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Bubba the Love Sponge Clem

Radio personality

Radio personality

Bubba the Love Sponge Clem

Todd Alan Clem, better known by his legal name Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, has hosted shows on local and satellite radio stations with a national audience. (Wikipedia) [Photo: Times (2008)]

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  1. Bubba-MJ jury forewoman says verdict centered on First Amendment

    02/01/13 The Feed By Eric Deggans, Times TV/Media Critic

    As controversy swirled and media coverage exploded following the court verdict this week that shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem did not defame rival radio star Todd "MJ" Schnitt, jury forewoman Kristy Craig feared a lesson was being lost.

  2. Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, 'MJ' Schnitt recap trial on air

    01/31/13 The Feed By Eric Deggans, Times TV/Media Critic

    One day after a jury ended five years of legal wrangling by ruling that shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem did not defame rival radio star Todd "MJ" Schnitt, both men hit the airwaves Thursday, taking questions from reporters in displays that often sounded like a broadcast rerun of the lawsuit trial.

  3. Jurors say Bubba the Love Sponge Clem did not defame Todd 'MJ' Schnitt

    01/30/13 CivilBy Jessica Vander Velde and Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writers

    TAMPA — The trial had two loud-mouth radio stars, lawyers accusing other lawyers of a DUI set-up and a price tag of likely more than $1 million, accrued during a five-year crawl through the legal system.

  4. Todd 'MJ' Schnitt vs. Love Sponge shock radio trial winding down in Tampa

    01/29/13 CivilBy Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer

    TAMPA — Five years after Todd "MJ Kelli" Schnitt sued his radio rival, Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, it could all be over today.

  5. Sue Carlton: Legal sideshow upstages MJ and Bubba

    01/29/13 CourtsBy Sue Carlton, Times Columnist

    It is a court case gone way off the tracks, with lawyers lawyering up, witnesses taking the Fifth, and those mouthy radio shock jocks fading into the background.

  6. Shock jock trial goes on as Tampa police defend lawyer's arrest

    01/28/13 CourtsBy Alexandra Zayas and Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writers

    TAMPA — The Tampa Police Department says Sgt. Ray Fernandez did nothing wrong last week when he dispatched two officers on a tip from a longtime attorney friend that a man at Malio's Prime Steakhouse drinks and drives.

  7. Could Tampa's shock jock trial get any weirder?

    01/25/13 CivilBy Sue Carlton, Times Columnist

    I had come to think of Tampa's ongoing shock jock trial, Todd "MJ" Schnitt suing Bubba the Love Sponge Clem for defamation, pretty much like this:

  8. 'MJ' Schnitt's attorney accuses Love Sponge's counsel of conspiracy, seeks mistrial

    01/25/13 CivilBy Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer

    TAMPA — The lawyers had lawyers, and with Bubba the Love Sponge Clem and Todd "MJ" Schnitt's defamation trial taking the back seat Friday afternoon, the real drama could begin.

    This one had it all.

  9. Todd 'MJ Kelli' Schnitt's lawyer arrested on drunk driving charge in Tampa

    01/24/13 CrimeBy Alexandra Zayas and Laura C. Morel, Times Staff Writers

    TAMPA — The news of the day should have been about Michelle Schnitt taking the witness stand in a defamation trial, where she would testify about life as the wife of a shock jock at war.

  10. Todd 'MJ Kelli' Schnitt testifies in his trial vs. Bubba the Love Sponge

    01/22/13 CivilBy Jessica Vander Velde and Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writers

    TAMPA — On Tuesday, it wasn't about the "radio wars" or the things Bubba the Love Sponge Clem said on-air about Todd "MJ" Schnitt.