The 50 Biggest Celeb Scandals Since 1985
As the R. Kelly trial ends in the singer's acquittal, we're looking back at the biggest publicity flubs of the famous, including a wide range of accusations of behavior that shocked fans
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R. Kelly
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Pat O'Brien
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Margot Kidder
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Credit: Claire Danes and Billy Crudup: Theo Wargo/WireImage.com; Mary-Louise Parker: Rob Loud/WireImage.com
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Martin Lawrence
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Rick James
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Alec Baldwin
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Dave Chappelle
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Credit: Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe: Retna; Dennis Quaid: Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
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Robert Downey Jr. | The star of the 1987 drug-addled cult hit Less Than Zero made his longtime drug addiction even more embarrassingly public on July 16, 1996, by
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James Frey, Oprah Winfrey, ...
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Eddie Murphy | To be fair, there's really no good way to explain being pulled over by Los Angeles police at 4:45 a.m. with a transsexual prostitute in
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Credit: Tupac Shakur: Michael Benabib/Retna; The Notorious B.I.G.: TAR/Retna
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