Talking of Fox's Roger Friedman, he led yesterday with a little rant about Chris Brown and what the handling of the Rihanna-beating case tells us about celebrity justice in LA. The gossip man reckons it's shocking that six weeks after the alleged beating the R&B star has yet to be arraigned - ie placed before a judge to plead on the charges against him - and also that Brown has been free to get on with his life ever since, despite the nature of the allegations against him.
He writes: " Only in Hollywood, California, could this happen: a guy beats his girlfriend to a pulp, spends no time in jail, and is still not arraigned six weeks after the episode. If Chris Brown had not been a celebrity, he would have been in a Los Angeles jail all this time. Instead, he's been photographed at various vacation spots around the country, in Miami, and now more recently, in Virginia. The good thing about being a celebrity in Hollywood is that you don't actually go to jail, and while you await your plea bargain, you're free to leave your jurisdiction".
Make of that what you will. Meanwhile Roger went onto rant about Phil Spector and the fact it's taken six years to assess his guilt or otherwise regarding the death of Lana Clarkson at his home in 2003. Actually, as far as Friedman is concerned, it's taken six years to assess the legendary producer's guilt, as I think we can see from this remark: "For six years, Clarkson's family has waited patiently for justice. Spector, famous for brandishing guns, has never spent a day in jail. Spector's attorneys are still insisting that Clarkson - beautiful, happy, well adjusted - went with the producer to his house and then, for no apparent reason, killed herself".