Hillary Duff's Dad Arrested

August 28. 2008

It’s time to sue your dentist. Really, those aren’t caps. Those are hats.

"Material Girls" star Hillary Duff is facing family trouble today, as her dad was arrested for violating a judicial order in her parents' divorce hearing.

This adds to the already bad year the pop lip-syncer and former teen star is currently experiencing. She was recently dropped from her record deal. Duff, the former star of Lizzy McGuire, was the Hannah Montana of her day.

Hilary Duff family saga takes heated turn in Harris court

Singer-actress's father is led away in handcuffs; mother wanted ex to give her $25,000 for star's birthday

It probably wasn't his most important decision ever, but a Harris County judge on Wednesday weighed in on a case that will set celebrity bloggers buzzing: the fate of pop star Hilary Duff's lavish 21st birthday party.

It's the latest chapter in a bitter divorce between the parents of pop stars Hilary and Haylie Duff. The 2½-year-old case deteriorated so much that Wednesday's hearing in family court ended with the young celebrities' father in handcuffs after Judge Thomas Stansbury found him in contempt of court.

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