black people don't know what they want to see.

"I am sick of him -- he talked about Whoopi, he talked about Oprah, he talked about me, he talked about Clint Eastwood. Spike needs to shut the hell up!"

He added that he doesn't understand why a lot of the criticism aimed at him comes from fellow African-Americans.
"I've never seen Jewish people attack Seinfeld and say, 'This is a stereotype,'" he said. "I've never seen Italian people attack The Sopranos, I've never seen Jewish people complaining about Mrs. Doubtfire or Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie. I never saw it. It's always black people, and this is something that I cannot undo. ... We don't have to worry about anybody else trying to destroy us and take shots because we do it to ourselves."

Perry previously fired back at Lee in October in an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes, saying he was "insulted" and "pissed off" by Lee's comments.

"It's attitudes like [Lee's] that make Hollywood think that these people [characters like Madea who are based on real-life members of his own family] do not exist, and that's why there's no material speaking to them," Perry said in the interview.

Madea's Big Happy Family opens Friday.

Police: Former NBA Player Oliver Miller Arrested For Attacking Man With Handgun

EGDEWATER, Md. (WUSA) -- A former NBA player was arrested Tuesday morning for pistol whipping a man at a barbecue, police said.

Oliver Miller, 41, of Edgewater, was arrested after police were called out to a barbecue in Arnold, Md., for a report of an assault with a handgun, police said.

Miller wasn't at the Birchrest Court home Sunday, when police arrived to the call. Police say they tracked him down based on eye witness accounts and a 9MM GLOCK magazine that was left behind at the scene.

"Miller is charged with First and Second Degree Assault, Reckless Endangerment, Having a Handgun on Person, Using a Handgun in a Violent Crime, Possessing a Handgun in a Vehicle, Disorderly Conduct and other related charges," police said.

During Miller's eight year NBA career, he most notably played for the Phoenix Suns and the Detroit Pistons.

Miller was most known for his problems managing his weight, earning him the nickname "The Big-O."
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The Poker Face star, left little to the imagination as she posed in a purple wig and sheer bodystocking while clasping her breasts.

The 25-year old, who recently unveiled her next single Judas, also gave one of her angriest interviews yet in the feature accompanying the photoshoot.
Talking in music magazine NME, the Poker Face singer claims that despite her fame, people don't 'get' her.


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Allegedly, she was taking MDMA

I think she's legal now..got me dreaming...
...."and in about three years holla at me miley cyrus"....

A kindergartener in Houston brought a loaded gun to his Houston elementary school Tuesday, and was among three students injured by fragments when it fired after falling from his pocket as he sat down for lunch, officials said.

First bullet was fired about 11 a.m. in the Ross Elementary School cafeteria, spraying fragments at the students, said Houston Independent School District[..]istant Police Chief Robert Mock.

"Either some type of chips off the floor, or it could be pieces of the round that discharged," Mock said. "They had some cuts and stuff on their legs, they don't appear to be life threatening."

Two 6-year-old boys, including the one who had the gun, were wounded in the foot, said district spokesman Jason Spencer. A 5-year-old girl also suffered a foot injury, Spencer said.

All three children were put on stretchers and taken to ambulances, to be checked out at a hospital. The students were sitting up and appeared to be talking with emergency personnel as they were wheeled away.

Upset parents rushed to the school, where yellow crime scene tape was strung and more than a dozen Houston police and district patrol cars were parked outside as officers investigated where the boy got the gun.

Parents were allowed to take their children home for the day if they preferred to do so, and counselors were on hand as classes resumed for the afternoon, said district spokesman Norm Uhl.

"Although the danger is over, that doesn't make it any less frightening," Uhl said.


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25-year-old Turkish German living in Berlin, Sila Sahin, had until now been regarded as a glowing example of how a modern Muslim girl should behave in a multicultural society.

A successful actress starring in German television soap opera Good Times, Bad Times, she pleased her many fans and made her Turkish family proud.

But her latest move has shocked some of those fans, and enraged those closest to her.

Posing provocatively on the cover of German Playboy magazine with one breast exposed, Sila Sahin seems to be sending a clear and deliberate message to her conservative Turkish family.
'I did it because I wanted to be free at last,' she said. 'These photographs are a liberation from the restrictions of my childhood.'
Her family have, unsurprisingly, reacted with horror, and her mother has cut off all contact with the actress.
'My mother is still angry. It will be even more difficult with my grandparents, my aunts and my uncles,' she said on the website devoted to her television soap.

She has, however, managed to talk to her actor father, who expressed concern over the pressure she will inevitably face from those not only within the Turkish community in Germany, but from the wider Muslim community as a whole.

Ms Sahin's declared intention was to used the controversial Playboy photoshoot as a call to action for other Turkish girls who suffer the effects of their strict backgrounds, where women's choices are often limited, husbands are chosen for the girls and chastity closely controlled.

Liberating? I did it because I wanted to be free,' said Sila Sahin of the nude Playboy photographs that offended her Turkish family
Her message to these girls? 'For too long I tried to do everything right,' she says. 'I want these photos to show young Turkish women it's okay for you to live however you choose.'

'Many of my countrymen think it's great that I can be so free. With the shoot I hoped to say to them that we do not necessarily have to live under these rules given to us.



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Winner: Tuesday's current leader, by a wide margin, is this shot of Benjamin Luna who was arrested on drugs charges. It is not known what his face is covered in

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Cult leader Charles Manson has broken a 20-year silence in a prison interview coinciding with the 40th anniversary of his conviction for the gruesome Sharon Tate murders - to speak out about global warming.

The infamous killer, who started championing environmental causes from behind bars, bemoaned the 'bad things' being done to environment in a rambling phone interview from his Californian jail cell.

'Everyone’s God and if we don’t wake up to that there’s going to be no weather because our polar caps are melting because we’re doing bad things to the atmosphere.

'If we don’t change that as rapidly as I’m speaking to you now, if we don’t put the green back on the planet and put the trees back that we’ve butchered, if we don’t go to war against the problem...' he added, trailing off.

Manson, who described himself to his interviewer as a 'bad man who shoots people', brainwashed members of a commune known as The Family into butchering eight people including film director Roman Polanski’s pregnant wife Sharon Tate in July and August 1969.
Speaking to Vanity Fair Spain magazine of the killing spree he led his crazed disciples on, the 76-year-old said: 'I live in the underworld. I don’t tell people what to do. They know what to do.
'If they don’t know what to do they don’t come around me because I’m very mean, I’m very mean.'
Murdered: Manson brainwashed members of a commune known as The Family into butchering eight people, including film director Roman Polanski's pregnant wife Sharon Tate
Tragic: Actress Sharon Tate, pictured here at London Airport, was murdered in August 1969
Interspersing English with Spanish, he added: 'I’m very mal hombre, nasty.
'I’m in the bullring. I run in the bullring with the heart of the world.'
'I don’t play. I shoot people.

'I’m too bad. I’m a mean guy. I’m an outlaw. I’m a criminal. I’m everything bad.'
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He also spoke in Spanish to say of himself - ‘La Hierba Mala No Muere’ - English for ‘Weeds never die.'
Manson, currently being held at California’s Corcoran State Prison, spouted the trademark mumbo jumbo that characterised previous interviews he gave in the 1980s to US TV channels.
Scene of horror: The L.A. home of Sharon Tate where she and a friend, hair stylist Jay Sebring, were found slain
Evil: Manson in 1970 during his trial
The last interview aired with the killer in September 2007 - dubbed The Mind of Manson - was a full version of the 1987 interview he gave US cable news channel MSNBC at Califonia’s San Quentin State Prison.
He told Vanity Fair Spain magazine: 'You have to accept yourself as God. You have to realise you’re just the Devil just as much as you’re God, that you’re everything and you’re nothing at all.
'Europe is the United States just as much as the United States is America and America is Europe.'
Manson, whose new lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano recently asked Barack Obama to set him free, also had harsh words for the US President.
Describing him as a 'slave of Wall Street', Manson said: 'I think Obama is an idiot for doing what he’s doing. They’re playing with him.'
Other than Manson, Mr Di Stefano's client list has included defending Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, as well as Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic during his war crimes hearings.
Manson's death sentence for his involvement in the Tate/LaBianca murders was commuted to life in prison when California abolished the death penalty.
Since then he has attracted a number of followers because of his infamy, but also because of his perceived environmental conscience.
He is a founder of ATWA (which both stands for Air Trees Water Animals and All The Way Alive). It's typically manic mission statement warns of the destruction of the planet from pollution.
Another ATWA founder, Lynette Fromme, was jailed for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford with an unloaded gun in 1975. The claimed she did so 'for the redwoods'.

On the environment, Manson said: 'Sooner or later the will of God will prevail over all of you. And I was condemned as the will of God.'
'We are all martyrs. Love is a martyr... I am a martyr. But I am also a victim. And I'm a performer. And a dam. I'm both. I am everything. I am nothing.'


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Never one to shy away from controversy, Lil B continues to turn heads with the title of his new, forthcoming album, Im Gay. While revealing the discs name during his performance over the weekend at Coachella, he explained that the statement doesnt refer to his lifestyle; instead it has to do with the power or lack thereof of words. XXLMag.com reached out to GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, to get their opinion.

GLAAD immediately disagreed. As a lyricist, Lil B knows that words matter, a spokesperson for the organization said. Slurs have the power to fuel intolerance. We hope that Lil Bs album title is not just a gimmick, and is really a sincere attempt to be an ally. He has the platform and the voice. We hope he uses it in a positive way.

Earlier today (April 17), we spoke to other artists to find out their reactions to the news. Despite Bs intention (which is still not completely clear), Talib Kweli pointed out that this signifies one aspect of rap culture that is moving in the right direction: Im happy to see young hip-hop heads move [away from] homophobia. Regardless of what your stance is on gay people, homophobia or the act and practice of it is extra wack. Jesse Gissen

GLAAD Reacts to Gay Lil B Album | XXLMAG.COM