ALEX
05-21-2009, 12:03 PM
Extra correspondent Terri Seymour — also known as cantankerous American Idol judge Simon Cowell’s ex-girlfriend — was assaulted and choked after the American Idol final performance episode last night in Los Angeles. A spokesperson for the LAPD tells E! Online that Seymour, 34, was approached outside the Nokia Theatre (where Idol is taped) by 33-year-old Janice Thibodeaux, who asked Seymour if she was Cowell’s ex. When Seymour confirmed her identity, Thibodeaux grabbed hold of the TV host’s neck and began choking her.
Thibodeaux was arrested and booked on felony battery charges, TMZ reports; she’s being held on $52,700 bail. Seymour refused medical treatment and was escorted from the scene by police officers. Thibodeaux’s siblings got in touch with TMZ to say their sister is “not crazy” and that her behavior outside the Idol taping — at which Adam Lambert and Kris Allen faced off for the Season Eight crown — was “way out of character.”
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Thibodeaux was arrested and booked on felony battery charges, TMZ reports; she’s being held on $52,700 bail. Seymour refused medical treatment and was escorted from the scene by police officers. Thibodeaux’s siblings got in touch with TMZ to say their sister is “not crazy” and that her behavior outside the Idol taping — at which Adam Lambert and Kris Allen faced off for the Season Eight crown — was “way out of character.”
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