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A former Playboy model has pleaded guilty to sneaking her illegal immigrant boyfriend across the U.S.-Canada border.

Playboy alumna Colleen Shannon, 35, admitted to helping her boyfriend, Robert Skojo, enter the country illegally by moving him through an Indian reservation in August 2012, reports The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York.

Shannon now faces the possibility of meeting her adoring female fans behind bars as she awaits sentencing for her criminal charges.

Surprise, surprise, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is being sued. However, it's not for his famously colorful verbal treatment of other chefs and cooks. Instead, some ex-employees at his Los Angeles restaurant, The Fat Cow, are suing his company for alleged wage and overtime violations.

The plaintiffs, former servers and baristas, allege in a proposed class action lawsuit that Ramsay's restaurant required them to work through their breaks without compensation, Radar Online reports. They also claim they weren't paid minimum wage or overtime, among several other related allegations.

The plaintiffs' claims all fall under the California Labor Code. But as this lawsuit moves forward, what questions still need to be answered?

Stone Temple Pilots recently sued fired frontman Scott Weiland, claiming that he sabotaged the band’s 20th anniversary tour by repeatedly skipping promotional shows, showing up late for concerts and using STP to promote his solo career, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

In true music mayhem form, Weiland has countersued his old bandmates in Los Angeles, accusing them of conspiring to oust him, reports Entertainment Weekly.

"The Good Wife" has returned -- for summer reruns, anyway. And last night's rerun, which originally aired in January, gives us a chance perform a legal reality check.

For the episode entitled "The Seven-Day Rule," here are seven points we picked up on:

NYPD authorities on Tuesday denied Amanda Bynes’ claims that officers sexually harassed her during her arrest for allegedly smoking pot in her apartment building and then throwing a bong out the window.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne confirmed that the department had internally investigated the matter and had found no evidence to back up Bynes’ allegations, reports TMZ.

Bynes’ Twitter rants may be mostly hot air, but if her allegations are true, she has cause for legal recourse.

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is being sued. A class action lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan Supreme Court against one of Puck's catering companies in New York. According to the suit, the company was allegedly adding a 22% service charge, but didn't share those charges with servers and bartenders. A plaintiff's representative told the New York Post that hundreds of thousands in unpaid gratuity are owed.

The Wolfgang Puck catering company contracts with other well-known companies like Live Nation, Google, and Rolling Stone magazine to provide their food and drink services at public and private functions.

What do state and federal laws have to say about this Puck company's alleged violation?

O.J. Simpson is back in court this week for a habeas hearing, after which a judge may decide whether Simpson's rights were infringed upon during his most recent trial and conviction.

Simpson alleges that he needs a new trial because his lawyer, Yale Galanter, had known about plans to steal Simpson's sports memorabilia from two dealers and had offered poor advice at trial, reports the Associated Press.

As O.J. comes before a judge again, most of America should know the basics of a habeas hearing.

The education of Lauryn Hill on the legal consequences of tax evasion will continue in prison, as the singer has been sentenced to three months behind bars.

Hill, 37, of South Orange, New Jersey, was also sentenced to three months of additional home confinement on Monday, the Associated Press reports. It wasn't immediately clear where she'd be incarcerated, but TMZ reports the judge ordered her to report to prison by July 8.

The five-time grammy winner pleaded guilty to failing to file tax returns for more than $1.8 million in income between 2005 and 2007, reports Rolling Stone. But just before Lauryn Hill's sentencing, she apparently paid up on her tax debts.

The season finale of "The Good Wife" was a doozy, with the buzz of election night, a midnight court battle, and a cameo by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Recap: 'What's in the Box?'

Alicia, Will, and Diane handle a series of emergency court proceedings to deal with potential ballot-box stuffing in Peter Florrick's gubernatorial campaign. They file a motion with the court to get the votes thrown out. But when they learn that most of the votes in the box were cast for Peter, they burn the midnight oil to reverse course.

No joke, comedian Katt Williams has been sentenced to community service after pleading guilty to recklessly evading a police officer.

It was a short chase -- on a ridiculous three-wheeled Spyder, no less -- through downtown Sacramento, California. After barrelling down a pedestrian-only street and nearly hitting five people, Katt Williams was sentenced to 90 days of community service.

But what is community service exactly?