Chubby Brown denies assault
Comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown hit a woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a Teesside supermarket car park, a court has heard.
The comic is said to have hit 21-year-old Kelly Oliver after almost colliding with her grandmother’s car in Middlesbrough last September.
Brown, 65 and charged under his real name Royston Vasey, denied common assault at Teesside Magistrates’ Court.
The comedian, of Northallerton, is known for his explicit sexual material.
Ticket machine
Viviene Turner, prosecuting, said Brown reacted angrily after Miss Oliver watched him reverse his silver Lexus within an inch of her grandmother’s car in the car of park of the Middlesbrough town centre branch of Sainsbury’s on 2 September.
The court heard he wound down his window and swore at her.
Miss Oliver, now six months pregnant, said she did not respond.
She claims when she walked over to a ticket machine, Brown got out of his car and began shouting at her.
Brown is then said to have hit her with his right hand on the left side of her face.
The court heard Brown drove off when Miss Oliver’s grandmother said she would note down his registration number.
The court was told Brown admitted in 1996 to common assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his ex-wife, for which he was fined £300 and ordered to pay compensation.
Miss Oliver had two cautions relating to violent incidents and failed to comply with a dispersal notice in 2008, the court heard.
The case continues. </p
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Anna Nicole story made into opera
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is to stage the world premiere of an opera about the life of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died in 2007.
The work, by composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and writer Richard Thomas, will be "a major event in the UK arts calendar" the ROH said.
Thomas was a co-creator of the controversial production Jerry Springer: The Opera.
Smith died aged 39 of an accidental prescription drug overdose in Florida.
Oil tycoon
At the time of her death, Smith – a stripper who went on to find fame as a model and actress – was embroiled in a long-running legal battle to claim a share of the estate of her late husband.
Billionaire oil tycoon J Howard Marshall was 89 years old – 63 years her senior – when they married.
Thomas said the opera would end with Smith’s death rather than the court battle over the disposal of her remains and custody of her daughter that followed.
Anna Nicole will have its world premiere at the Covent Garden venue on 17 February 2011 with Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek in the lead role.
Other highlights in the ROH 2010/11 season includes the Royal Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a co-production with the National Ballet of Canada, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.
The UK premiere of Philip Glass’s In The Penal Colony, based on a short story by Franz Kafka about an execution machine, will be seen in September.
And world renowned soprano Angela Gheorghiou will star in the title role of Adriana Lecouvreur, based on the life of the tragic French actress, in November.</p
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