Celebrity scandals of 2009

epa01953740 Handout released 02 December 2009 by the Florida Highway Patrol, Orlando, Florida, USA, shows damage and broken glass to Tiger Woods car. The Woods SUV received the damage during an auto accident at the Isleworth Country Club in Windermere, Florida, USA, 27 November 2009. Professional Golfer Tiger Woods was taken to the hospital, treated and released with facial lacerations. He was later issued a ticket buy the Florida Highway Patrol for the accident. EPA/FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL / HO FOR EDITORAL USAGE ONLY, NO COMMERICIAL SALES

Late-night host David Letterman acknowledged on his show that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort $2 million from him over the affairs. CBS says an employee has been charged with attempted grand larceny in the case. Letterman told his story during a taping of his show, mixing in jokes to an audience that seemed confused about what it was. He called it a \"bizarre experience\" that left him feeling disturbed and menaced. In a release from the show's production company, Letterman said he referred the matter to the Manhattan district attorney's office. An investigation ended in an arrest Thursday after Letterman issued a phony $2 million check to keep the matter silent.

File - In this Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband actor Matthew Broderick arrive for the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Singer Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the \"Best Female Video\" award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 13: Howard K. Stern, (C) Anna Nicole Smith's longtime confidant, arrives for his arraignment at Los Angeles Criminal Courts on May 13, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Stern and doctors, Khristine Eroschevich and Sandeep Kapoor are scheduled to be arraigned today on six felony counts after being accused of conspiring to furnish drugs to Anna Nicole Smith. The one-time Playboy Playmate died in February of 2007 after an accidental drug overdose of prescription medication at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Hollywood, Florida at the age of 39. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Howard K. Stern

epa01787188 Michael Jackson's siblings, from left, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson (obscured at back), Janet Jackson, LaToya Jackson and children Paris and Prince Michael Jackson I during the public memorial service for Michael Jackson held at Staples Center on 07 July 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Jackson, 50, the iconic pop star, died at UCLA Medical Center after going into cardiac arrest at his rented home on June 25 in Los Angeles, California. EPA/GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP POOL

Susan Wynalek, right, of Coltsneck, N.J., her daughter Stephanie, center and son Brett participate in a \"Fire David Letterman\" rally to protest his jokes about Sarah Palin and her family across from the Ed Sullivan Theater, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

In this publicity image released by TLC, reality TV stars, Jon Gosselin, right, and his wife Kate Gosselin, from the TLC series, \"Jon & Kate Plus 8,\" are shown in Hawaii. (AP Photo/TLC, Mark Arbeit) ** NO SALES **

Locals gather at Blackburn, Scotland, community center to watch Susan Boyle on TV during the final of \"Britain's Got Talent\" on Saturday May 30, 2009. (AP Photo/PA, David Cheskin) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE **

\"Slumdog Millionaire\" child actor Rubina Ali, 9, waves as she is welcomed back on her return to her home in Bandra, in suburban Mumbai, India, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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Actor Mel Gibson (R) and his guest Oksana Grigorieva arrive for the Los Angeles industry screening of \"X-Men Origins-Wolverine\" at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, on April 28, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Pop star Madonna holds the child named Mercy, whom she hopes to adopt, in this undated publicity photo taken in Malawi and released to Reuters April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Tom Munro/Warner Brothers Records/Handout (MALAWI ENTERTAINMENT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Jason Mesnick, left, selects Melissa Rycroft to propose to on the season finale of \"The Bachelor,\" airing Monday, March 2, 2009 on ABC. Mesnick, a 32-year-old single dad, proposed to Melissa Rycroft on the ABC reality dating show. But in the subsequent \"After the Final Rose\" special, taped six weeks after Mesnick's proposal, he told Rycroft he was dumping her because he still had feelings for the runner-up, Molly Malaney.

Actor Joaquin Phoenix poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills Calif., on in this Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 file photo. Phoenix jumped off the stage during a short performance at a Miami Beach nightclub early Thursday morning March 12, 2009 and confronted an audience member who was heckling him. Security guards dragged him back on stage and escorted him away. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Christian Bale, star of \"Terminator Salvation,\" poses at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Singer Chris Brown stands inside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the hearing in his felony assault case against singer and girlfriend Rihanna on June 22, 2009. R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community labor for the attack, lawyers said June 22, 2009 Lawyer Donald Etra (L) stands with singer Rihanna inside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the hearing in the Chris Brown felony assault case on June 22, 2009.