May 18th, 2012

Joanna Johnson: “Here, queer, and just getting used to it”

Long after her role as closet lesbian Caroline Spencer ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ actress Joanna Johnson has finally announced that she was gay.

TMZ reported that Johnson made the announcement during a recent interview with TV Guide Magazine. “I’m here,” she said, “I’m queer.”

Admitting that she is “just getting used to it,” the 50-year-old Joanna Johnson shared that she first realized she was gay during her early twenties. “We didn’t have role models like Ellen [DeGeneres],” she lamented of.

“I’m not anywhere near as famous as those ladies,” Johnson -who also starred in ‘Hope and Faith’- modestly said of herself. “But I guess it’s my turn to do my little part.”

Saying that “It’s time to live a fully authentic life,” the actress expressed that she “would be very sad and hurt if the B&B fans were disappointed I’m a lesbian, or somehow feel betrayed that I kept it secret.”

Married to her wife, Michelle, since 2009, this is the first time Joanna Johnson has publicly come out regarding her sexuality.

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May 18th, 2012

Personal trainer: “John Travolta groped, fondled me at gym”

A personal trainer accused John Travolta of paying him back for his help by fondling and groping him, making him the fourth alleged victim of the married actor.

Perez Hilton reported that Travolta’s newest accuser chose to remain anonymous. He alleged that he opened the gym he worked at for Travolta during off-hours so that the actor could “avoid the public yet maintain his fitness in this physically challenging role that he was doing at the time.” The personal trainer then stated that “John Travolta groped and fondled him against his will.”

According to Perez Hilton, there is still no word if this new accuser will sue Travolta.

John Travolta currently faces one lawsuit from an anonymous masseur. A second case has been formally dismissed by the court after the John Doe plaintiff’s lawyer dropped him, but the masseur may re-file the case with his new lawyer, Gloria Allred. A third accuser, a Chilean ex-employee of the Royal Carribean cruise line, has yet to take legal action.

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May 18th, 2012

John Doe No. 1 hires Gloria Allred, can sue John Travolta again

It looks like John Travolta may have celebrated too soon as the anonymous male masseuse who got dropped by his lawyer has hired famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred- and she’s itching for Round 2 with Travolta’s lawyer Marty Singer.

According to Perez Hilton, the court formally dismissed the case of John Doe No. 1, who was dropped by his first attorney, Okorie Okorocha, after Singer released evidence that purported John Travolta was in New York City during the alleged sexual assault.

But the discredited John Doe No. 1 was not disheartened, and instead hired Gloria Allred to represent him.

“I represent John Doe #1,” Gloria Allred stated. “Mr. Doe’s lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice,” she pointed out, “Which means that he is legally entitled to file another lawsuit against John Travolta if he chooses.”

Revealing that “We are in the process of conferring with him regarding the next steps, which he may wish to take,” Allred finished her statement by saying, “Our client and our firm has no further comment at this time.”

Gloria Allred had previously crossed legal swords with defense attorney Marty Singer during the high-profile Tiger Woods sex scandal. Doe No. 1′s former attorney, Okorie Okorocha, continues to represent a second masseur -John Doe No. 2- against John Travolta.

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May 17th, 2012

Clay Aiken talks North Carolina, marriage equality, Barack Obama

Gay singer Clay Aiken recently discussed Amendment One of his home state of North Carolina and the decision of President Barack Obama to endorse marriage equality.

According to Perez Hilton, the ‘Measure of a Man’ singer appeared on On CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ to discuss the sentiments of his fellow North Carolinians toward marriage equality. And he paints a surprisingly hopeful picture.

“The polls in North Carolina,” Clay Aiken told the CBS political commentators, “Show that over 60 percent of North Carolinians actually support some recognition for same-sex couples.”

Aiken noted that this recognition applied to both civil unions and domestic partnerships involving same-sex couples. He eloquently opined that his fellow North Carolinians will see what it’s done and what it will do. According to Aiken, that knowledge will lead them to “support the fact that President Obama did speak out on principle” when

Clay Aiken also expected other politicians to also speak out on principle like President Barack Obama. ”I think we’d like to see politicians speak out on principle a little bit more,” he said on ‘Face the Nation.’

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May 17th, 2012

John Travolta “completely vindicated,” says lawyer Marty Singer

Proclaiming that John Travolta is “completely vindicated” by John Doe No. 1 dropping his case against the actor, lawyer Marty Singer confidently expects the same from the second anonymous masseur plaintiff from Atlanta.

According to E! News, Marty Singer issued a statement declaring that Travolta ”is completely vindicated by Doe No. 1 dropping his claims and dismissing his lawsuit” this Tuesday.

“We fully expect that my client will similarly be vindicated with respect to Doe No. 2,” Marty Singer added, “As well as with respect to any other person who makes meritless claims against John Travolta.”

Last week, E! News reported that attorney Okorie Okorocha dismissed John Doe No. 1 as a client after the masseur admitted that he may have made mistakes regarding certain details of his lurid accusations.

And on Tuesday this week, Doe No. 1 filed a notice of dismissal, which officially dropped the sexual assault and battery case he filed against John Travolta.

Doe No. 1′s initial complaint was amended to include Doe No. 2. Attorney Okorie Okorocha apparently continues to represent the latter.

In addition to the remaining Doe, Fabian Zanzi, a former Royal Caribbean cruise ship manager from Chile, has also claimed Travolta sexually harassed him. However, Zanzi has yet to file a legal case.

Maintaining from the get-go that the claims against John Travolta are “absurd and ridiculous,” high-powered Hollywood attorney Marty Singer remains confident that he will clear his client of all sexual assault and battery charges.

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