Jon Gosselin to Testify against TLC
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Reality television dad, and ever-increasing exposure junkie, Jon Gosselin, from TLC’s “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” just cannot seem to get enough of the spotlight. In reportedly more and more desperate attempts to get further face time on television, Jon Gosselin may have pushed his luck just one smidge too far. According to Radar Online, the cable television network, TLC, filed suit against Jon Gosselin on October 16th for making paid and unpaid appearances without the company’s permission. It seems the contract Jon and Kate Gosselin signed with TLC, in their attempt to make the big bucks on their eight children’s lives, was fairly iron clad, certainly far reaching. Jon’s appearances appear to be in violation of said contract with TLC, and this misstep has landed him a court date. Radar Online reports that Jon will be required to testify in a Maryland court, December 14, 2009.
According to sources, TLC lawyer, Paul Gaffney, will be allowed to question Jon’s girlfriend, Hailey Glassman, lawyer Mark Heller, manager Mike Heller, and friend, Michael Lohan (father of actress Lindsay Lohan), as well as Jon’s bodyguard and talent rep. Jon Gosselin recently appeared on Entertainment Tonight with Glassman.
I just feel sorry for Kate and the kids, I am 100% Kate did love Jon for some time and I can’t believe he would leave. I think Kate is right by wanting the T.V. show to carry on. If the t.v. show makes the kids happy then let them have it until they are all 9 or above (for Cara & Maddy) or something like that. All Jon cares about is himself, unlike Kate who actually cares about her kids even if she doesn’t show it. Deep down Kate is a good women trying to do the best thing for her kids even if it means bad press. It would be nice for this family to be in the press for some good reasons…..
Jon has received very bad counsel from Mark J. Heller. I think the last straw for TLC was Jon and Heller’s appearance on Larry King Live.
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Surrender NOW Jon. You have no chance against TLC’s lawyer Paul Gaffney.
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Here are a few of the clients he has represented: CNN, Time Magazine, MediaNews Group, Washington Post, ABC, FOX.
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wc.com/pgaffney
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Jon’s idiot lawyer Heller quotes Mother Goose, was disbarred for five years by the NY State Supreme Court. and Heller is not licensed to represent Jon in PA or MD.
Poor Jon,.
Kate and TLC don’t give a damn about those children except as money earners. Jon went about this the wrong way but if he can get those kids off TV, he has my support. Kate is willing to sell their privacy and dignity to support her addiction to fame, money, spas and her bodyguard.
TLC is a sleazy organization.
Both Jon & Kate need to just go-away…..We are soooooo sick of both of them.
I’m with you, Karen. I think we’re seeing just an inkling of what Kate went through with Jon. I really don’t think the show has or will hurt the kids, Initially I felt it wasn’t good for them, but they seem very happy and well-adjustedfor the most part. These are not child actors who are forced to grow up in a studio missing out on their entire childhood. They seem to come and go as they please, and in some of the episodes they’re not even on air that much. So we hear the kids are fighting….HELLO, if you’ve had kids they love to fight. I used to say it was a form entertainment for our kids but drove me batty I am certainly not discounting the toll of the divorce, it’s a horrible, horrible thing. Maybe keeping things the norm would offer some security. Their father is harming them way more. Of course they’re going to see all the sleazy details of his behavior, but that doesn’t stop him. He is truly a selfish selfish immature man. Jon is only being spiteful about stopping the show. I think there’s some jealousy going on for him with Kate. She’s associated with The View, Paula Deen, reputable people. Jon….not so much (Michael Loahan, Hailey Glassman, need I say more??) I’m glad he’s not on the show anymore, he was arrogant and obnoxious and I wanted to reach through the TV and yank that cell phone out of his hand everytime he was “with” the kids.
To Karen James – Have you not seen the photos of the kids and seen how sad and unhappy they have been? Have you not noticed how they argue, push and shove each other? The first photo that I have seen in a very long time was the ones with Jon and two of the little girls going to the movies. The girls were actually smiling and that was good to see. They never looked happy when they were filmed.
Karen, what does spouse do when HE IS SERVED DIVORCE PAPERS? For over a year, they have been apart if you believe Kate. Jon was sleeping in the room over the garage and she, of course, had the Queen’s Chamber. Kate FILED THE PAPERS NOT JON.
OMG….PLEASE BRING ELIAN GONZALEZ BACK!!! I CAN’T TAKE THESE TWO ANYMORE.
I have said it before and I say it again. Kate was the best thing that ever happened to Jon. He was going “nowhere” before she came into his life and he has gone downhill since they’ve been apart. Hailey, you said repeatedly that you support Jon in everything he does and that you will continue to support him. But now that things are not going well for Jon you have changed your song. GET OUT THERE AND SUPPORT HIM NOW – YOU MESSED WITH HIS HEAD….HE BELLIED UP ONCE HE GOT ENTANGLED WITH U.
I really feel for Kate. I must have been hard to be trying to sort out your marriage while your husband was having an affair with the kid’s school teacher. I can understand hanging in there when you’ve got 8 kids, and I can also understand her saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and wanting out of the marriage when he started insisting he wanted to hang out with his friends. When you’ve got 8 kids you can’t go around behaving like a young bachelor Jon. I commend Kate for trying to keep it together and am glad she knew when to get out. I wish her well and hope that the media will stop harassing her for their own gain.
I also feel sorry for Kate. As anyone who has gone thru a divorce with children knows, the mom tend to have to be the one who keeps the kids hanging on and helps them get thru it emotionally. The Dad comes in and out of their lives for the “fun stuff” ie movies with the girls. But its the Mom who holds them at night when they are crying why is Daddy gone etc. (In this case I am sure there are worse questions from the twins such as why is Dady smoking, drinking, hanging with drunk druggies, and prostituting himself with anything in a skirt) At the same timw Kate is trying (probably frantically) to make sure they can live fiunancially so the kids do not need to change schools (which they would have to do if they go back to their old home) so there are no more major changes in their lives. When I watched the show (from the beginning) I saw a loving family then when the babies starting to grow into little people-JOn seemed to think he could just sit and stare unless Kate gave him direction. It was clear as time went on that was more and more frustrating to Kate. JOn ALSO mouthes back to Kate on the show. The worse I saw-he was watching the little kids (3 yrs old) in the driveway when he decided to rollar blade down the street and left them alone. Kate came out and scremed at him-perfectlu understdable-he left 6 3 yr olds alone along a street because he “wanted to skate” which was his answer as to why he did that-he was 2 blocks away!!! He is most assuridly a latent adolescent who didn’t grow up yet. Very sad…