Judge also ordered $3.6 million in damages, but men say they won't pay. By Gil Kaufman
Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde Photo: Bertil Ericson/ AFP/ Getty Images
The four men behind one of the most popular file-sharing sites on the Internet, Pirate Bay, were sentenced to a year in jail on Friday (April 17) for breaking copyright law. In the landmark case, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundstrom were found guilty of violating copyright law and ordered to pay $3.6 million in damages, according to CNN. It marks the first time that a site that does not host, but merely provides links to pirated material, has been found guilty of copyright infringement.
"It's serious to actually be found guilty and get jail time. It's really serious. And that's a bit weird," Sunde said in an online press conference after the verdict, in which he vowed not to pay the fine. "It's so bizarre that we were convicted at all, and it's even more bizarre that we were [convicted] as a team. The court said we were organized. I can't get Gottfrid out of bed in the morning. If you're going to convict us, convict us of disorganized crime. ... We can't pay and we wouldn't pay. Even if I had the money, I would rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the ashes."
The Web site that provided links to and tracked BitTorrent files was founded in 2003 by a Swedish free-culture think tank called "the Piracy Bureau," which questioned the idea of copyright law and intellectual property, billing itself as "the world's largest BitTorrent tracker." The four men took over day-to-day management of the site in 2004.
Police raided their Stockholm-based servers in 2006, and the site — which claims to have more than 3.5 million registered users and more than 22 million users worldwide — has been the subject of a series of lawsuits from media companies accusing it of being one of the largest illegal-download sites on the Internet.
Pirate Bay provides links for users to share and download torrents — decentralized files that are not hosted on the site — for a number of categories, including audio, video, applications, comics and games.
Several weeks after the 2006 raid, the site relaunched with a defiant logo of a pirate ship lobbing cannon balls at the Hollywood sign, just one of the many ways the irreverent anarcho-technophiles have tweaked what they call the antiquated notion of copyright law and rules governing the sharing of media.
The damages in the case were earmarked for a number of major entertainment conglomerates, including Warner Bros., Sony BMG, EMI and Twentieth Century Fox, but the defendants vowed to appeal the verdict. The judge in the case ruled that even though Pirate Bay does not host the copyright-protected works, it allegedly assists in the distribution of illegal materials. The four defendants claimed throughout the trial that because they didn't actually host any files they were not violating any laws. Despite the ruling, Pirate Bay, which has servers in Belgium and Russia, is expected to continue providing torrents since the judge did not order it to cease operations.
BBC News reported that despite falling well short of the $17.5 million in damages the entertainment companies were seeking, the verdict sent a clear message about piracy. "These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line their own pockets. There was nothing meritorious about their behavior," said John Kennedy, the chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. "It was reprehensible. ... The Pirate Bay did immense harm, and the damages awarded doesn't even get close to compensation, but we never claimed it did. There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music industry should just have to accept it. This verdict will change that."
After going almost the whole season without revealing the group's fate, Diddy shared with the girls on Thursday night that he had formally let Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods (whom he'd fired at the end of last season), as well as Shannon Bex (who decided not to return to the show) out of their Bad Boy contracts.
But the real kicker came when he also announced that he'd also be letting Fimbres out of her contract. "You're a great person, you're a great girl, but if I did another group, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing a group with you," he told her. "I've given a lot of thought and I'm gonna let you out your contract too."
He then revealed to the girls that he would be keeping Richard on at Bad Boy. "As far as for you, Dawn, I still want to make music with you. I still want you to be signed to the label," he said. "And if I decide to put back together Danity Kane, then you'll be the only member that'd still be there."
He continued, "This isn't a decision I wanted to make. To be honest, y'all girls made this decision for me."
After being let out of her contract, Fimbres said, "We worked really, really hard to be where we are, and for it to end the way that it did sucks," she said. "But I can't be mad. I've done the things that I came here to do.
"I'm connected to them for the rest of my life because of something we accomplished together," she added. "Danity Kane will always be D., Aubrey, Shannon, Dawn and me."
On Thursday, Diddy Tweeted about his decision. "To all the Danity Kane fans-i truly am sorry. I really did my best.. I'm lookin fwd 2 makin another female band! Thank u 4 all ur support!!!" he wrote. "At the end of the day i just want people to be happy.. if Danity Kane couldn't be happy together, i'd rather they be happy apart. All love!!!"
The live season finale is set for next Thursday, and there is Internet chatter that all of Danity Kane's former members will make an appearance on the show.
Actor hits 1 million followers 30 minutes before news network. By Gil Kaufman
Ashton Kutcher Photo: Dr. Billy Ingram/ WireImage
It appears those sneaky snapshots of Demi Moore's underwear and instant updates on noisy neighbor beefs have paid off. After days of trash talk, Ashton Kutcher claimed victory in his Twitter-off with CNN early Friday morning (April 17), as the actor became the first person to hit the magic 1 million-followers mark on the micro-blogging site at 2:13 a.m.
Kutcher had challenged the news network to a virtual duel earlier in the week to see who could reach the million mark, and CNNBrk put up a valiant fight, crossing the finish line around 30 minutes after Kutcher, according to a report on the CNN Web site.
With a simple post — "Victory is ours!!!!!!!!" — Kutcher announced the end of the race on his Twitter site, which was followed by a video of a champagne-soaked celebration, hosted by a fedora-wearing Kutcher, Moore and a group of friends who had gathered to watch as the last few followers pushed him over the edge. CNN had gone live with the race as well, with Anderson Cooper urging viewers to help the network beat Kutcher.
What was at stake in the great Twitter dash? Kutcher promised to donate 10,000 mosquito bed nets to charity for World Malaria Day (April 25) if he won the contest and 1,000 if he lost, with CNN pledging the same prize. Kutcher displayed a check for $100,000 to the Malaria No More Fund just moments before the blessed event.
"We are over a million. CNN is still trying to get there. And that is just how it goes," Kutcher said as he toasted the victory and screamed, while step-daughters Scout and Tallulah looked on in what appeared to be their jammies. "There are a million people that need to be thanked for this."
At one point, just before Kutcher reached his goal, fellow Twitter junkie Diddy called to congratulate him, saying, "You have done it, my brother. ... We are going to change the world. ... I'm so proud of you. Let's go!" as he urged people to help the actor, whom he called a pioneer.
When it did finally happen, Kutcher busted out a victory dance with Moore as Kool & the Gang's "Celebration" played in the background. According to CNN, it was the first time a Twitter account had passed 1 million followers, and Kutcher hailed it as a victory for the red-hot service that has become a sensation over the past year.
"Today we have done something extraordinarily special," Kutcher said, thanking CNN founder Ted Turner for being a media pioneer, while saying the media mogul deserves to be "ding-dong-ditched," just because.
"We have shown the world that the new wave is here, it is present and it is ready to explode. You guys are all of it. ... We can and will create our media. We can and will edit our media. We can and will broadcast our media. We will censor our own media ourselves," Kutcher added, encouraging his followers to broadcast their own ideas as well. Kutcher is slated to appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Friday night to discuss his victory.
According to CNET, game maker Electronic Arts upped the ante in the contest as well, offering Kutcher's 1 millionth follower a copy of every game they make in 2009 and a spot in a future game.
In an unrelated note, Britney Spears is also trying to reach the magic mark, encouraging her followers to push her over the edge so they can get updates on the singer, such as one she posted on Wednesday that informed them, "Playing Slip N' Slide with the boys. SOOO CUTE!!!!" At press time, Spears — who reportedly uses a ghostwriter — had more than 960,000 followers.
Oprah Winfrey is also jumping on the Twitter bandwagon, reportedly planning to post her first Tweet Friday afternoon during her show. Kutcher will be a guest on the episode.
Talk-show host's involvement has some worried about the micro-blogging site's future. By Daniela Capistrano
Oprah uses Twitter for the first time on Friday Photo: ABC
Three years after launching as an innocuous micro-blogging site, Twitter officially has a king and queen. One is a professional prankster and Web entrepreneur; the other is a daytime talk-show host and media mogul.
Early Friday (April 17) on her show, Oprah crowned Ashton Kutcher the "King of Twitter" after beating CNN in the race to 1 million followers. Oprah also inadvertently appointed herself as Twitter royalty while making her first Tweet, to the delight of more than 30,000 Twitter users who were already breathlessly waiting her first update — a number that has grown to 160,000 and counting after Tweeting, "HI TWITTERS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY."
Although appearing slightly perplexed by the functionality of Twitter at first — on her show, she questioned how one could tell "if it's a fake person or not" — Oprah's final verdict on Twitter was that "it's really cool," to the delight (and dismay) of Twitter users and journalists tracking its evolution.
Is it safe to say that Oprah is the Twitter Tipping Point?
Celebrities from Britney Spears to Jimmy Fallon to David Lynch already use the site (even President Barack Obama has an account) to send 140-character updates to their fans, who have joined to follow their every move, but their influence pales in comparison to the power of the Oprah empire.
The irony of Friday's benchmark for Twitter is that Oprah doesn't need Twitter. With even the slightest mention on her various platforms, Oprah has sent unknown authors to the top of the bestseller list, turned guests on her show into international stars and made box-office sales rise or fall. People will still tune in to her show even if they don't know what she had for breakfast this morning.
The celebrity migration to Twitter has garnered complaints from tech-savvy communities. Some predict that @oprah's participation will create a deluge of fickle users simply signing up to respond, comment and Tweet details, only to quickly move on to something else.
But isn't that what everyone said about Friendster, MySpace and Facebook? Social-media platforms inevitably are infiltrated by marketers and individuals using the space to promote goods and services. Many Oprah fans have certainly been waiting for this opportunity to communicate directly with their favorite daytime host as a way to get on her show.
Oprah suddenly "discovering" Twitter (is a woman as intelligent as she is really just discovering it?) demonstrates how social media is increasingly moving into the mainstream, with push-vs.-pull communication becoming an unavoidable requirement to remain relevant in a world of seemingly endless entertainment options.
Whether you choose to leave Twitter in lieu of FriendFeed or obsessively follow a celebrity's every Tweet, the Oprah effect has left its mark and things will never be the same.
Who do you follow on Twitter? How do you use the service? If you don't like Twitter, why? Tell us in the comments!
'Genres are really starting to blend and it's becoming confusing,' he says of Asleep in the Bread Aisle. By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Tim Kash
Asher Roth Photo: MTV News
Asher Roth had his pick of the litter while he was putting together his debut album, Asleep in the Bread Aisle. The upstart rapper roped in collaborations with heavyweights like Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo and Busta Rhymes, as well as newcomers Keri Hilson and Chester French's D.A. Wallach, among others.
But the one thing the 23-year-old Pennsylvania native strived for the most on his project was musical diversity.
"It goes to show where we are in our music phase, where genres are really starting to blend and it's becoming confusing," Roth told MTV News recently before performing back in his hometown. "So to me, it was very important to kind of showcase that — showcase the fact that over the last 23 years of my life, I have not been just listening to hip-hop."
On "Just Like Em," which addresses Roth's endless comparisons to Eminem, Wallach rides shotgun. Rookie producer Oren Yoel mans the board on several cuts from Bread Aisle, including "Em" and underground single "Lark on My Go Kart."
Yoel's production on "Just Like Em" is long on woozy bass lines and brass, creating a relaxed boom-bap vibe. Roth — born in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, before relocating to Atlanta to record his mixtape The Greenhouse Effect with Atlanta-by-Philly transplant Don Cannon — said he was a fan of the Philadelphia sound, particularly the Soulquarians.
"The Roots, bringing in Cody Chestnut and stuff, they even have instrumentation," Roth said of the Philly group. "That's something that's important to me as well."
The rapper's album is due Monday, and even with his search for diverse musical sounds, Roth has his hip-hop promotional plug in place too, just in case.
"Asleep in the Bread Aisle, and this is almost cliché to say, it essentially is a motion picture," Roth said. "Every song is very visual. Every song you can close your eyes and be like, 'OK, he's in the club with Patrón and pineapple going up to totally dance with this girl and gets denied.' You can see that, and you can hear it.
"To me, that's perfect," he continued. "I didn't want all these huge names [on my project]. I didn't want any co-signs and the matter of 'This kid's the next thing.' And everything happened very naturally, and I wouldn't have it any other way."
'You gotta have a college degree if you want to work for us,' says MC, who claims he never finished high school but went to junior college. By Shaheem Reid
Cam'ron Photo: MTV News
Cam'ron isn't a stranger to bending a rule or two, hence his album title Crime Pays.
"The reason I named it Crime Pays ... I'm not sitting around boasting or anything, but there's a way to get around everything in the system," he rationalized recently. "My favorite instance in particular, with me — I went to college and didn't graduate from high school. I got to college and my coach brought the GED to my room like, 'Here, you graduated, congratulations.' Even though it's a junior college ... I never took my SATs coming out of high school. I was playing basketball and this junior college wanted me to come down and play basketball. When I got there, my GED was sitting on the bed waiting for me. I never took a test or anything."
Navarro College's current athletic director, Warrick Montgomery, dismissed the rapper's claims.
"He played basketball. I was here at that time ... I was not the athletic director," Montgomery explained. "I would strongly tell you that that probably didn't happen. I don't know how it could happen. Our coaches don't have access to a complete GED. Like I said, I was not involved, but I would strongly think that didn't happen."
Cam's basketball career ended abruptly due to a hamstring injury, so he went back to New York and got back into rapping. Millions of albums and a legendary crew named the Diplomats later, he now employs people as well as crafts songs.
"To work for me and DukeDaGod — you gotta have a college degree if you want to work for us," he said. "Neither one of us has a college degree. Well, he does, but I don't have a high school diploma. So what's the irony of that? And if you work for us, we're not hiring you unless you have a degree. And you have to take a drug test. But we don't have a degree and we smoke weed — it's irony."
"Lots of exciting things going on in my world right now. I'm very happy — very, very happy," said the singer, whose album Amanda Leigh drops in May. "And in terms of collaborating in the future, I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility, but right now, I'm kind of just psyched about this record and getting my band on the road."
She did say that she might be able to find a spot for her husband on the road — if he's willing to put in the work. "You know, if he ever needs a job or something, maybe he can audition for the band," she joked. "Other than that, I think we'll both just stick to being supportive of each other on the sidelines."
Moore said Adams is supporting her these days by teaching her guitar and piano, calling him her "in-home teacher" during an interview with Details. And Moore revealed to MTV News that aside from the Ryan Adams School of Guitar and Piano, she's also learning bass. No word if Adams is also her bass teacher.
"I'm learning bass right now, so I'll potentially show some bass skills off onstage, but only on the easy songs," she said, adding, "I know guitar a little bit, and I play a little bit of piano, both kind of terribly, but I always think its pretty badass when you see a female bass player."
'To be in a position where I can run into somebody as big as The-Dream and request something ... that fascinates me," the MC says. By Shaheem Reid
Rick Ross Photo: Mr 305
Rick Ross actually shot two videos while in Medellin, Colombia — one with singer Avery Storm (he's signed to Nelly's Derrty Records), titled "Rich Off Cocaine," and one with labelmate The-Dream for his next single, "All I Really Want."
"I bumped into Dream walking into the Def Jam office," Ross recently told us in New York. "I ran up on him, I said, 'You're killing them right now. I need some of that Michael Jackson/Dream. I need some of that Jackson Five flow.' He told me he had me. It took a few days, he gave me a call. I was blown away."
Ross says the music on the song really dictated where he wanted to go on his April 21 release, Deeper Than Rap.
"I feel like that's the direction I want the music and the album to go. For people who haven't heard it, it's a sophisticated sound. It's more heartfelt.
"The first time I heard [the instrumental for 'All I Really Want'], I sat back and said, 'Rick Ross on this record right here.' I do so many street features, so many club anthems. Five days a week I'm either recording those types of songs for somebody or for myself. To be in a position where I can run into somebody as big as The-Dream and request something and he gives me something above my imagination — that fascinates me."
The lyrics to "All Really Want" explain what Ross wants in life. "I just want happiness," he said.
'I already signed the deal,' Juvenile tells Vibe magazine By Shaheem Reid
Juvenile Photo: Peter Kramer/ Getty Images
It looks like the long-awaited Hot Boys reunion is out of the talking stages and getting serious. Money has been spent to ensure the reunion happens.
"I already signed the deal," Juvenile told Vibe contributor Alison Fensterstock in March. The interview went up on Vibe.com Thursday.
"So for me, I'm gonna definitely say it's a go," Juvenile said. "I already received the check. Wayne is going to put that out, so for me and Wayne, it's a go. I don't know if the business been straightened out, but I know B.G.'s on board and he's willing to do it. I don't know where Turk stands on the business side."
Last year, Hot Boy alums Lil Wayne, B.G. and Juvenile were hyped to join each other onstage at a New Orleans club. But before they had a chance to make it to the venue, shots rang out outside the club and the party was shut down.
"It was going to be a big, historic moment," B.G. told MTV News. "I was just saying that everybody was cool during the All-Star Weekend, then they start shooting. Why'd they have to shoot up on our night? Guess that's Chopper City for ya."
When we spoke to Lil Wayne that same day, Weezy said he was not going to the club to get with his old group but was open to working with them in the future. Late last year before the BET Hip-Hop Awards, Weezy told Mixtape Monday a reunion was in the works, but didn't know when it would launch.
Since the Hot Boys' breakup — amidst business fallouts with Slim and Baby, the heads of Cash Money Records — they've traded disses with one another and reconciled. Last year Juvenile suffered the murder of his daughter, while B.G. was supposed to drop a solo LP on Atlantic Records, but that never surfaced.
Universal Records, Cash Money's distributor, had no comment as to when the album will be released.
On Thursday, Cobra frontman Gabe Saporta, DioGuardi and Meester — who debuted a song called "Birthday" last week — spent time in a Los Angeles studio working on a remix of a song called "I Make Good Girls Go Bad," which Saporta and DioGuardi had originally written for CS's new album.
It's not as much of a stretch as you'd imagine. Saporta is an avowed "Gossip Girl" nut (he even mentioned the show back in December, when we asked him to name his favorites of 2008), and when he heard Meester was working on an album, he thought "Girls" would be perfect for her. So, thanks to the power of positive dreaming — and some phone calls — he found himself winging to L.A. to work with her. We e-mailed him for comment on the collaboration, and this is what he had to say:
"CAN YOU BELIEVE I GET TO DO A SONG WITH BLAIR WALDORF?! It's no secret that I am a HUGE Gossip Girl fan. (On tour, our fans bring me copies of the episodes I am missing so I can stay caught up)," Saporta wrote. "A couple months ago, I heard a rumor that Leighton was working on a record, and I went to sleep that night dreaming of what it would be like to do a song with her. Next morning (afternoon, actually) I wake up to find out my dreams are coming true! Some people made phone calls to some other people, then, shazam! I'm on a plane to LA to record with my boo. I knew I had the perfect song for her too: 'I Make Good Girls Go Bad.' "
It's not known if the song will end up on Meester's album (or if there will even be a Meester album, for that matter), or Cobra's follow-up to 2007's Viva la Cobra (the making of which fans can follow through the band's CobraCam Web site). Or even both. Either way, Saporta's not sweating it. He's already living out a dream.
"Leighton is already quite adept at portraying a princess with a nasty side — now she's just gotta sing about it," he wrote. "If all the world's a stage, we should all be so lucky to play 'Gossip Girl' characters."
'I would like to apologize to everyone suffering with lupus,' Trick Daddy says of Ross' 'Valley of Death' line. By Shaheem Reid
Trick Daddy and Rick Ross Photo: Ozonemag
Trick Daddy expressed to MTV News that he has not taken too kindly to Rick Ross addressing his condition on the song "Valley of Death." The song, on Ross' upcoming Deeper Than Rap, contains the lines, "Caught a little case, buddy had a little cheddar/ Pled out to 15, poured his life in a letter/ Very first line he called Trick Daddy stupid/ Said he had AIDS telling people that it's lupus/ Not the one just to jump to conclusions/ I'm getting money, small talk can be a nuisance."
The rhyme doesn't sound as if Ross himself is making the accusations, but rather someone in prison he was corresponding with. However, Trick still questions why "false" claims are being brought up and, regardless of the Boss' intentions, Trick says his disease shouldn't be taken lightly.
"Millions of people are stricken with lupus," Trick said. "I have stayed out of the bullsh--, I will continue to stay out of it. Ross had been with Slip-N-Slide Records as long as I have been with Slip-N-Slide Records. He's known I've had lupus for 10 years. I was referred to my doctor by Ted Lucas who is the head of Slip-N-Slide Records. I would like to apologize to everyone suffering with lupus. I would like to apologize for the insults."
Ross did insult Trick in a video that recently surfaced online. In the clip, Ross — after being told by the interviewer that it was Trick Daddy telling people that Rick was a prison guard — had venomous words for his then-labelmate and sometime collaborator.
"That video is, like, three or four years old," Trick explained. "It only just leaked. Somebody said, 'How you feel about Trick Daddy saying you're a prison guard?' I ain't never said that. He fell for that. Me and Ross had a conversation after that. I said, 'I'm not interested in fake beefing with you.' I'm not interested in beefing period — I have never been. I'd rather focus on getting money and building my company Dunk Ryders."
Ironically, Trick just completed a deal with Ross' former manager.
"E-Class — he's working with me," Trick revealed. "We're on the same team. He's joining our labels together, he's doing my management, we're getting money. This is something we should have done a long time ago. I've always respected E-Class, he's always respected me."
Deeper Than Rap hits stores April 21. Meanwhile, Trick Daddy's new album is still in production and being prepared for a June 30 release.
Scottish singer and Internet sensation says she's 'gobsmacked' by fame. By Kathleen Newman Bremang
Susan Boyle Photo: MTV News
At this point, it's almost an understatement to say Susan Boyle has had the biggest week of her life. The unassuming middle-age church worker is now an international singing sensation, thanks to her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Misérables" on "Britain's Got Talent," which has garnered 25 million views (and counting) on YouTube in less than a week.
Along with the millions of YouTubers who have fallen in love with the frumpy, sweet 47-year-old, the judges from "Britain's Got Talent" are big fans. Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan told "Early Show" host Julie Chen on Friday morning (April 17) that they were just as surprised as everyone else when Boyle started to belt out the classic song.
"It's a very shallow thing to say but, obviously, the minute she walked onstage we all, and the audience, completely judged her on her appearance and everything else." Holden said. "You know, that true cliché: We judged a book by its cover."
Morgan even went so far as to apologize to Boyle for underestimating her talent based on her unconventional appearance.
"I would just like to apologize to Susan Boyle," he said. "I think we owe her on apology because it was an amazing performance. We were all laughing at her when she started and by the end, the last laugh was on her."
Boyle even managed to melt the heart of third "Talent" judge, notoriously harsh critic Simon Cowell. "The minute Susan Boyle walked on the stage and opened her mouth, I just saw dollar signs in Simon's eyes," Holden said. "Whether she wins or not, he will sign her up."
As for Boyle's chances to win the competition? Holden and Morgan said that while Boyle already has a head start with her millions of followers, she'll still have to earn the chance to sing for Queen Elizabeth, an honor bestowed on the winner of the competition. And despite Boyle's lack of pop-star looks, Holden swears they won't try to make her over.
"I don't want to turn her into a glamour-puss. We're all rooting for the underdog here."
"I never imagined anything like this, [but] it's been totally amazing," she told The Associated Press of the attention that's left her "gobsmacked."
But the instant star swears she's not leaving her hometown of Blackburn, Scotland, to seek international success. "I was born and bred here; I won't leave here."
Alleged trespasser auditioned for 'American Idol' in 2005 with a Spears song. By MTV News Staff
Britney Spears Photo: James Devaney/ Getty Images
Police arrested a 26-year-old woman in camouflage gear who snuck into the gated Calabasas, California, community that is home to Britney Spears on Thursday. E! Online reports that Miranda Tozier-Robbins was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and disorderly conduct after officers saw her peeking into the windows of Spears' home.
A private guard in the gated community reportedly asked Tozier-Robbins to leave the area and when she did not comply, he called the police and physically escorted her from the premises. Tozier-Robbins, who in addition to her camo fatigues was reportedly carrying a backpack and a video camera, auditioned for season five of "American Idol" in October 2005, singing the Spears song "Everytime," and made it to the second round of cuts that season, after missing out on a trip to Hollywood the previous year. Tozier-Robbins' "Idol" blog lists her as a student at the New England Institute of Art and has her admitting, "I have issues but I'm working on them."
Spears has been back in Los Angeles this week, performing two shows at the Staples Center on Thursday and Friday night, but she was not home at the time that Tozier-Robbins was apprehended. The alleged trespasser was originally held on $5,000 bail, but was released after agreeing to return to a Malibu court on June 16.
Tozier-Robbins' mother, Barbara, told E! that she was shocked by the arrest, saying, "You are kidding. ... I knew she was a fan of [Britney]. I don't know why she would go there. ... She's never been in trouble before. I guess she just wanted to see Britney."
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