Posted on 12/12/2010 12:44:41 AM PST by DontTreadOnMe2009
Like father, like son. Sex-scandal-scarred Oscar winner Joseph Brooks' slacker son was slapped with attempted-murder and strangulation charges last night in the death of his swimsuit-designer ex-girlfriend at the posh Soho House hotel, police said. Nick Brooks, 24 -- whose dad was indicted last year on 82 counts of sexually abusing young actresses -- was booked after nearly two days in police custody, where he was grilled by cops and body-searched for DNA and other evidence. The felony strangulation charge is new to the New York penal code. Just eight days old, the provision is aimed at domestic abusers whose victims do not sustain serious neck injuries. Brooks' father, Joseph -- who won an Oscar for composing the song "You Light Up My Life" -- is fighting charges he sexually assaulted 11 starlets.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/soho_house_beau_is_busted_WGBBvWIBzIydN87pN1z1oN#ixzz17sqpCsq1
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In America the rotting stench of judges, lawyers, law firms, law schools, and the legal system itself is overpowering.
I laughed, good one.
In America the rotting stench of judges, lawyers, law firms, law schools, and the legal system itself is overpowering.
Sadly, I agree.
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