<![CDATA[Gawker: johnson & johnson]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: johnson & johnson]]> http://gawker.com/tag/johnsonjohnson http://gawker.com/tag/johnsonjohnson <![CDATA[Casey Johnson Is Broke and Abandoned, According to Her Used Vibrator Victim]]> There is something awkward about a single-source story wherein the source's accusation that the subject stole her panties and discarded a used vibrator in her bed never comes up. Sometimes it's worth it, though.

In case you missed it: Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson's ex, Jasmine Lennard, has accused the heiress of breaking, entering, and committing sexy crimes in her home. She found out because Casey's "lesbian Don Juan" girlfriend Courtenay Semel noticed that Casey was wearing Jasmine's panties and recommended calling the cops.

Now Jasmine is hitting Casey in where it hurts, reports Page Six in a truly epic item. Her money, which her mother has allegedly cut off until Casey goes to rehab:

Her house on Mulholland Drive is a mess. The electricity is off, there are rats, the pool is green. She was supposed to be evicted and her Porsche is being repossessed.

And her maternal instincts:

I had been caring for Ava for several months. Casey fired her nanny, then realized it was Nicky Hilton's birthday party and had nobody to look after her. She asked if I could have Ava for the night, then didn't come back for 10 days.

Basically, she got bored of buying herself bags and shoes and bought herself a daughter from Kazakhstan in 2007, but was too crazy to look after her.

The Johnson clan had no official comment, though one "family source" cited "medical and psychological issues." I now renew my respectful request for Casey to sell the rights to her life to made-for-TV production company, and add that Katherine Moennig would make a great Jasmine. [P6]

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<![CDATA[Why venture capitalists love your mom]]> On Sand Hill Road, MILF stands for "mothers I'd like to fund." The mommy-blog frenzy among venture capitalists will likely be fueled by Johnson & Johnson's acquisition of Maya's Mom, a social network for mommies. Johnson & Johnson already owns advice site BabyCenter, making Maya's Mom a logical add-on. It would all be innocuous news if Maya's Mom was not swaddled in controversy, thanks to TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington.

Last April, Arrington wrote a brief but glowing review of Maya's Mom. In the original version of the post, he mentioned that founder Ann Crady Kennedy "is a former colleague and so my opinions may be favorably tinted." This disclosure was subsequently removed. Arrington was later accused of passing over a rival mommy network in favor of one he was more intimately acquainted with. Kennedy, of course, is now reaping the benefit of her ties to Arrington. And for the passed-over mommy sites? Don't worry. There's a lineup of venture capitalists waiting to get to know you better.

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