19 Celebrities Who Did Extremely Shady Things That Everyone Seems To Have Forgotten About

Recently, Reddit idiosyncratic No-Bed-6000 asked the question, "What is immoderate shady info astir a celeb that everyone seems to person forgotten about?" And radical did NOT clasp back. Here's what they said:

Warning: Mentions of rape, assault, and home violence.

1. "Jack Nicholson allegedly bushed a enactment idiosyncratic truthful severely she had encephalon damage."

Jack Nicholson was sued successful 2000 by a pistillate named Catherine Sheehan, who alleged that helium assaulted her astatine his location successful 1996 aft a quality implicit outgo for sex. In the lawsuit, Sheehan claimed Nicholson grabbed her hairsbreadth and slammed her caput against the floor, causing superior injuries, including encephalon trauma and imaginativeness problems. It was reported that a confidential colony of astir $30,000 was reached soon aft the 1996 incident. However, the 2000 suit was filed to rescind that archetypal colony due to the fact that Sheehan claimed her aesculapian information had worsened, and she didn't recognize the afloat grade of her injuries astatine the time. Because the lawsuit did not spell to trial, the allegations were ne'er proven successful court.

2. "Boy George. Tied a antheral enactment idiosyncratic to the partition and bushed him severely."

In 2009, Boy George (George O’Dowd) was convicted of the mendacious imprisonment and battle of Audun Carlsen, a Norwegian exemplary and escort, successful transportation with a 2007 incidental astatine O’Dowd’s London flat. While the lawsuit is often described arsenic involving Carlsen being tied to a radiator, O’Dowd and tribunal records bespeak that Carlsen was really handcuffed to a wall fixture oregon hook. Carlsen testified that helium was beaten and struck with a metallic concatenation portion attempting to escape. O’Dowd admitted that helium handcuffed Carlsen but has consistently denied physically attacking him, claiming helium restrained him portion investigating a suspected machine hack.

The justice described the incidental arsenic involving “gratuitous violence,” and O’Dowd was sentenced to 15 months successful prison, of which helium served astir 4 months earlier being released early.

3. "Dr. Dre bushed a newsman truthful severely that helium broke her jaw, past threw her down immoderate stairs. Then helium and his unit took the piss retired of her for decades. But past helium said sorry. So that's OK?"

In 1991, Andre Young, known arsenic Dr. Dre, violently assaulted writer Dee Barnes astatine a enactment successful Hollywood pursuing a conception connected her show, Pump It Up!, regarding the radical N.W.A. According to Barnes, Dre picked her up by her hairsbreadth and slammed her caput and assemblage repeatedly against a ceramic wall. Young pleaded nary contention to the battle charges, resulting successful a fine, assemblage service, and probation, portion a civilian suit filed by Barnes was aboriginal settled retired of court.

For galore years, the incidental was downplayed successful nationalist discourse, but it regained important attraction pursuing the 2015 merchandise of the biopic Straight Outta Compton, which omitted it. In effect to the renewed scrutiny, Young issued public apologies, acknowledging that helium had wounded women successful his past and expressing regret for his actions. Barnes has acknowledged the apology but has besides highlighted the semipermanent antagonistic interaction the incidental and the industry's absorption had connected her vocation successful examination to Young's continued success.

4. "CeeLo Green, aft pleading nary contention to spiking a woman’s drink, who aboriginal would study waking up successful his bed, said successful tweets that were aboriginal deleted from his account: 'Women who person truly been raped REMEMBER!!!' In different tweet, the instrumentalist wrote, 'If idiosyncratic is passed retired they're not adjacent WITH you consciously! truthful WITH Implies consent.'"

Following a 2014 no-contest plea to a felony complaint of furnishing ecstasy, instrumentalist CeeLo Green sparked terrible backlash aft tweeting that unconsciousness implies consent and questioning the memories of rape victims. Although prosecutors cited insufficient grounds to bring intersexual battle charges successful an incidental wherever a pistillate said she woke up bare successful his bed, Green’s controversial tweets — aboriginal deleted and followed by an apology — led to the cancellation of his TBS amusement and his removal from respective performance lineups.

5. "Brett Favre has been tied to the misuse of millions of dollars successful Mississippi payment funds meant for the poorest residents and has yet to look transgression charges."

Former NFL subordinate Brett Favre has precocious been linked to a ineligible lawsuit involving the misuse of payment funds successful Mississippi. Millions of dollars intended for low-income families were reportedly diverted to different projects, including a assemblage volleyball installation and a pharmaceutical company. Favre has returned $1.1 cardinal helium was paid for speaking engagements, but the authorities is pursuing a suit to retrieve further funds. Favre has stated that helium was unaware that the wealth came from a payment program.

6. "John Lennon bushed a idiosyncratic implicit allegations of being gay."

In 1963, a heavy intoxicated John Lennon assaulted Cavern Club DJ Bob Wooler astatine Paul McCartney’s 21st day enactment successful Liverpool. The altercation reportedly began aft Wooler joked astir Lennon’s caller travel to Spain with Beatles manager Brian Epstein, who was gay, quipping that the 2 had been connected a “honeymoon." Lennon interpreted the remark arsenic a nationalist insinuation that helium was besides cheery and reacted angrily, punching Wooler, knocking him down, and leaving him bruised with a achromatic eye. Wooler considered ineligible action, but the substance was settled aft Lennon issued an apology and paid astir £200 successful damages.

7. "Caitlyn Jenner caused a car mishap that ended up sidesplitting someone."

In February 2015, Caitlyn Jenner was progressive successful a fatal multi-car chain-reaction mishap connected the Pacific Coast Highway successful Malibu, California, erstwhile her SUV rear-ended a Lexus driven by a pistillate named Kim Howe. The interaction pushed the Lexus into oncoming traffic, wherever it was struck head-on by a Hummer, resulting successful Howe’s death. Although investigators noted that Jenner was driving astatine an "unsafe speed" for the conditions, the Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to record transgression charges, citing insufficient grounds to beryllium she was negligent beyond a tenable doubt.

Jenner yet settled aggregate civilian lawsuits, including a confidential wrongful decease colony with Howe’s stepchildren and an $800,000 settlement to the household successful the Hummer.

8. "In 1980, a 16-year-old enactment idiosyncratic overdosed astatine Don Henley's home. He claimed helium didn't cognize her property and didn't person enactment with her. I deliberation helium was enactment connected probation, but that was the extremity of it."

In November 1980, Don Henley of the Eagles was arrested aft a 16-year-old miss overdosed connected drugs astatine his Los Angeles home. Henley has maintained that helium believed she was an adult. While helium testified successful 2024 that "there was nary sex," a missive helium wrote to his probation serviceman successful the aboriginal 1980s reportedly mentioned an "attempt to marque love." In 1981, helium pleaded nary contention to a misdemeanor complaint of contributing to the delinquency of a insignificant and was sentenced to 2 years of probation and a $2,500 fine. Henley aboriginal described the incidental arsenic a “poor decision” made during a play of slump pursuing the Eagles’ breakup.

9. "Jenny McCarthy assaulting Justin Bieber connected stage."

At the 2012 American Music Awards, presenter Jenny McCarthy kissed Justin Bieber connected the cervix and grabbed him arsenic helium came connected signifier to judge the Favorite Pop/Rock Album award. Bieber, who was 18 astatine the time, responded during his acceptance code by saying, “Wow, I consciousness violated close now.” In backstage interviews afterward, McCarthy joked astir the incident, saying she had “grabbed his butt” and describing the infinitesimal utilizing a “cougar” persona.

10. "Wesley Snipes dated Halle Berry, and it's agelong been rumored that helium is the fellow who deed her truthful hard she has imperishable partial proceeding loss."

While it is existent that Halle Berry suffered imperishable 80% proceeding loss successful her near receptor owed to a carnal battle by a "well-known" Hollywood ex-boyfriend successful the aboriginal 1990s, she has ne'er publically named Wesley Snipes arsenic the idiosyncratic responsible. The persistent rumors linking Snipes to the incidental mostly originated from different erstwhile boyfriend, R&B vocalist Christopher Williams, who claimed successful an aboriginal 2000s interview that "Wesley Snipes busted her eardrum, not me" to wide his ain sanction from nationalist suspicion.

Berry confirmed the wounded occurred during a convulsive brushwood astir the clip she was filming The Last Boy Scout (1991). Still, she has consistently chosen not to publically place the perpetrator portion utilizing her communicative to advocator for home unit consciousness done organizations similar the Jenesse Center.

11. "That clip successful 2018 erstwhile Lindsay Lohan attempted to kidnap a Syrian exile family's kid connected Instagram live, followed them arsenic they tried to leave, and got punched successful the look erstwhile she tried to physically drawback the kid from his mother."

In September 2018, Lindsay Lohan livestreamed a bizarre encounter successful Moscow wherever she confronted a household she identified arsenic Syrian refugees sleeping connected the street. After accusing the parents of "trafficking children" and "ruining Arab culture," Lohan followed them arsenic they tried to locomotion away, insisting the children travel with her to a hotel. The concern escalated erstwhile she reached retired to drawback 1 of the children, prompting the parent to punch Lohan successful the look and sound her to the ground. Lohan ended the video successful tears, and portion she aboriginal claimed successful a Paper Magazine interview that she simply "read the concern wrong," the incidental was wide condemned online, with galore viewers accusing her of attempting to instrumentality the child.

12. "Chris Brown physically abusing Rihanna. I consciousness similar this is the astir unbelievable 1 that radical virtually conscionable ignored and forgot astir arsenic accelerated arsenic possible. A batch of the different ones, radical of this procreation oregon this benignant of property don't cognize astir due to the fact that they happened successful the 1960s, but this 1 is beauteous ridiculous for radical to conscionable ignore."

In February 2009, an statement betwixt Chris Brown and Rihanna escalated into a convulsive battle wrong a conveyance pursuing a pre-Grammy party. Brown repeatedly punched, choked, and spot Rihanna, resulting successful disposable facial injuries and her hospitalization. He aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to felony battle and was sentenced to 5 years of probation, 1 twelvemonth of home unit counseling, and six months of assemblage labor.

The incidental sparked important nationalist backlash, starring respective sponsors and vigor stations to driblet Brown. Despite the assault, the 2 concisely reconciled and worked connected euphony unneurotic successful 2012 earlier ending their narration for bully successful 2013. Brown's probation for this lawsuit officially ended successful March 2015. He has since faced galore different ineligible issues and battle allegations, astir precocious being arrested successful Manchester, England, successful May 2025, regarding a 2023 incidental wherever helium allegedly attacked a euphony shaper with a bottle.

13. "Jimmy Page, the Led Zeppelin guitarist, 'dated' a 14-year-old miss erstwhile helium was 28."

In 1972, 28-year-old Jimmy Page began a widely documented two-year narration with Lori Mattix (also known arsenic Lori Maddox), who was 14 years aged astatine the time. According to accounts from Mattix and biographers, the narration was kept mostly concealed to debar imaginable ineligible consequences for statutory rape, with Page often hiding her successful edifice rooms during tours. While Mattix has historically described the acquisition arsenic consensual and adjacent "magical," she has much precocious acknowledged the abusive nature of the powerfulness imbalance and stated she would not privation different young girls to replicate her experience.

14. "Mark Wahlberg was a truly atrocious dude. Here successful Boston, among the older locals, helium is considered trash. And it wasn't immoderate azygous incident, but many."

Back successful the '80s, portion increasing up successful the Boston area, Wahlberg, past a teenager, was charged for aggregate race-related hatred crimes. According to the Independent, "In 1986, a past 15-year-old Wahlberg and 3 friends were charged for chasing 3 Black children and pelting them with rocks portion yelling: 'Kill the n*****s' until an ambulance operator intervened. The adjacent day, Wahlberg harassed different radical of mostly Black children (around the property of 9 oregon 10) astatine the beach, gathering different achromatic men to articulation successful racially abusing and throwing rocks astatine them."

The communicative continued, "A seemingly unrelated 2nd incidental occurred 2 years aboriginal successful 1988, erstwhile Wahlberg attacked 2 Vietnamese men portion precocious connected the cause PCP. He called 1 man, Thanh Lam, a 'Vietnam f***ing s***' and knocked him unconscious with a five-foot woody stick, portion punching different man, Army seasoned Johnny Trinh, successful the oculus aboriginal successful the aforesaid day. Officers reported that Wahlberg utilized racist slurs to picture some men."

Wahlberg was yet charged and sentenced to 2 years successful prison. However, helium yet served 45 days of the sentence. In 2014, helium sought a pardon, apologizing for his actions arsenic a youth, but aboriginal dropped the petition successful 2016. He told the Guardian successful 2020 that helium had allegedly "done the work" to marque things right.

15. "Josh Brolin was arrested for home artillery against Diane Lane successful 2004. They remained unneurotic until 2013."

In 2004, Josh Brolin was arrested and charged with misdemeanor home battery aft his woman astatine the time, Diane Lane, called the constabulary pursuing a home dispute, claiming that helium had deed her. Lane declined to property charges, and a spokesperson aboriginal described the incidental arsenic a “misunderstanding.” The mates remained joined for respective years afterward and yet divorced successful 2013. Since then, Brolin has acknowledged the apprehension and said astir the incident, "I’ve gotten to a spot wherever each that matters is that I person power implicit my behavior, and astatine that time, it was a small much chaotic."

16. "Karl Malone impregnated a 13-year-old miss erstwhile helium was 20."

In 1983, erstwhile NBA prima Karl Malone was a 20-year-old assemblage pupil astatine Louisiana Tech, helium fathered a kid with Gloria Bell, who was 13 astatine the time. Her household chose not to prosecute transgression charges. Malone initially denied paternity, and Bell’s household aboriginal filed a paternity suit seeking kid support, but aft humor testing, the quality was yet settled retired of court. Bell gave commencement to Demetress Bell successful 1984, who went connected to play successful the NFL.

17. "Steven Tyler has been accused of grooming a miss whom helium was legally liable for aft he'd convinced her parent to manus implicit ineligible guardianship. And I spot that slimy pedo connected TV each the time, treated similar stone royalty. Repulsive."

In the 1970s, a 25-year-old Steven Tyler entered a three-year narration with 16-year-old Julia Misley (then Holcomb). To facilitate traveling with her connected tour, Tyler convinced Misley’s parent to assistance him ineligible guardianship, a determination helium aboriginal admitted successful his memoir was intended to debar ineligible trouble. Misley filed a lawsuit successful 2022 alleging intersexual battle and coercion regarding an abortion, portion Tyler’s ineligible squad has argued the narration was consensual and met the property of consent laws astatine the time. As of aboriginal 2026, the lawsuit is proceeding toward trial.

18. "Paul Walker reportedly dating 16-year-olds successful his 30s and not conscionable connected 1 occasion."

According to Jalopnik, "After quality of the actor’s decease broke, the Daily Mail and In Touch Weekly some ran features of however Walker’s existent girlfriend, Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell, was coping with her loss. Both of them noted that the brace began a narration portion she was 16 and helium was 33. And earlier Pilchard-Gosnell, Walker had dated different woman, Aubrianna Atwell, portion she was allegedly 16 arsenic well."

19. Finally, "When Jerry Seinfeld was successful his precocious 30s, portion Seinfeld was running, helium started 'dating' a 17-year-old girl. Their narration lasted for 4 years. This was heavy publicized."

In 1993, Jerry Seinfeld was successful a narration with 17-year-old precocious schoolhouse elder Shoshanna Lonstein. Seinfeld was 21 years older than her astatine the time. Though, allegedly, they lone went "public" aft Shoshanna turned 18 and dated for 4 years.

In a Playboy interview that year, Seinfeld said, "I met this girl, Shoshanna. She’s a precise saccharine girl, and she’s precise pretty. I didn’t cognize however aged she was — I knew she wasn’t 40. I took her to a hoops game, and that was the full thing. [...] I don’t conscionable that galore women I like, period. So erstwhile I similar someone, I don’t attraction astir her race, creed, oregon nationalist origin. If I similar her, I don’t care. I don’t discriminate. If she’s 18, if she’s intelligent, that’s fine.”

Sometime later, Seinfeld, a impermanent connected The Howard Stern Show, past said, "I didn’t recognize she was truthful young. This is the lone miss I ever went retired with who was that young. I wasn’t dating her. We conscionable went to a restaurant, and that was it.”

Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.

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