Brooke Shields is threatening legal action against a reporter who checked her mother, who suffers from dementia, out of an assisted living facility in New Jersey.

Shields claims a tabloid reporter checked her mother, Teri, out of the facility under false pretenses to get a story.

The National Enquirer claims that the freelance reporter has known Teri for ten years, and they are friends.

We spoke with the Old Tappan Police Department, and they told me that while the investigation is ongoing, they are leaning towards not charging the reporter with a crime.

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The clock may be ticking down on Kiefer Sutherland’s time as a free man.  The actor has been charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly head-butting a man in New York City early Tuesday morning. 

No, Sutherland wasn’t acting out a scene as 24’s Jack Bauer when he got into the alleged altercation with fashion designer Jack McCollough at a New York City nightclub.  Instead, cops described the scene in a statement as "Male white 42, speaking to female white when a male white 30 walked in between them to get to the bar. There was a verbal altercation and the suspect head butted the victim, causing injuries to the victim's nose”. 

And how is this for a Hollywood twist? The female involved in the altercation, according to multiple media reports is Brooke Shields!

You might remember that Sutherland is still on probation from a 2007 DUI conviction which lead to a 48 day jail sentence in Los Angeles.  Authorities there are looking into whether this could be considered a parole violation- if so, Jack Bauer may be spending his summer break in jail.

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