It means "shitty year," though we're sure that modelizing supermarket billionaire/ wannabe media mogul Burkle's continuing legal troubles can't be conducive to healthy digestion and elimination. Anyway, we counted and realized that last week's latest Burkle lawsuit — his kids' ex-nanny is suing him for accusing her of unauthorized credit card use — is his eighth legal mishap of the year. That's a lot, even for a famously litigious fuck. Let's recap!

There was that whole getting Jared Paul Stern fired fiasco in March. Then, the feds stepped in and quizzed him about his ties to shady private dick Anthony Pellicano in April. And then, he battled his ex-wife over keeping their divorce records sealed and lost in May; his wife-ex's boyfriend sued him in June; and his daughter sued him in July. To wrap up the summer of fun, he threatened us over the comparing him to Jeffrey Epstein thing in August; and then he tried to dodge a deposition in his legal battle with ex-partner Mike Ovitz in October.

Long story short? There are five suing-Ron-Burkle days left in 2006, people! Quit sitting on your hands.

Earlier: Gawker's Coverage of Ron Burkle

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