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Do The Gosselin “Eight” Have “Psychological Damage”?

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:58:22 +0000

Recently, and yet again, Jodi and Kevin Kreider have stirred up another stink about the Gosselin children’s privacy rights. They are now laying claim that the children have been “psychologically damaged” by their participation in the show.

Two examples of possible extortion and/or abuse the Kreiders are citing are the infamous staged Christmas episode and the potty training episode. For those of you not in the know, evidently Jon and Kate are heartless enough to tell their children that it was Christmas morning – even when it is not. They wanted to get a genuine reaction from the kids, on camera of course.

The Kreiders are saying that filming the children’s journey through potty training has, not surprisingly, violated their right to privacy. Of course, ahem, one of those was filming at the Kreider home. Whoops!

These are their poster child examples of why the Gosselin children have been tragically and mentally damaged.

Anyone who has read one other post on this blog knows that I side 100% with the kids. You all know that I have spoken against publicizing every embarrassing moment of their childhood. This is why, technically, I agree with the Kreiders.

But I don’t side with them.

I’d be Team Kreider if I thought that one iota of all this legal bluster was sincere. But it isn’t. Anyone with a memory and a pair of eyes saw that the Kreiders had no problem with their relatives parading around their children – that is, until they stopped getting a piece of the money pie. “Coincidence” had it that soon after Jon and Kate cut them off, they hit the tabloids.

At this point, it’s just another way to get their name and face back on TV.

Jon Pushing For Legal Action Against Hailey

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:06:24 +0000

After hearing that Jon’s New York pad had been trashed right after Christmas, all fingers flew to point accusingly at Hailey Glassman. Their abrupt and distinctly unpleasant breakup during the holidays certainly made her a likely candidate as the trespasser, especially with rumors of yet another potential flame flaring up in Jon’s love life.

But Hailey vehemently denied any involvement in the vandalism, despite a signed note with her name on it discovered in the apartment. She and her lawyers are claiming that she was framed.

Originally Jon’s legal camp didn’t express any intent to press charges against Hailey, but now it seems like they’ve had a change of heart. The scuttlebutt on the metaphorical street says that Jon intends to file a criminal complaint against his former flame.

This should get interesting.

Court Date Moved!

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:25:48 +0000

It’s looking like the big TV network, TLC, isn’t wanting to drag out this messy Gosselin business any longer than it has to. Word has it that both court dates that the network has arranged with Jon have been moved up. When they convene this month, it won’t be on the original agreed date of December 14th, but December 10th instead. Other dates have been changed as well.

Radar Online reports that the two parties held a status conference on Tuesday morning in Montgomery County, Maryland to discuss matters. Sources say that the judge announced to move the hearing for a preliminary junction, and the trial dates were changed as well.

Jon Gosselin now has to face the court on April 19, 2010, instead of the former 2011 decision. It will still be held in the same venue, as TLC pursues its suit of the father of eight for breach of contract. (Buddy TV)

That’s a whole year early. Will Team Jon have enough time to have their statements ready and their documents in order? As I understand it, he is countersuing TLC for a whopping $5 million. I can only assume the judge is going to want to see some pretty solid reasons to want to award that to Jon.

Well, we certainly shall see how this goes. We don’t have long to wait.