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Michael Phelps Michael Phelps has addressed Ryan Lochte's involvement in the Rio robbery scandal, but has he spoken to his USA teammate since leaving the Olympics? E! News has the exclusive video of Phelps speaking out about the incident for the first time. "I haven't spoken to him at all," the 31-year-old swimmer said when asked if he's heard from Lochte after Rio. As for whether he thinks the controversy will work itself out, Phelps said, "We have good people taking care of it, so hopefully." Phelps arrived back on American soil Wednesday morning, just days after Lochte and three other Team USA swimmers became the focus of the alleged robbery. He was spotted leaving a Scottsdale, Ariz., Starbucks when he addressed the news. Despite the rough couple of days for the US swim team, an on-looker tells us Phelps seemed relaxed during his coffee run, stopping to thank fans as they congratulated him on his athletic performance at ...

Margo Manhattan With Ramona Singer Margo Manhattan, a Upper East Side jewelry store, where the celebrities like Beyonce and Selena Gomez flock, was robbed on Friday by a man who tied up the manager and stole $60,000 in bling, The thief posed as a customer at the star studded store on Madison Ave, off East 88th street. The star studded boutique’s manager, Marcy Imbert, was the only employee in the shop when she buzzed the man in about 1:30 p.m on Friday. Margo Manhattan told the NY Daily News that the employee "thought he was maybe a rap star,”. The thief asked to see several items and then grabbed Imbert by the neck once she opened a display case. Brandishing a stun gun, he put his hands over her mouth and dragged her into a back room. As Imbert struggled, the man tore the straps off a Theory designer bag he found in the shop and used them to tie her wrists behind her back. “She came to a point where she saw her life in front of he...

**** NYC GRAND JURY A DISGRACE **** Jelani Sefu Walks The Streets Again Today was not only the day from hell, it was a huge disappointment in our legal system. I guess I should be used to it after my almost 10 year battle with Alec Baldwin and his mother in the court system, but that is another story you can read in the archives of the New York Times or almost any other newspaper. Today is another story.... A few months ago my kid John, who my millions of readers know as the kid I kinda of adopted almost 2 years ago, was robbed by two thugs on 41 street and 9th avenue. They took his cell phone and punched him in the face. That cell phone meant everything to him, as he brought it with money he got for the very first birthday he ever had. The kid has had a very hard life of neglect and abuse. Getting back to the story, these two thugs robbed and punched the kid while he was getting a slice of pizza. The kid came running home to get me, because I am all he has to help him in life. I am th...