BRIEFLY : CHARITIES NAMED BY HARTMAN FAMILY.The families of comedian Phil Hartman Phil Hartman (born as Philip Edward Hartmann) (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning actor, voice artist, comedian, graphic artist, a writer, the idea man for Blasto. and his wife, Brynn, have selected three charities to receive donations in memory of the couple, who died in a murder-suicide two weeks ago. The charities are Caring for Babies with AIDS and The Race to Erase M.S., both based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and the Santa Monica organization Heal the Bay Heal the Bay is a U.S. environmental advocacy non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, California. Heal the Bay is dedicated to protecting California's Santa Monica Bay, a region of the Pacific coast encompassed by Malibu's Point Dume on the north and the Palos Verdes . Brynn Hartman, 40, shot and killed her 49-year-old husband in their Encino home May 28 before turning the gun on herself. Their two young children are now being cared for by relatives in Wisconsin. - Daily News Council members may face grilling A lawyer for a former aide suing Nate Holden for sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. said Thursday he will try to take sworn depositions from council members who served with the defendant at the time of the alleged incidents. David Fertig, one of the attorneys representing ex-Holden Field Deputy Carla Cavalier, said the councilman's ``tendency to sexualize sex·u·al·ize tr.v. sex·u·al·ized, sex·u·al·iz·ing, sex·u·al·iz·es To make sexual in character or quality: the work environment within his council and field offices was well-known.'' ``And we believe the City Council kept it as their dirty little secret because they needed his vote on things,'' Fertig said. He declined to say which council members would be deposed. ``We'll make the selection when the time is right,'' he said. Holden has denied the allegations in the suit originally filed in February 1993. His press deputy, Dana Sarbeck, said the councilman has only one comment on the Supreme Court decision affirming an appeals court ruling allowing the case to proceed. ``He said he's ready to go to trial,'' she said. - City News Service Judge sets hearing date in rehab death One of four men charged with the forced aversion therapy aversion therapy n. A type of behavior therapy designed to modify antisocial habits or addictions by creating a strong association with a disagreeable or painful stimulus. drinking death of an alcoholic was released on bail Thursday pending a hearing later this month on involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. and false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. charges. Jose Robert Rodriguez, 45, was released on $55,000 bail, but co-defendants Alberto Saguache, 38, Armando Nestor Sakaqil, 29, and Dante Rosillo Barrera, 32, were unable to post bail and remained in custody, said Victoria Pitkin, spokeswoman for the district attorney's office. Rodriguez denied any involvement in the man's death and said he wasn't at the Grupo Liberacion y Fortaleza facility when Enrique Bravo died. But he said alcoholics seeking help were regularly given alcohol to control their withdrawal during detoxification Detoxification Definition Detoxification is one of the more widely used treatments and concepts in alternative medicine. It is based on the principle that illnesses can be caused by the accumulation of toxic substances (toxins) in the body. . All four defendants appeared in court Thursday to set a preliminary hearing date. About 50 people attended to show support, saying the center's mission is to help alcoholics. The defendants were ordered back to court June 30. All four pleaded not guilty June 3 to one count each of involuntary manslaughter and two counts each of false imprisonment in the death of Bravo, 32, of the Mojave Desert community of Littlerock. - Associated Press Pregnant ex's killer gets 15-to-life term ?6 VAN NUYS - A Louisiana man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years to life in prison for the arson murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, a Van Nuys mother of five. Alfred Elliot Smith was convicted of second-degree murder May 19 for the April 25, 1997, slaying of Denna Moody, with whom he had a 6-year-old daughter. Moody was burned to death in a station wagon parked in the 14700 block of Arminta Street in Van Nuys, less than a mile from her home. - City News Service Molesting suspect caught after flight SIMI VALLEY - After fleeing police and crashing into a tree Thursday, a 41-year-old Simi Valley man was arrested on suspicion of molesting an 8-year-old relative, police said. Robert Wayne Nelson was arrested for felony oral copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. on a child and felony evasion of arrest after he led officers on a chase through residential streets at 1:40 p.m., said Lt. Rex Jones of the Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. . Nelson lost control of his car, which crashed into a tree on Golden Fern Court, police said. He was arrested and taken to Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. , where he was treated for a broken wrist. Police earlier received information that Nelson was suspected of molesting the 8-year-old, and on Tuesday they began investigating the case. On Thursday, investigators received information that Nelson was meeting a friend in a parking lot at Los Angeles Avenue and Madera Road, police said. Detectives went to the lot and found Nelson, who fled in his car. - Daily News |
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