In light of recent allegations of abuse, Verne Troyer's ex, Ranae Shrider, is turning the tables and claiming it was the other way around. Her rep (yes, this loser has a rep) issued a statement filled with some not-so-nice words:

This lawsuit is ridiculous and riddled with lie upon lie from Verne Troyer and his camp. It is in our opinion a transparent attempt to secure as much publicity as he can from his less than average career in the wake of his most recent failure in The Love Guru.

The only abuse that ever occurred in their household was that of emotional abuse inflicted upon Ranae and her dog Lacy on the occasions when he hit Ranae and her dog with his 'reaching sticks' or kicked them when having one of his drunken rages.

Oh, please. You mean to tell us that a six-foot-tall woman can't defend herself against a little person who isn't even half her size? We smell a publicity whore.

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Precious little Verne Troyer still can't catch a break: This time, he's suing ex-girlfriend Ranae Shrider for "intentional infliction of emotional distress and battery." Also getting hit with a lawsuit is a lawyer who Verne says tried to broker a deal for the sale of that horrendous sex tape. Can we sue him too? Because nobody needs to see that.

The allegations against Ranae include an incident in which she picked the lock to his bedroom door, picked up Verne and then threw him on the floor. Verne's lawyer put it this way: "When you pick up a 2-foot-8 human being and throw him to the floor, it hurts." Solid point.

Verne's suing Ranae for $20 million, which means she's going to have to start making the talk show rounds in the next few weeks. Prepare your DVRs.

LAWSUIT GOES AFTER SCIENTOLOGY, CRUISE "Tom Cruise is named in a $250 million federal lawsuit that is using the RICO statute against the Church of Scientology. Ex-Scientologist Peter Letterese, a longtime critic of the church, filed suit in Southern District Court in Florida on July 15 alleging, among other things, that members of the church harassed him after he left. … Letterese calls the church a 'crime syndicate' and wants it broken up under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization law, just as the feds have broken up Mafia families. He singles out Cruise, who's made no secret of his religion, saying that Scientology head David Miscavage is 'aided and abetted by the actions of Tom Cruise, his right-hand man for foreign and domestic promotion, as well as for foreign and domestic lobbying. He has assisted the syndicate in acquiring funds and [made] his own donations of money believed to be in the multiple tens of millions of dollars.'"

Perez Hilton’s found himself in a bit of a legal pickle.

Former reader — and presumed fan — Diane Wargo has filed a $25 million lawsuit against the blogger. Wargo claims that Hilton violated his own privacy agreement after he posted a curse-laden e-mail she sent along with her work information.

By printing her e-mail, Wargo says, Hilton set off a firestorm of hateful e-mails from his many readers. The suit also alleges that she, her husband and children all received death threats following the e-mail’s publication. Wargo’s employers, Menorah Park Center for Senior Living, subsequently fired Wargo for the e-mail, which read, in part: “Perez you are a fat gay pig. Angelina is a [sic] ugly whore. You love her because she’s a fag lover.” Sounds like a classy lady.

What’s interesting, we think, is that the press release from Wargo’s lawyer defends her language. And, in fact, blames it on Hilton himself!

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THE INTERNET KNOWS YOUR SECRETS "Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are more heavily watched than amateur clips. The data would not be publicly released but disclosed only to the plaintiffs, and it would include less specific identifiers than a user's real name or e-mail address."

Verne Troyer is now a mini litigant in a a $20 million lawsuit filed yesterday afternoon against TMZ, the often stupid but rarely wrong gossip site he claims violated his rights by publishing and airing portions of his sex tape.

Troyer alleges the tape was obtained illegally before ending up in the hands of the same porn purveyor who released One Night in Paris, the Oscar-nominated drama about a rich girl who sleeps with terrible men to feel fleeting notions of worth.

Surely, this whole dustup has nothing to do with obtaining free publicity for Troyer's new film, The Love Guru, which is currently tanking at the box office. And racist.

You'd think people would know by now to stay the hell out of the way of Johnny Rotten, the irritable punk pioneer who once sang "Belsen was a gas, I heard the other day, in the open graves where the Jews all lay." But it turns out one woman, Roxane Davis, missed out on the protracted temper tantrum that has been Rotten's past 30 years, and she's alleging she was forced to pay a hefty price for her ignorance.

Davis, an employee of a television show on which Rotten worked, is accusing the ex-Sex Pistol of punching her in the face and calling her – among other things – a "fat fucking cunt." Her transgression? Booking Rotten in a room at the Ritz-Carlton that didn't share a door with his assistant, Rambo.

Davis is now doing the least punk thing someone who's been wronged can do: filing a lawsuit.

Yes, that's right, punk is dead.

Click through for some of Rotten's greatest dick moves.

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• Auf Wiedersehen: "How else will the new non-Bravo Project Runway screw things up, aside from moving to Lifetime and possibly filming without Nina Garcia? By moving to Los Angeles, the city that pretends to be a fashion capital with its own fashion week but is really just a town where Victoria Beckham pushes her crappy jeans at Kitson." [Jossip]

• Dennis Rodman! Remember that guy? He got arrested last night for roughing up his girlfriend. Now, go back to forgetting about him. [DListed]

• Surprise: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were wed in a secluded island ceremony. Unfortunately, they did not stay there after the wedding. [PS]

• Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, tried to stab her mother. No word yet as to how much of her rage Bobbi Kristina blames on her name. [INO]

• Forbes says Gisele Bundchen now makes more money annually than every other person who stands around and has their picture taken wearing clothes and make-up. [ICYDK]

• Pete Wentz is being sued for assault and, unfortunately, the case has nothing to do with his music and our ears. [Yeeeah]

• You want mayo and shrimp on that pizza slice? Why are puking everywhere? [CityRag]

Ashley Alexandra Dupré, aka Ashley Youmans, the ambitious young escort who became an instant celebrity after getting caught servicing ex-governor Eliot Spitzer, is being offered $1 million to drop a $10 million lawsuit she's brought against Girls Gone Wild. Dupré is suing the bastards for allegedly plying her with alcohol, "tricking" her into getting naked on camera and then — without her consent — using that footage in a video.

Joe Francis, head asshole at Girls Gone Wild, says Dupré has "zero chance" of winning the lawsuit, as he has "videotape of her giving consent, while showing her identification." Francis recommends Dupré take the million and walk: "She should keep in mind, it's considerably more than the Governor of New York paid her, and our activities aren't illegal," he told the New York Daily News. Oh, man, we hate that guy.

More than ever before, we are hoping and wishing for a hell in which guys like Joe Francis get the shit beaten from them hour after hour by Amazonian superbitches with real boobs and big fists.