PAs in the news

In the week that actress Kristen Stewart was seen getting up close and personal with her live-in PA Alicia Cargile at the Coachella music festival and Bajan songstress Rihanna attended her PA?s wedding in Hawaii, other celebrities have been getting into trouble with their assistants.

They include crooner Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field, who are being accused of harassment by their former PA Gilles de Bonfilhs. Apparently, his lawsuit alleges that the 35-year-old actress ?walked around in various stages of undress, shared details of her sex life… and asked him to comment on her body?. The couple, who wed in 2010 after four years together, are yet to publicly respond to the lawsuit.

Meanwhile, industry insiders have been commenting on the Kardashian clan?s use of PAs; according to gossip site RadarOnline, it transpires that Kim has more than 15 assistants for her own individual use and often resorts to pinching some who work for rapper husband Kanye West too. Sister Kourtney is described as being more relaxed, having worked with the same three PAs for a number of years. Younger sibling Khloe often uses the TV show?s production staff to run her personal errands, while mum Kris is said to be so demanding that many assistants wind up quitting.

We can appreciate that celebrities may lose the rag on occasion and fall out with their PAs, but surely threatening to kill them is a step too far? That is allegedly what happened in the case of AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, who has been arrested in New Zealand for making threats against the life of his former assistant.

Rudd is said to have phoned a business associate and asked him to ?take out? his ex-PA, whom he had previously fired in a fit of rage. It has been reported that he also later called the victim, threatening to ?come over and kill you?. Rudd has pleaded guilty to all charges and awaits sentencing.