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Listen: 911 Calls by Victoria Principal and Maid

13 May 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Victoria Principal and her maid both put out emotional pleas for help after a confrontation at the actress's Malibu home, according to tapes of the calls. "[She] want to kill me," housekeeper Maribel Banegas tells the emergency operator Dec. 26. "I need help. She's pointing a gun. She's going to kill me. She's after me." In her own call, the Dallas star portrays Banegas as the problem. "I have a housekeeper that I don't really know who's on the premises," Principal is heard saying. "She's locked herself in the guesthouse and she's robbing me. I told her I'm calling the police and I need you here now.

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Why Did Victoria Principal Pull a Gun on Her Maid?

6 May 2009 12:55 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

This much is certain: After a housekeeper took former Dallas star Victoria Principal's dog out for a walk the day after Christmas, the two women got into a heated argument and Principal pulled a gun on her. But the rest of the story is in dispute, with both sides accusing the other of assault and offering conflicting accounts of the clash. No charges have been filed, leaving the matter in civil court, with back-to-back lawsuits filed in the last week. Principal, 59, best known for playing Pamela Barnes Ewing on the long-running TV drama who went on to launch a

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Ken Lee

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'Dallas' star countersues over gun claims

6 May 2009 7:41 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Former Dallas star Victoria Principal has hit back at allegations that she pulled a gun on her maid, reports E! News. Housekeeper Maribel Banegas has accused the actress, who played Pam Ewing in the long-running soap, of brandishing the weapon and threatening to kill her after she took too long walking her dog. However, Principal has now filed her own lawsuit against Banegas, alleging that she feared for her safety after Banegas engaged in "outrageous, threatening, violent conduct" when she was fired just two days into the job. The legal papers, filed at La's Superior Court, accuse Banegas of abusing Principal's (more)

By Lara Martin

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Victoria Principal is an alleged pistol packing mama

5 May 2009 8:49 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Victoria Principal allegedly brandished a gun on her maid, because her servant's dog walk took longer than she expected. Principal's maid, Maribel Banegas, took the dog for a business walk that took too long, according to E! Allegedly Victoria fired Maribel immediately, and when the maid protested and blamed the dog, it set off Pamela Ewing (Principal's iconic character on 'Dallas'). The E! report claims that Victoria disappeared upstairs and then returned downstairs packing a pistol and aiming at the maid. Victoria allegedly threatened to kill Maribel and even allegedly told another housekeeper to move out of the way so she could shoot her, according to E! Allegedly Maribel bolted and called 911. Maribel reportedly filed a

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Principal Countersues Housekeeper

5 May 2009 12:20 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Dallas star Victoria Principal is countersuing her former housekeeper after she accused the actress of pointing a gun at her.

Maribel Banegas claims Principal fired her on 26 December and threatened to shoot her after she allegedly took too long to walk her pet dog Mei-Ling.

In court documents filed on Monday, Banegas alleges the actress "pointed and aimed" the gun at her and "verbally threatened to kill" her when she asked for wages, reports to TMZ.com.

Banegas claims assault, false imprisonment and emotional distress and is calling for unspecified damages.

But now Principal is fighting back with her own lawsuit, claiming the worker was a temporary employee who was fired after damaging the backdoor at her home, injuring her dog and demanding money from the actress.

Principal is suing for unspecified damages.

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Victoria Principal Responds to Alleged Gun Threat

5 May 2009 11:42 AM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news

Actress Victoria Principal is claiming she was "in fear for her life" when she pulled a gun on a woman who briefly worked as a housekeeper at her Malibu home. According to court papers filed in L.A. County Superior Court, housekeeper Maribel Banegas accuses the former "Dallas" star of pointing a gun and threatening to kill her after Principal allegedly terminated her temporary employment for taking too long to walk the dog. Banegas' lawsuit claims the incident occurred after Principal fired her on the spot after two days of work in December 2008 and demanded that she leave, but the maid refused and asked for a final payment. In her counter complaint, Principal acknowledges pulling a gun on Banegas, but alleges this arose out of self defense due to consistently aggressive behavior shown by the maid. "After being notified by her employment agency that she was being terminated following two

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Victoria Principal Strikes Back, Claims She and Dog Threatened

5 May 2009 11:25 AM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Finally, after all these years a new Dallas spinoff is coming...to a Los Angeles courtroom. Days after getting sued by a former housekeeper who claimed the erstwhile Pamela Ewing pulled a gun on her, Victoria Principal is fighting back with a countersuit, alleging that it was the ex-maid who did the assaulting. Per the complaint filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by E! News, the Dallas star alleges that Maribel Banegas "engaged in outrageous, threatening violent conduct" after Principal fired her only two days into the job, leaving the actress fearing for her safety. Principal accuses the housekeeper of assault, trespass, civil extortion, animal cruelty and negligence. Principal...

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'Dallas' star accused of pulling gun on maid

5 May 2009 9:38 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Former Dallas star Victoria Principal has reportedly been sued after allegedly pulling a gun on her maid. The actress, who played Pam Ewing in the long-running soap, has been accused of brandishing the weapon after housekeeper Maribel Banegas took too long walking her dog. According to E! News, the lawsuit filed at La's Superior Court claims that Principal aimed the weapon at Banegas and threatened to kill her. She also reportedly asked a second maid to step out of the way so that she could fire at Banegas clearly. (more)

By Lara Martin

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A Bundchen in the Oven?

5 May 2009 8:36 AM, PDT | From newser.com | See recent newser news

Gisele Bundchen visited the Ob/Gyn yesterday—gasp!—with hubby Tom Brady, thus prompting the requisite pregnancy rumors from the New York Post . Elsewhere: Poor Susan Boyle, inundated by late-night phone calls, was forced to change her number, the Sun reports. Liam Neeson recently called late wife’s Natasha Richardson’s ski instructor. “He was very dignified and never sought to blame anyone,” a source tells the Sun . “He just wanted to understand what happened for his own peace of mind.” Dallas star Victoria Principal is being sued by her former maid for allegedly threatening her with a gun, E! reports. The housekeeper ...

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Principal Sued For Pulling A Gun On Maid

4 May 2009 6:40 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Dallas star Victoria Principal's former maid is suing the actress for allegedly pointing a gun at her.

Maribel Banegas claims TV's Pamela Ewing flew into a rage when her hired help took too long to walk her pet dog Mei-Ling.

The maid tried to explain that the pooch wouldn't poop, but Principal fired her - and then allegedly pulled a pistol on her when Banegas asked for her wages, according to TMZ.com.

She claims the actress "pointed and aimed" the gun at her and "verbally threatened to kill" her.

Banegas claims assault, false imprisonment and emotional distress. She is calling for unspecified damages.

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Maid: Victoria Principal Pulled Gun On Me

4 May 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | From Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news

The woman who played Pamela Ewing is being sued by Maribel Banegas, the former maid at Victoria's Malibu home. Banegas claims she had taken the dog for a walk -- when she returned home to an enraged Victoria who couldn't understand why it took so long. Banegas explained the dog wouldn't poop, but Victoria wasn't pickin' up what the maid was puttin' down. According to the suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Victoria fired Maribel on the spot. Maribel asked for her final check and Victoria went upstairs, allegedly only to come down with a gun, "which she then pointed and aimed" at the maid. ...

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11 articles from 2009

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