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Celebrity Court Docket

Aired December 18, 2002 - 11:52   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Let's get Harvey to weigh in, let's see what he knows, give up the dope on this Barry Bonds baseball scramble. What's going on?
HARVEY LEVIN, EXEC. PROD., "CELEBRITY JUSTICE": Hi, guys.

I love this case. This is maybe my favorite case of the year. To me, part of the culture of baseball is when a ball goes into the stands, people just swarm. I mean this is what people do. And I agree with, Daryn, I mean, possession really is nine tents of the law, literally, and when Hayashi came with that ball, it's the other guy couldn't hold it, too bad.

HARRIS: He had possession of it for at least a good while, at least long enough until he got his nose broken or whatever.

LEVIN: He didn't get his nose broken.

HARRIS: He got beaten up pretty bad.

LEVIN: You know what, it's what people do at baseball games. I mean, if a player on the field in a basketball game gets an elbow, you don't arrest the other guy in the court. In the stands, it's the same principal.

HARRIS: But there's a difference nowadays. There didn't use to be a market for baseballs that you caught in the stand, where you could take one out and make a million dollars off of it.

LEVIN: But people always still wanted to bring it home. When you go to a game, I think you assume the risk, that if you're around -- I've seen people sitting in a game and the ball comes down and literally hits them on the lap and they've got french fries that fly up in the air, and then people swarm, but it's part of the game. I mean, it's just -- what do you want to do, do you want to regulate conduct at a baseball game so people are sitting there and the ball kin of drops and nobody wants it? It's not going to happen.

HARRIS: Just don't take your son to a game where you don't want him to get beaten up then.

All right. A guy who used to be a real hero to a lot of kids, Pee Wee Herman, he's back in court today, right, or is he?

LEVIN: Well, I hear not back in court today. I'll tell you what's going on. He's supposed to be arraigned today on misdemeanor child pornography charges, and in California, the defendant in a misdemeanor does not have to show up in court. I was told by a friend of mine who happened to see him at the airport a few days ago that he flew off to Florida and had no intention of showing up for this hearing.

Nonetheless, there could be an arraignment and the stakes here are up to one year in jail.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Oh, dear. One other story we want to hit you on here, Elizabeth Hurley says, thank you, but no thank you to the father of her child, Stephen Bing, who came up with child support payments, which to anybody would seem like a nice chunk of change, but not when you're dealing with a guy who's worth many, many millions of dollars.

LEVIN: Well, he's worth $400 million according to reports, and also according to reports, he offered something like $158,000 a year for the child. You don't necessarily gauge child support by how much somebody makes. You gauge it by what the child needs. I mean, you consider the amount of money the person makes, but it's not conclusive; you don't have to give them $10 million just because they make that much money.

But it seems to me, this is a little bit bitter. Elizabeth Hurley does not seem to have particularly good feelings for Stephen Bing, and I think this is more a statement about him than it is taking care of the child. This was a really, really, really bitter case that finally got resolved at least in terms of who's the father.

KAGAN: Right, who's your daddy.

HARRIS: Poor kid. My millionaire daddy -- or my millionaire mommy doesn't want to take my money from my millionaire daddy.

KAGAN: But a good twist for "Celebrity Justice," an actress who actually says no thank you instead of coming up with this long list and saying she wants even more money for child support.

LEVIN: Will wonders never cease.

HARRIS: Exactly.

KAGAN: For your sure, hopefully not, Harvey.

HARRIS: Good deal. Thanks. We'll see you later on.

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Aired December 18, 2002 - 11:52   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Let's get Harvey to weigh in, let's see what he knows, give up the dope on this Barry Bonds baseball scramble. What's going on?
HARVEY LEVIN, EXEC. PROD., "CELEBRITY JUSTICE": Hi, guys.

I love this case. This is maybe my favorite case of the year. To me, part of the culture of baseball is when a ball goes into the stands, people just swarm. I mean this is what people do. And I agree with, Daryn, I mean, possession really is nine tents of the law, literally, and when Hayashi came with that ball, it's the other guy couldn't hold it, too bad.

HARRIS: He had possession of it for at least a good while, at least long enough until he got his nose broken or whatever.

LEVIN: He didn't get his nose broken.

HARRIS: He got beaten up pretty bad.

LEVIN: You know what, it's what people do at baseball games. I mean, if a player on the field in a basketball game gets an elbow, you don't arrest the other guy in the court. In the stands, it's the same principal.

HARRIS: But there's a difference nowadays. There didn't use to be a market for baseballs that you caught in the stand, where you could take one out and make a million dollars off of it.

LEVIN: But people always still wanted to bring it home. When you go to a game, I think you assume the risk, that if you're around -- I've seen people sitting in a game and the ball comes down and literally hits them on the lap and they've got french fries that fly up in the air, and then people swarm, but it's part of the game. I mean, it's just -- what do you want to do, do you want to regulate conduct at a baseball game so people are sitting there and the ball kin of drops and nobody wants it? It's not going to happen.

HARRIS: Just don't take your son to a game where you don't want him to get beaten up then.

All right. A guy who used to be a real hero to a lot of kids, Pee Wee Herman, he's back in court today, right, or is he?

LEVIN: Well, I hear not back in court today. I'll tell you what's going on. He's supposed to be arraigned today on misdemeanor child pornography charges, and in California, the defendant in a misdemeanor does not have to show up in court. I was told by a friend of mine who happened to see him at the airport a few days ago that he flew off to Florida and had no intention of showing up for this hearing.

Nonetheless, there could be an arraignment and the stakes here are up to one year in jail.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Oh, dear. One other story we want to hit you on here, Elizabeth Hurley says, thank you, but no thank you to the father of her child, Stephen Bing, who came up with child support payments, which to anybody would seem like a nice chunk of change, but not when you're dealing with a guy who's worth many, many millions of dollars.

LEVIN: Well, he's worth $400 million according to reports, and also according to reports, he offered something like $158,000 a year for the child. You don't necessarily gauge child support by how much somebody makes. You gauge it by what the child needs. I mean, you consider the amount of money the person makes, but it's not conclusive; you don't have to give them $10 million just because they make that much money.

But it seems to me, this is a little bit bitter. Elizabeth Hurley does not seem to have particularly good feelings for Stephen Bing, and I think this is more a statement about him than it is taking care of the child. This was a really, really, really bitter case that finally got resolved at least in terms of who's the father.

KAGAN: Right, who's your daddy.

HARRIS: Poor kid. My millionaire daddy -- or my millionaire mommy doesn't want to take my money from my millionaire daddy.

KAGAN: But a good twist for "Celebrity Justice," an actress who actually says no thank you instead of coming up with this long list and saying she wants even more money for child support.

LEVIN: Will wonders never cease.

HARRIS: Exactly.

KAGAN: For your sure, hopefully not, Harvey.

HARRIS: Good deal. Thanks. We'll see you later on.

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