Celebrities in court: Keanu Reeves found innocent – Sharon Stone denied
Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Hot Momma
A judge in California has ruled that Sharon Stone will no longer share joint custody of her oldest son Roan with her ex-husband Phil Bronstein.
In October 2004, the court gave Phil and Sharon joint custody of Roan. Sharon recently filed papers asking for changes to the arrangement, but she still wanted to keep joint custody. According to the court documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight from a Sept. 12 custody hearing, Phil Bronstein “shall have permanent sole physical custody of child. Court finds that Respondent (Sharon Stone) failed to meet her burden of proof and denies Respondent’s (Sharon Stone’s) request for modification of custody.”
The judge said that the ruling is permanent unless circumstances change. The ruling seems harsh but we are hearing that Sharon’s request involved some kind of move, so the judge ruled in favor of Roan staying with his dad in the bay area.
Phil, a newspaper editor and Sharon were married in 1998. They adopted Roan in 2000. They divorced in 2004. Sharon also adopted two other sons, Laird Vonne Stone and Quinn Kelly.
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A judge in Los Angeles has dismissed assault charges against Keanu Reeves by a paparazzo who claimed the actor hit him with his car, on purpose.
Photog Alison Silva claims he was hit by Keanu’s Porsche back in March 2007 while photographing him.
Keanu’s lawyers argued that Alison had actually placed his hand on Keanu’s car and tripped over his own feet.
The judge declared that “There was no evidence of the slightest contact or the slightest touching.” Adding that Reeves did not “act maliciously” as he pulled out of a parking space as Alison had claimed.
The judge stated that Alison could not seek punitive damages against Keanu. Alison though is continuing with a negligence claim, which will now go to trial in October.
Alison’s attorney, Joseph Farzam, says “Mr Silva is still entitled to fully recover his damages for the injuries he sustained. It’s much easier to prove that someone was being careless than to prove that Mr Reeves intended to harm Mr Silva.”
The attorney added that Alison suffered a broken wrist when he fell, which could cause him to remain partially disabled.
As for Reeves, he confirmed in a statement that, “At no time did my vehicle make contact with Mr Silva other than when [he] bent over and placed his hand on the hood of my car.”
And even after Alison fell, Keanu stopped the car and brought him some water.
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