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As you’ve likely heard by now, Prince Andrew was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct while holding public office.
The disgraced royal has now been released from police custody.
But his legal nightmare is only just beginning.
As TMZ reports, Andrew exited the police station and stepped into a chauffeured Range Rover.
Yes, Andrew has been stripped of his land and titles, and there have been rumors that he’s chronically low on cash, but it seems that he can still afford a Range Rover and a driver.
The site has obtained photos of Andrew that show him looking quite worse for wear.
Andrew will presumably return to his home in Norfolk, England, where he was arrested this morning.
In an interesting footnote, the former prince is celebrating his 66th birthday today.
So what’s next for Andrew? Well, legal experts say he may be in for a hell of a fight.
“He has not been charged with or convicted of any crime,” Dr. Tom Frost, Senior Lecturer in Law at Loughborough University, tells People magazine.
Frost adds that Andrew was likely interrogated “under caution” (that is, he was informed of his rights) during his nearly 24-hour detention today.
“In England and Wales, police can generally hold a suspect for 24 hours without charge,” attorney George Kampanella, Partner & Head of Business Crime & Regulatory at Taylor Rose, echoed today.
“That can stretch to 36 hours with senior authorization and up to 96 hours in serious cases if magistrates approve,” Kampanella told People.
“An ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ is a high bar and is not defined. Misconduct alone is not enough,” he added. “The misconduct must be so bad that a jury concludes it is an abuse of the public’s trust.”
“Finally, without lawful excuse or justification means acting culpably or in a blameworthy fashion. Essentially, they acted without a valid legal reason, and their behavior was their fault,” he continued.
“Misconduct in public office is a grave common law offense,” Kampanella said.
“In theory, it carries a maximum of life imprisonment. In practice, life sentences are rare and reserved for the most egregious abuses of public trust.”
Andrew is no stranger to controversy, but if he thinks he’ll be able to lean on his royal connections to bail him out again, he may have another thing coming.
“I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office,” King Charles said today in a statement regarding his brother’s arrest.
“What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities,” he continued, adding:
“In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation. Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.”
Yeah, that doesn’t sound like a king who’s in a rush to come to the rescue of his troublesome little brother.
We’ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
Prince Andrew Appears Stunned as He’s Released From Jail, Still Faces Life In … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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A high school principal hypnotizing his students and getting blamed for three unexpected deaths sounds like a bizarre scripted story.
But this isn’t someone’s invention. This was real.
After three students died within the same short period of time, Dr. George Kenney and his hypnosis sessions took the blame.
This week’s The Curious Case Of … delved into this strange and tragic story. Was Kenney really to blame?
This painful story began with only good intentions
In 2007, a Florida high school principal hypnotized students at an assembly during a lock-in. Despite a teacher’s report, this was only the beginning. From there, it extended to one-on-one sessions with students.
16-year-old Marcus Freeman began having one-on-one sessions with Dr. Kenney ahead of football games. Allegedly, the goal was to allow Freeman to ignore pain while playing football.
(Kenney has hit back at this characterization, saying that this was not a pain-resistance hypnosis, but to help him process what was going on on the field)
On March 15, 2011, Freeman was driving home with his girlfriend following a painful trip to the dentist.
According to his girlfriend’s report to police, he got a “strange look on his face” and then crashed into a tree. She survived with serious injuries. Freeman died.
Wesley McKinley was also 16 and undergoing hypnosis sessions from Dr. Kenney. He had three known sessions.
He was preparing to audition at Juilliard. However, the day of his death, he began acting strangely.
“It was Friday afternoon. Wesley had come home from school, walked past me, put his bookbag down and walked out the back door,” his mother recalled.
“He had told me friends were coming over,” she described. “I asked what time they were coming over, and he just walked past me out the back door … an hour later I heard sirens.”
According to Kenney, McKinley was a victim of “drama behind the scenes” and cyberbullying. He was unaware that McKinley was suffering from depression.
Three tragic deaths took place within a span of weeks
17-year-old Brittany Palumbo met with Dr. Kenney at least once in late 2010. Her goal was to improve her SAT score — by grappling with her test-taking anxiety.
Fast forward a few months, and Palumbo was stressed about not being accepted to UCF. She and her boyfriend of several years had also just broken up — a huge deal at 17.
(Unlike a number of other students, Palumbo did not find that hypnosis helped. She did not perform well on her SAT.)
On May 4, 2011, Palumbo announced that she was going to take a nap.
At dinner time, her parents discovered her dead in her closet.
No one believes that Dr. Kenney intended any harm to his students. Instead, they believe that he was allegedly irresponsible — and may have left them in vulnerable mental states, or inadvertently given them the tools with which to enter a detached state and end their lives.
Other students came forward to defend Kenney. Some cited how much they believe that sessions with him helped them — including with test scores.
The Florida Department of Health investigated a number of cases. They accused Kenney of violating state law — because he is not a licensed healthcare professional.
In June 2012, Dr. Kenney resigned. He also pleaded no contest to practicing therapeutic hypnosis without a license.
This is a misdemeanor offense. By taking this plea, he avoided the more serious charge of practicing therapy without a license. That felony charge could have meant prison time — and a loss of his retirement benefits.
There are no winners in this story — only sorrow
Following his plea, Kenney received two consecutive sentences of six months of probation. He was also ordered to complete 50 hours of community service.
In December 2012, the parents of Freeman, McKinely, and Palumbo filed wrongful death suits against the Sarasota County school board.
Per their suit, Kenney’s hypnosis allegedly led to the deaths of their teens. And they said that it was the school board’s responsibility to step in and prevent these unlicensed hypnotherapy sessions.
In October of 2015, the families and the school board reached a settlement. Each family received $200,000, the maximum sum.
There are no winners here. No one believes that Dr. Kenney intended any harm, and there are understandable doubts about whether his hypnosis sessions actually changed anything or played any role in these tragic deaths.
Dr. George Kenney Hypnotized High School Students Until 3 Teens Died was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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As we previously reported, Prince Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct while in public office.
The arrest is a result of the disgraced royal’s — Andrew has already been stripped of his land and titles — connection with the deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
And now, many observers believe that Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, might be in hot water as a result of her own ties with Epstein.
As you may already know, Ferguson’s name appears in the Epstein files numerous times.
By all appearances, the former duchess and the disgraced financier maintained a very close friendship over the years.
In fact, Ferguson might be the only person to reference Epstein’s “secret child” in one of her emails.
Sarah’s desperation for cash seems to have been the glue that held their friendship together.
And in one newly released exchange, she begs Epstein for a job as his “house assistant.”
“But why I don’t understand, don’t you just get me to be your House Assistant. I am the most capable and desperately need the money,” Fergie allegedly wrote in a 2010 email (via Fox News), adding:
“Please Jeffrey think about it.”
It’s worth noting that Epstein was coinvicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008.
The case was well-publicized, so anyone who interacted with him after the fact would have known that they were interacting with a child sex offender.
Unlike Andrew, Sarah has never been accused of sexual misconduct on Epstein’s infamous island.
But it seems that she engaged in quite a bit of questionable conduct while holding public office, which is what led to Andrew’s downfall.
So could Fergie wind up facing criminal charges? That remains to be seen — but she’s already been convicted in the court of public opinion.
“This is beyond the pale,” royal commentator Hilary Fordwich told Fox News this week, adding:
“If this was an isolated email it would be bad enough, but majorly significant is the compounding effect as it confirms her horrifically bad judgment, her moral depravity and her greedy ways, since she lived rather an extravagant lifestyle.”
Royal commentator Meredith Constant echoed those sentiments, noting that Ferguson’s lack of cash seems to have driven her to take desperate measures:
“Sarah Ferguson has always struggled with finances, but 2010 was a particularly bad year,” Constant told Fox News.
“In May of 2010, she was caught in a ‘cash-for-access’ scandal, when News of the World sent a reporter disguised as a businessman and caught Sarah Ferguson promising access to former Prince Andrew, who was the U.K. trade envoy at the time, in exchange for £500,000.”
We probably don’t need to tell you that that’s not a good look — and Fergie is probably feeling mighty nervous right now.
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Nicole Curtis isn’t ready to name names just yet.
But the former HGTV personality isn’t against pointing a rather obvious finger in someone’s general direction.
Last week, as reported on here at The Hollywood Gossip, Curtis watched as the aforementioned cable network pulled all episodes of her home renovation show, Rehab Addict, from its airwaves after a controversial video surfaced.
Of Curtis using the N-Word on camera.
The clip was reportedly filmed over four years ago and depicted Curtis making a mistake amid a home repair and then uttering the unusual epithet “fart n–ger.”
She immediately seemed shocked and appalled by what came out of her mouth and asked the individual behind the camera to please erase the footage.
Clearly, he or she did not do so.
Not long after Curtis’ series was canceled and this slur went viral, the host apologized for her behavior.
“I want to be clear: the word in question is wrong and not part of my vocabulary and never has been, and I apologize to everyone,” Curtis told TMZ, later stating via Instagram:
“I make no excuse for this. I am not [a] victim. Nothing I say or do will take that moment 4 years ago away. I know it was wrong. This will never happen again.”
On Tuesday, meanwhile, Curtis shared an extensive update about her situation that very clearly said the aforementioned video was used in an extortion attempt.
“I was not contracted to any network or show. (think free agent in sports),” Curtis posted on Instagram as part of a lengthy caption that outlined how things went down.
“My crew didn’t steal my footage. I don’t have ‘sets.’ I own all my properties. In other words, no one is my ‘boss,’ I’m the boss. I create product & sell the rights of it & my likeness for limited contracted use.
Someone personal (not crew) had access, demanded $, I didn’t pay-here we are.
Here we are, indeed. Interesting, huh?
After the footage leaked last week, Curtis explained that it was NOT shot on the set of Rehab Addict as most observers assumed.
“That was all my footage, my cameras, my house-it was not for HGTV, not for a show, no one would have ever seen the footage,” she wrote. “HGTV was not aware because it was shot on my own personal time, done and equipment. No one was aware except the people in that room.”
Okay. Well. This statement raises an obvious question, right?
If someone tried to blackmail Curtis… and only the people in that room had access to the footage… then who was in the room?!?
At another point, Curtis also claimed that no one had access to the drives the footage was on … except herself and her ex-boyfriend.
She didn’t name this ex-boyfriend. But it’s not very hard to put two and two together here, is it?
Nicole Curtis Implies Ex-Boyfriend Blackmailed Her Over N-Word Video was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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