When Celebrities Don't Love Thy Neighbors

Posted by Eriq Gardner

The wacky neighbor is one of our favorite TV sitcom mainstays. The real-life crazy guy next door is decidedly less fun, especially for a celebrity. Several bold-face names have had to deal with some particularly odd neighbor behavior this year, some of it spilling into court:

•In April, Charlie Sheen had to pay off his neighbor after she complained that the "wacky neighbor and female stalker Rose" on his show Two and a Half Men was based on her.

•In May, Leonardo DiCaprio was sued when he built a basketball court that allegedly destroyed his neighbor's deck, pool, and hedges.

•In June, Paulie Shore's nightmarishly slovenly ways caused a property-damaging landslide, according to a lawsuit filed by neighbor Wes Craven.

•In August, Foxy Brown was arrested for allegedly smacking her neighbor with a Blackberry.

•This past week, actor Vincent D'Onofrio was sued by a dog therapist neighbor who claims the actor had a big problem with her "Canine Aquatics" home business and videotaped her for four years. The neighbor is now suing D'Onofrio for violating her privacy and willfully inflicting emotional distress.

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