Thursday, April 9, 1998 | 10:59 a.m.
First Pee Wee Herman, and now George Michael. The pop singer was arrested Tuesday after he was caught engaging in an undisclosed lewd act by himself in a public restroom at a Los Angeles-area park. The "I Want Your Sex" crooner was alone in the restroom at Will Rogers Park, which locals say has a reputation as being a homosexual cruising ground, when he was discovered by an undercover police officer who allegedly witnessed the episode. Apparently the officer did not recognize Michael, who initially gave his real name, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, but later supplied his stage name and identified himself as a singer after being arrested and handcuffed outside the park and taken to the police station. He was booked for investigation of misdemeanor lewd conduct and released after posting $500 bail. His arraignment is scheduled for May 5. Lt. Edward Kreins declined to tell the Associated Press whether Michael had exposed himself or masturbated. Another man was also arrested Tuesday on the same charge as Michael for partaking in, uh, activities in the same restroom.
Paternity solved
Enough with the nail-biting. "Fans of South Park" will wait no longer to learn the true identity of Cartman's father. It's ... going to be revealed April 22, nearly a month earlier than the cliffhanger conclusion episode was originally scheduled to air, on May 22, Comedy Central announced yesterday. The reason for the switcheroo: More than 2,000 people called or sent e-mails to the network in protest of the show's April Fools' Day episode that poked fun at cliffhanger television.
Is that loud enough for ya?
Police in Chicago have heard enough of R. Kelly. The Grammy award-winning signer was cited for violating the city's strict noise ordinance when he refused to lower the volume on his car stereo Monday. He was also arrested on disorderly conduct charges when he became verbally abusive, but posted the $75 bail. His hearing is scheduled for May 7. What was making all the racket? The "I Believe I Can Fly" singer was listening to a new demo tape.
Chart-topper
In today's Pamela Anderson Lee litigation update, a Los Angeles judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the former "Baywatch" babe against a company that offered her X-rated home video on the Internet. Lee sad she wanted the case thrown out so she could concentrate on a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against the company, Seattle-based Internet Entertainment Group. "I'm actually very excited about today," she told the Associated Press after the hearing. "It's a big win for us. It allows us to get out of state court ... and go after them with a vengeance." Seth Warshavsky, IEG's chief executive, reports that the company is selling the tape "at pretty much every video store chain in the world. It's the No. 1 selling adult video."
Compiled by Lisa Ferguson
Another man was also arrested there yesterday for committing a similar act in the same restroom as Michael, but the incidents were unrelated incident.
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