• 'Real World New Orleans' David Broom busted in Chicago prostitution sting

  February 18, 2004
  David Broom, the muscle-bound wanna-be singer from the New Orleans season of MTV's The Real World was arrested by Chicago police last week on charges of patronizing a prostitute.

• 'Very litigious' David Gest sues estranged wife Liza Minnelli for $10 million

  October 22, 2003
  Even his friends called him "very litigious". On Tuesday, David Gest lived up to his image. Gest, 50, filed suit against his estranged (and soon-to-be-ex) wife Liza Minnelli, 57, claiming that she regularly beat him during their 16-month marriage and asking for $10 million in damages.

• Lawsuit between VH1 and 'Liza & David' fizzles to an end

  September 22, 2003
  PR Newswire reports that Viacom, the parent of cable network VH1, and Liza Minnelli's soon-to-be-ex husband David Gest have settled their legal battles over the failed Liza & David reality series starring the ex-couple.

• 'Survivor' juror Colleen Haskell moves into reality-show production

  August 11, 2003
  The Washington Post reports that Survivor: Pulau Tiga contestant Colleen Haskell is pursuing a new career as an entry-level associate producer of ... a reality-TV show. Colleen, who attempted an acting career but gave up after her role as Rob Schneider's love interest in The Animal, has signed on with former Survivor: Pulau Tiga line producer Kevin Greene, who is now the executive producer of E!'s upcoming The Michael Essany Show (Michael Essany is little more than a real-life Wayne from Wayne's World, hosting his own cable-access talk show from his parents' home -- except in Indiana, not neighboring Illinois; the show is an Osbournes-style look at his life and TV show.)

• Liza Minnelli marriage dissolves; lawsuit over failed reality show may end

  July 28, 2003
  The Chicago Sun Times reports that Liza Minnelli's marriage to producer-manager David Gest has apparently come to an end, as the couple have legally separated. As a result, the couple's lawsuit against VH1 over their failed reality series may also come to an end, now that the "very litigious" Gest will be removed from the equation.

• VH1 countersues Liza Minnelli, says hubby "unprofessional"

  February 7, 2003
  Liza Minnelli could soon be recording an old George Harrison song: "Sue Me, Sue You Blues."

• Liza Minnelli sues VH1 over failed 'Liza & David' reality series

  December 17, 2002
  Reuters reports that Liza Minnelli and her husband, producer David Gest, have filed suit in New York state court against VH1 and MTV Networks, units of Viacom Inc., as well as Viacom itself, seeking more than $10 million in damages for VH1's October cancellation of their "Liza & David" reality TV show.

• Liza Minnelli hires lawyer over VH1's cancellation of the 'Liza and David' reality show

  November 23, 2002
  Zap2It.com reports that Liza Minnelli and husband David Gest have already gone on the public-relations offensive against VH1 over the cancellation of a planned reality show about their lives, now it appears the couple is ready for a legal battle as well. Minnelli and Gest announced they have hired attorney Michael Sherman -- who recently (unsuccessfully) defended Michael Skakel in the Kennedy relative's murder trial -- to seek "appropriate remedies" in their dispute with VH1, the AP reports. What such remedies are, at this point, remains unclear.

• VH1 pulls plug on Liza Minnelli reality show before it even starts

  October 30, 2002
  Reuters reports that cable music network VH1 said on Wednesday that it has pulled the plug on a planned reality series featuring Minnelli and her new husband, producer David Gest.

• Liza Minnelli and husband to star to VH1 reality TV series

  July 26, 2002
  Variety reports that singer Liza Minnelli and husband, producer David Gest will enter the "reality" TV craze with a show called "Liza and David." The show, which being called the first "weekly musical reality series" for VH1, will begin airing as a weekly series in October. VH1 has ordered 10 episodes.

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