Lawyer slams LSD story about 'Teen Mom'

By Ashley Majeski, TODAY.com contributor

MTV

Jenelle Evans denies her former friend's claim that she uses LSD.

A lawyer representing troubled ?Teen Mom 2? star Jenelle Evans has come out swinging against the reality star's former BFF, who he claims is selling lies to the tabloids to pay for her own legal problems.

Evans? on-and-off-again best friend, Tori Rhyne, recently went to Star magazine with claims that Evans has been using LSD, telling the tabloid, ?She does it a lot -- she fell in love with it.??

Rhyne also revealed that Evans is a frequent user of other drugs, including Ecstasy, Xanax, Adderall and alcohol.

"I do worry about her because I don't want her to have a bad trip and never be able to get out of it. I want Jenelle to straighten up her life,? Rhyne told the magazine.

The explosive claims could cause trouble for Evans, who is currently on probation stemming from several previous arrests, including one involving a misdemeanor drug charge.

Evans? lawyer, Dustin Sullivan, has responded to the story, saying Rhyne is not only trying to cash in on her former best friend?s fame, but also get some much-needed cash for herself.

?I?m sure Jenelle?s accuser is simply attempting to collect money to pay for her recent driving while impaired charge she has pending in Brunswick County (N.C.),? he told TODAY.com.

Sullivan insists that his client is not only drug-free, but has truly turned a corner in her recovery process. ?Teen Mom 2? viewers watched as Evans headed to rehab during season?two to address her marijuana dependency issues.

?Jenelle has been clean and sober since July of last year and has successfully completed each and every random drug test that was given to her every week for nearly eight months,? he said.

Evans also took to her Twitter account to defend herselfagainst her former BFF's accusations. "Why sell me out to a magazine for DUI money when I'm on probation, accusing me of doing drugs when I haven't even seen or hung out with tori in f------ months since February," she tweeted Wednesday. "I'm passing my drug tests and staying clean and going to college," she added on Thursday.

This isn't the first time she's spoken? out against Rhyne's claims that she's been dropping acid on the regular. "That stuff scares me,? she recently told a fan on Twitter. ?I'm bipolar as it is, why would I want to even try to mess up my head more than it is?"

Rhyne had been friends with Evans since junior high, but the two recently had a falling out and no longer speak ? except to exchange the occasional jab on Twitter.

Sullivan said that Rhyne is trying to cash in on the ?Teen Mom 2? star?s fame while the show is still a hit. While MTV has revealed that the show will have a fourth season ? which is currently being filmed ? the? network?has yet to comment if that season will be the last for the series.

?This is yet another attempt by those around Jenelle trying to get their two seconds of fame [by] slandering my client,? Sullivan said. ?These stories are a joke. These folks are just trying to collect money while they still can.?

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Ashley Majeski writes about "Teen Mom" and other reality shows on her website, TheAshleysRealityRoundup.com. Follow ?The Ashley? on Twitter at @theashleysrr.

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Design director
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Position description:

• lead the studio to develop design solutions
• assume responsibility for and assist in the development of design concepts
• prepare with the project team documentation for tenders and construction
• plan project and subordinate designer work flows
• assist with resourcing requirements and planning for studio projects
• clarify scope of work and prepare schedule for review
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• ensure senior and junior designers adhere to dwp policy
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• Bachelor of Architecture or Interior Design
• minimum seven years experience in design

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• good in written and spoken English

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Project setup

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UCLA Brain Injury Research Center gets NCAA funding for research on sports concussions

Public release date: 3-Apr-2012
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Contact: Amy Albin
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310-794-8672
University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Sports-related concussions have become a subject of deep concern in recent years, with Congress holding hearings on the issue, retired players suing sports leagues for alleged damage they've suffered, and new research pointing to degeneration in injured athletes' brains over time.

Now, in an effort to better understand the long-term consequences of sports-related concussions, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is funding a study by a consortium of researchers who will examine the effects of head injuries on student-athletes over the course of their college careers and beyond.

The National Sport Concussion Outcomes Study Consortium will be led by experts from the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, the University of Michigan, the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The NCAA will provide $400,000 to begin funding the logitudinal study.

"There is growing concern about the cumulative effect of concussions on long-term cognitive health, and yet our current understanding of what factors contribute to later problems is inadequate," said Dr. Christopher Giza, the study's principal investigator at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, where he is an associate professor of pediatric neurology and neurosurgery. "One major goal of this research is to identify these factors so that the risks for chronic problems can be minimized."

UCLA will be directly involved in the design and execution of the study, the data collection and management, and the analysis and dissemination of the results. At UCLA, the study will involve collaborations between specialists in pediatric neurology, sports medicine, neuropsychology and neurosurgery.

As part of the study, researchers will evaluate more than 1,000 male and female college athletes competing in 11 sports, both contact and non-contact, in an attempt to study the short-term and long-term effects of concussions.

The study will involve the use accelerometer technologies inside football helmets to gather data on the head-impact dynamics associated with concussions in athletes. Giza said a new mouth guard also is being developed by the company X2 Impact that can sense and record head impacts and will allow researchers to include additional sports in which helmets are not worn.

"The mouth guards will open the door to studies in a much broader range of sports, such as soccer, basketball and field hockey, as well as better comparisons between male and female athletes," Giza said.

Researchers plan to track the athletes after their college careers end and examine the long-term effects of head injuries with the goal of gaining a more comprehensive understanding of traumatic brain injuries.

Those long-term effects recently led to heated discussions after autopsies on deceased players in contact sports revealed the development of a degenerative condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

The study will begin this summer. The consortium is also seeking funding to expand the effort and begin enrolling athletes as early as high school, so that reseearchers can follow them through college and even into professional careers.

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The UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, part of the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery, maintains a comprehensive basic and clinical scientific program in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Its scientists conduct research into imaging, neurophysiology, molecular biology, modeling and behavioral neuroscience in order to apply this knowledge toward understanding the neurobiology of human TBI.

For more news, visit the UCLA Newsroom and follow us on Twitter.

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Public release date: 3-Apr-2012
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Contact: Amy Albin
aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu
310-794-8672
University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Sports-related concussions have become a subject of deep concern in recent years, with Congress holding hearings on the issue, retired players suing sports leagues for alleged damage they've suffered, and new research pointing to degeneration in injured athletes' brains over time.

Now, in an effort to better understand the long-term consequences of sports-related concussions, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is funding a study by a consortium of researchers who will examine the effects of head injuries on student-athletes over the course of their college careers and beyond.

The National Sport Concussion Outcomes Study Consortium will be led by experts from the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, the University of Michigan, the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The NCAA will provide $400,000 to begin funding the logitudinal study.

"There is growing concern about the cumulative effect of concussions on long-term cognitive health, and yet our current understanding of what factors contribute to later problems is inadequate," said Dr. Christopher Giza, the study's principal investigator at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, where he is an associate professor of pediatric neurology and neurosurgery. "One major goal of this research is to identify these factors so that the risks for chronic problems can be minimized."

UCLA will be directly involved in the design and execution of the study, the data collection and management, and the analysis and dissemination of the results. At UCLA, the study will involve collaborations between specialists in pediatric neurology, sports medicine, neuropsychology and neurosurgery.

As part of the study, researchers will evaluate more than 1,000 male and female college athletes competing in 11 sports, both contact and non-contact, in an attempt to study the short-term and long-term effects of concussions.

The study will involve the use accelerometer technologies inside football helmets to gather data on the head-impact dynamics associated with concussions in athletes. Giza said a new mouth guard also is being developed by the company X2 Impact that can sense and record head impacts and will allow researchers to include additional sports in which helmets are not worn.

"The mouth guards will open the door to studies in a much broader range of sports, such as soccer, basketball and field hockey, as well as better comparisons between male and female athletes," Giza said.

Researchers plan to track the athletes after their college careers end and examine the long-term effects of head injuries with the goal of gaining a more comprehensive understanding of traumatic brain injuries.

Those long-term effects recently led to heated discussions after autopsies on deceased players in contact sports revealed the development of a degenerative condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

The study will begin this summer. The consortium is also seeking funding to expand the effort and begin enrolling athletes as early as high school, so that reseearchers can follow them through college and even into professional careers.

###

The UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, part of the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery, maintains a comprehensive basic and clinical scientific program in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Its scientists conduct research into imaging, neurophysiology, molecular biology, modeling and behavioral neuroscience in order to apply this knowledge toward understanding the neurobiology of human TBI.

For more news, visit the UCLA Newsroom and follow us on Twitter.

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