Great news for any local TV stations looking for a late February sweeps story. Alycia Lane will now face a criminal hearing in Manhattan on Feb. 25, not April 3 as she was previously scheduled, a spokeswoman at the Manhattan District Attorney's office confirmed for us moments ago. Lane faces one felony count of assault with intent to injure an officer. The embattled anchorbabe was given the April 3 date at her Dec. 16 arraignment in New York where she was locked up overnight after being arrested for allegedly assaulting a female NYPD officer during a road rage incident.
Lane's attorney David Smith has professed his client never hit anyone, and never called the officer a "f---ing dyke," as the officer states in Lane's arrest report. Lane's arrest was first reported here. The anchor went on a three week vacation before being fired by the station on New Year's Day. CBS3 didn't announce that she had been released from her contract until Jan. 7. Last week we reported that Lane had filed court papers against CBS3 in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court asking for documents related to her firing and her personnel file. Lane's court action, called a praecipe to issue writ of summons, is typically a precursor to a lawsuit.
Lane's attorney David Smith has professed his client never hit anyone, and never called the officer a "f---ing dyke," as the officer states in Lane's arrest report. Lane's arrest was first reported here. The anchor went on a three week vacation before being fired by the station on New Year's Day. CBS3 didn't announce that she had been released from her contract until Jan. 7. Last week we reported that Lane had filed court papers against CBS3 in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court asking for documents related to her firing and her personnel file. Lane's court action, called a praecipe to issue writ of summons, is typically a precursor to a lawsuit.
This will be pure theater...and a complete circus...— j.- What a muffin.— S.J.
- Good luck Alycia. Judy and I are praying for you— Michael
- Caged heat.— Sinmbile
- "moments ago" Dan your coverage leaves me breathless— Steak
alycia- i love you. when you pop that fat lawsuit on cbs3 and they write you a big check i will be there for you. lets go to the caribbean on your money and party— Richard- I hope she gets jail time...Everyone who posts here knows that if it were any of us that slapped a cop we would be right in jail— Maeve
- We don't know if she punched or slapped a cop because we weren't there. I read that the cop was trying to get her cell phone. Maybe it came back at her at hit her...WE DON'T KNOW. You live in America right? Don't you realize by now how the news media lies? Don't they blow things out of proportion? My gut tells me that the cop was struck and it wasn't an intentional act. That's why we have a legal system to figure things like this out. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!— Michael
- I think this is good news for Alycia. Her Lawyer would not have gotten the date moved up unless he was confident she would be acquitted or there was going to be a deal where she pleads to a misdemeanor like disorderly conduct. I hope this mean that Alycia has a job offer that is contingent on her not being convicted of a felony.— Scott
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