Former Bachelor Chris Soules Charged With a Felony (and More Hollywood Headlines)

Former Bachelor Chris Soules has been formally charged with a hit and run, a felony.

The reality star is accused of leaving the scene of an accident that killed 66-year-old Kenneth Mosher last month. Chris is believed to have crashed his truck into the back of the tractor Mosher was driving.

Authorities also believe that Chris may have been drinking before the accident.

He’s set to appear in court later this month. (NY Daily News)

 

Other Hollywood Headlines today:

Richard Simmons is suing American Media for claiming he was transitioning to become a woman.

In his lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the fitness guru says The National Enquirer and Radar Online knew the story was false but figured Richard would never sue because it would make him appear unsympathetic to transgendered people.

He claims a former associate was selling the stories and that the person has been blackmailing, extorting and stalking him for years. Simmons says the extortion plot led him to retreat from the spotlight.

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Chris Rock confessed to Rolling Stone that he cheated on his now ex-wife with three women: “One famous, one semi-famous, and one a member of the retail class.”

A source told the New York Post that the famous person is Kerry Washington. Now that’s a Scandal.

Kerry and Chris co-starred in the 2007 movie I Think I Love My Wife. The source said, “He was cheating on his wife with Kerry for like six months. Ironically, that’s when they were filming about Chris having fantasies of cheating on his wife.”

In the movie, Kerry played the side chick. She’d just ended a three-year engagement to actor David Moscow. When asked about the long-ago affair, he was very tight-lipped, saying “No comment.”