Jon & Kate's Crooked Homes; Brown Guilty for Rihanna Attack | 06/23/2009 8:30 am
Jon and Kate's Crooked Houses Outside Broken Home; Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Rihanna Beating
Jon and Kate Gosselin filed to end their ten-year marriage Monday, hours
before TLC shows their children getting ‘crooked houses’; Brown gets
five years’ probation, community service.
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Jon and Kate Gosselin put the rumors surrounding their marriage to rest on Monday after filing divorce papers and having the news splayed on television. The reality-show parents with eight young children (five-year-old sextuplets and eight-year-old twins) filed papers "to initiate a legal split" late yesterday afternoon in Pennsylvania. People.com leaked news of the split hours before their ratings-gold reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" aired on TLC.
If you knew of the impending divorce as you watched Monday night, the episode was steeped in metaphor. Last night’s episode, titled "Houses & Big Changes," started with the estranged parents buying the kids creative playhouses called "crooked houses." The houses are customized, designed by the children and look like a tree house made for Dr. Seuss.
During the episode, Jon and Kate fight over where to place the "crooked houses," and it’s apparent that the two are just absolutely exhausted with the bickering. When the parents provide private interviews with the camera crew, they are never seen in the same room. Both repeatedly say that they will do everything they can for their children, which is indeed true. From birthday parties to barbecues, the parents remain strong and dedicated to their family. On last night’s episode, TLC flashed an announcement that many have been waiting for: the news that the parents filed divorce documents. They were married for ten years. Click here to watch Jon and Kate talk about their upcoming separation.
In other celebrity news, rapper Chris Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault charges on Monday in a Los Angeles courtroom. Brown, who brutally beat his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February, will be on probation for five years and will do community service in his home state in Virginia for 180 days. Brown also must keep a ten-yard distance from the singer. The New York Post describes the punishment as a slap on the wrist. How do you feel about this sentence? Was justice serviced?
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I agree with Libra; it is another slap in the face for women. I don’t know why more people take domestic abuse seriously. It makes me think of the women who are in these relationships who finally defend themselves but they are the ones going to prison. Even though, there’s been documentation of the abuse all along.
As far as Jon and Kate, they need to put themselves to the side and think of their children. The children aren’t just going to be able to pick up the pieces and "move on".
I could think of jobs for him as well, and they all involve s—-. :)
Kristy…you got that right….too bad we couldn’t be judge and jury on this case in fact, all abuser cases…..maybe we could send a message out there that it is a crime to abuse women!!!!
This judge [a female incidentally] isn’t an idiot by any stretch, and there are some idiot judges in CA. I think what may have convinced her to accept a plea bargain are two factors:
1 - Rihanna didn’t even have the gumption to get a restraining order against Brown [very unusual, which says she’s got a lot of problems ahead unless she gets tons of therapy]
2 - The prisons are so overcrowded that Arnold is trying to commute sentences for less violent offenders. This means that Chris could have been out sooner.
It’s entirely possible that his sentence, when rendered on August 5th, may be worse for him than going to jail would be.
Of course, my ideal punishment would be to send any abuser to a hospital in shackles and have him castrated. But somehow the courts don’t think my idea rates merit.
Hi, LL,
Overall, I think there’s just too much injustice in sentences. I think one of the big problems is that the sentences are not long or hard enough.
The Saudis on the other hand mete out justice in a hurry - and with such force that people watching the amputations in the town center go away knowing that they’d better not try to [e.g., to steal].
Andrea….that would convince me not to go against the Saudi’s laws!!
"RiRi" - what a childish name. Where did that come from? It seems odd that anyone would call her anything except the name she goes by. I wouldn’t even give that name to a pet.
First of all, the “Emergency Protective Order” she got lasts 5 business days. During that time she was expected to get a court date for the “Ex Parte Restraining Order,” which lasts for 15 days. She didn’t do that. Whether she’s in denial or just plain ignorant, I don’t know. However, the Judge recognized the woman’s lack of action [which says a lot] and forced a “Restraining Order After Hearing” which can last up to five years and can be renewed.It doesn’t mean a hill of beans who sued Brown. The Judge has a moral and ethical responsibility to protect the victim in spite of her unwillingness to help herself. The point is that his “victim” did nothing to protect herself.
In CA there are three types of Domestic Violence Restraining Orders: 1 - Emergency Protective OrderIf a police officer responds to a domestic violence call, the police officer can call a judge (anytime, day or night) and ask for an emergency protective order, which goes into effect immediately. An emergency protective order can last only five business days or seven calendar days (whichever is shorter). It is supposed to give you time to go to court to ask for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order, which lasts longer. The emergency protective order can make the other person leave the home, stay away from you, and not see your children, at least on a temporary basis. 2 - Temporary (ex parte) Restraining OrderWhen you go to court to apply for a restraining order, the clerk will give you a date, usually within three weeks, when you will have to come back to court for a full hearing. If you are in immediate danger and need protection right away, you can ask for a Temporary (ex parte) Restraining Order, which will last for up to 15 days, or until you have your full-court hearing, which is usually three weeks. You can get this temporary order "ex parte", which means you can get it without your abuser being there. 3 - Restraining Order After HearingAfter having a court hearing, a judge can grant you a Restraining Order After Hearing that can last up to five years. This order is designed to keep your abuser from threatening, harassing, or abusing you. You can ask the court later to have the order extended for another five years, or permanently. The court can make this extension if it believes you have a "reasonable" fear that your abuser will threaten, harass, or abuse you again once the first restraining order expires.Andrea…excellent post…..that was very informative…I was not aware of the many types of RO’s….I like the idea of a permanent one….I think she should get a permanent one just in case….I just hope the law does a good job in protecting her in case c.brown decides to abuse her again in the future.
LL,
She doesn’t need a permanent one. The Judge issued one the other day because R couldn’t be bothered, though I’m not sure how long she made it effective for.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m not putting the blame on R - I think Brown is scum. But there comes a time in life that all victims have to stop putting other people’s welfare before their own. It gets them nowhere. [I’m talking about bad people.] She’s young and ignorant. Bet she’s already had a bunch of conversations with him by now.