Singer’s bloody EMail stunt flopped


	Singer’s bloody EMail stunt flopped

wiccantexan

6-13-2008 7:20 PM

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6-14-2008 8:20 AM

boniface

What were these idiots thinking? Sounds to me like some kind of charges could be filed against them.

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