New Jersey senator Bob Menendez denies hiring prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, despite an FBI raid seemingly claiming otherwise. The allegations against him state that Menendez was hiring underage prostitutes while taking trips to Latin America with campaign donor Dr. Salomon Melgen.
"Any allegations of engaging with prostitutes are manufactured by a politically-motivated right-wing blog and are false," Menendez says in a statement.
This comes after FBI agents raided Melgen's West Palm Beach office and discovered that Menendez had "quietly sent a $58,500 personal check to Melgen's company to reimburse the cost of two flights," the Miami Herald reports. The raid was primarily done to "investigate possible fraudulent billing activities by Melgen's business." The tipster also revealed their alleged involvement with underage sex workers.
"This was sloppy," Menendez chief of staff Dan O'Brien tells NBC of the three year delay of his boss paying for Melgen's flights. "I'm chalking it up to an oversight.
"Any allegations of engaging with prostitutes are manufactured by a politically-motivated right-wing blog and are false," Menendez says in a statement.
This comes after FBI agents raided Melgen's West Palm Beach office and discovered that Menendez had "quietly sent a $58,500 personal check to Melgen's company to reimburse the cost of two flights," the Miami Herald reports. The raid was primarily done to "investigate possible fraudulent billing activities by Melgen's business." The tipster also revealed their alleged involvement with underage sex workers.
"This was sloppy," Menendez chief of staff Dan O'Brien tells NBC of the three year delay of his boss paying for Melgen's flights. "I'm chalking it up to an oversight.
- 1/31/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Whitney Cummings is making the move from "Chelsea Lately" and Comedy Central Roasts to network television in "Whitney" for NBC. The half hour sitcom focuses on a modern relationship between Alex (Chis D'Elia) and Whitney (Cummings) as they avoid the institute of marriage and fight to keep their spark alive.
Joining Cummings and D'Elia are Maulik Pancholy, Zoe Lister-Jones, Dan O'Brien and Rhea Seehorn. The half hour sitcom is directed by Andy Ackerman, previously of "Seinfeld" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine."
"Whitney" will air Thursday's at 9:30 Pm, right after "The Office."
"Trying to get a new comedy hit is a priority for us," says NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. "And there is no better comedy lead-in than "The Office."
Will you keep your TV's tuned to "Whitney" on Thursday nights? ...
Joining Cummings and D'Elia are Maulik Pancholy, Zoe Lister-Jones, Dan O'Brien and Rhea Seehorn. The half hour sitcom is directed by Andy Ackerman, previously of "Seinfeld" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine."
"Whitney" will air Thursday's at 9:30 Pm, right after "The Office."
"Trying to get a new comedy hit is a priority for us," says NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. "And there is no better comedy lead-in than "The Office."
Will you keep your TV's tuned to "Whitney" on Thursday nights? ...
- 5/15/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Cracked.com announced the premiere of Season Two of its original web series .Agents of Cracked. and will feature a new episode every Monday for a total of 8 episodes. Following the success of Season One, which won the Audience Choice Award at the 2010 Streamy Awards, Season Two launches with .Ding. Dong. Dead!. which is now available for viewing online. .Agents of Cracked. is Cracked.com's first original web series created by Abe Epperson, Dan O'Brien and Michael Swaim, three of Cracked.s most popular and recognizable personalities. Season One of .Agents of Cracked. received more than 3.9 million views online and fans who missed any episodes of the first season may also purchase the Season One DVD online, which...
- 10/6/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Because we can't possibly cover all the cool movie news out there, we've created "News, Shmews, Etc.", some quick links to movie news around the web we hope you'll enjoy. Pictures are clickable. Simpsons style mural of epic X-men battle is pretty awesome An excerpt from 2021's "A Hogwarts Class Reunion. seems shockingly accurate 69 Sexiest Photos of Girls Dressed as Wonder Woman will satisfy every Wonder Woman fetish Dan O'Brien chronicles...
- 7/20/2009
- by Omar Aviles
- JoBlo.com
Chicago authorities are intensifying their efforts to locate the 7-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson, whose mother and brother were shot dead on Friday, the Associated Press reports. An Amber Alert remains in effect for the nephew, Julian King, who went missing from his South Side Chicago home on Friday - the same day the bodies of his 57-year-old grandmother Darnell Donerson and 29-year-old uncle Jason Hudson were discovered. The deaths have been ruled homicides. The AP quoted Chicago police spokesman Dan O'Brien as saying the search for King is citywide, but residents and officers were focusing search efforts "in the immediate vicinity" of Hudson's home. Searchers planned to comb area streets on foot and hand out fliers. Jennifer Hudson's older sister Julia, 31, pleaded for the return of her missing son Saturday at the family's church in Chicago, saying her son "doesn't deserve this."
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- 10/26/2008
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
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