LisaRaye, Victim of Airport Thieves
If you’re planning to fly anytime soon, keep a close eye on your bags. The recession and double digit unemployment has sparked a rise in airport thefts of passenger luggage.
Over the weekend, actress LisaRaye was a victim of airport thieves at JFK who lifted her Louis Vuitton bag and absconded with it while she wasn’t looking. LisaRaye accused airline employees of pilfering her bag after the airline told her the bag was never scanned.
The distraught former First Lady of Turks & Caicos Islands took to her Twitter page to beg her “Twitt Fam” for help in retrieving her belongings.
…I need my WHOLE Twitt Family to HELP me put it out there I will pay WHOEVER comes up with my bag..Delta employee, police, family, WHOEVER. i hope like hell they find my bag. I hv family keepsakes n there i travel with. So help me bring awareness to it. Thanks
…Listen..I don’t care about the bag..what’s inside! Return THAT stuff please!
LisRaye even offered a reward for the return of her bag:
Yes, i will pay WHOEVER comes up with the bag..Delta employee,TSU employee, fan, police, family, WHOEVER. They can leave it & i’ll get it!
In response to the widespread thievery at the nation’s busiest airport, officials at Atlanta Hartsfield announced they are targeting luggage thieves and watching the situation involving airline employees closely.
Airport security said “they believe new technology and equipment has cut the chances of thievery during security screening of checked luggage.”
But airlines depend on outside contractors to load and sort luggage making it hard to pinpoint where the thefts are occurring.
Meanwhile, LisaRaye, who will be in town for the BET Hip Hop Awards this weekend, is heartbroken over the loss of personal items that were near and dear to her. “it was pics of my father & I when i was little, a spiritual candle i use 2 pray, [and] my favorite sleep shirt i’ve had since college…” she tweeted.
Source: Kandi is not raising AJ’s twins
The untimely passing of club promoter Ashley “AJ” Jewell on Friday night from injuries sustained during a fist fight has spawned numerous rumors. One of those rumors has taken on legs of its own.
A source within RHOA cast member Kandi Burruss’ camp reached out to Sandrarose.com today to dispel the rumors that Kandi had adopted her ex-fiance AJ’s twin daughters and was raising them in addition to her own daughter.
The source said Kandi never went to court seeking custody of the girls and she was not granted custody or guardianship over the girls. The children’s mother is alive and well and lives in Atlanta and loves her daughters.
Kandi seemed to confirm that in this blog post excerpt in which she mentions breaking the news of AJ’s death to her daughter Riley:
When I told my daughter Riley she just cried all morning. I didn’t know what to do or to say to make her feel better. I started wondering how his other kids were handling it. That’s one reason why I feel like he was just taken too soon. Now they have no father. That breaks me down inside. They needed more TIME.
Photo of the Day *Correction*
Pictured on the left is the woman who sources say Kandi Burruss’ ex-fiance Ashley “AJ” Jewell lost his life fighting another man for.
Her name is Veronica M. Jones and she is co-owner of The Body Tap (the club’s liquor license is in her name). Club employee
Fredrick Richardson, is (allegedly) the man who police say struck AJ over the head with a liquor bottle during a brawl on Friday night inside the club.
Earlier, I wrote that Richardson was married to Jones. This was incorrect. Another man known as “Cornbread” is Jones’ ex-husband, who sources say was also involved in the fight at the club.
Sources say the fight started inside the club and spilled out into the parking lot. Jewell sustained head injuries from blunt force trauma to the brain. He was pronounced dead at Piedmont hospital.
Sources also say Veronica and AJ were involved in a steamy sexual relationship that didn’t sit well with “Cornbread.”
AJ, a former drug dealer who promoted celebrity events at the club, either bought into the strip club or was in negotiations to buy a percentage of the club. Veronica is pictured with DJ X-Rated, center, (the club’s DJ) and one of the club’s talent.
Photo by Sandra Rose/Sandrarose.com
Did the Obamas’ Arrogance Seal Chicago’s Fate?
Tongues are wagging that certain members of the International Olympic Committee lured Barack Obama to Copenhagen to publicly humiliate and embarrass him.
For months Obama planned not to go to Denmark to make a personal pitch for the Olympics. He said his priority was passing the lame duck healthcare reform bill. But he would send his wife Michelle Obama and senior advisor Valerie Jarrett in his stead. Historians pointed out that no other US president had ever made a personal pitch before the IOC members.
But according to the Drudgereport, White House aides were assured by IOC officials that Chicago would win the bid if Obama made a personal presentation in Denmark. The aides were told that if Obama didn’t appear before the committee, the members would “notice” his absence.
The IOC played on Obama’s weakness, realizing his narcissism would not allow him to say no.
So Obama made the overnight flight to Copenhagen believing the trip would cement his place in history as the first US president to help seal an Olympic bid.
Obama’s narcissism is legendary and preceded him. But no one counted on Michelle Obama to display her arrogance when she told members of the Chicago delegation that her trip to Denmark was a ‘sacrifice’ for her.
The final straw was the fact that the other global leaders spent days schmoozing with the IOC members, but Obama flew in at the last minute spending a total of 4 hours on the ground in Copenhagen before flying back out.
When the voting was tallied, Chicago lost by a landslide in the first round, getting only 18 votes out of 94. It was the snub heard around the world.
And it must have been a crushing blow to both of the Obamas’ egos.
Premiere: T.I. – Hell Of A Life
Premiere music video for T.I.’s “Hell Of A Life” filmed back in May. Say what you want about T.I., but he raps about real life experiences unlike that ignorant Nas, who seeks to glorify violence and the criminal lifestyle.
Source: MTVU.com
Kandi Burruss’ Ex-Fiance Beaten To Death; Arrest Made in the Case
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The ex-fiance of RHOA Kandi Burruss was fatally beaten during a brawl outside an Atlanta strip club earlier tonight.
Friends say Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, a former drug dealer, was beaten and stomped by a group of men in the parking lot of famed strip club The Body Tap early Saturday morning. He was transported by ambulance to Piedmont hospital where he died from blunt force injuries to the brain.
Police questioned patrons inside the club after the incident but no arrests were made. Contrary to rumors, no guns or knives were involved.
The news of AJ’s death spread rapidly through the industry via Twitter and word of mouth. Jewell was very popular within Atlanta’s music industry, but he gained exposure on a national level via the reality TV show RHOA as Burruss’ fiance who was scorned by her mother for having multiple baby mamas. The couple separated after the premiere of Season 2, but they remained friends.
AJ leaves behind 6 beautiful children.
Update: Sources say AJ was in negotiations to buy The Body Tap when he was killed.
Updated:
Police have arrested a “person of interest” in the fatal beating of club promoter Ashley “A.J.” Jewell last night. Frederick Richardson will be taken into custody when he’s released from a local hospital where he was treated for injuries sustained in the “one on one” fight at The Body Tap, a local strip club.
Jewell was a co-owner of the club and promoted celebrity events there.
Photo by Prince Williams/ATLPics.net
Matthew Knowles Slapped With Paternity Suit
Beyonce and Solange Knowles’ father and business manager Matthew Knowles has another mouth to feed, according to TMZ.com.
Matthew, who has been known to sow his wild oats indiscriminately in the past, has been slapped with a paternity suit by Alexsandra Wright who is 6 months pregnant. That gives Matthew 3 months to try and buy her silence before the baby is born.
According to TMZ.com, Wright, who is in her 30s, filed the suit in L.A. County Superior Court where she lives and works in the name branding business. Which means she’s a PR chick.
Wright is repped by Neal Hersh, who is currently repping Lamar Odom in the prenup negotiations with Khloe Kardashian.
Matthew and Tina Knowles have been married for 29 contentious years. The baby will be Matthew’s second child born out of wedlock. Singer and former Destiny’s Child member, Kelly Rowland (pictured above with her father), was the first.
