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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'restrainingorder'

June 21, 2008

After 50 Cent's ex, Shaniqua Tompkins, accused him publicly of burning down the home he owned that her and their son were living in -- she followed up with a restraining order. 50 may have had to surrender any guns he's been toting around as a part of the ruling, but the rapper then responded with his own legal papers...a $20 million defamation suit against Tompkins. It's been about one week since they were last......

Continue Reading "50 Cent Surrenders Guns, Gets Restrained, Sues Ex for $20M"

February 14, 2008

A 16-year-old Staten Island girl faces up to a year in jail for sending Myspace friend requests to three people. Melissa Fernino is charged with second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor, because she violated a Family Court order of protection that barred her from contacting a 43-year-old woman and her two adolescent daughters. The court order, prompted by Ferino's history of "extremely violent threats," has something to do with a soured relationship between Fernino’s father and......

Continue Reading "Myspace Friend Request Could Mean Jail Time"

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