Paloma Valley High School Teacher Who Allegedly Drew “S” On Hand Of Lesbian Student “Dealt With,” New York City Police Arrest Fifth Suspect In Straight Gay Bashing Murder And Charge The 17 Year Old With Manslaughter As Hate Crime, Jodie Foster Says Mel Gibson “Beautiful” And That She Still Loves Him, Seann William Scott Rehab Announcement Reignites Gay Rumours, Joe Jonas Continues To Contend He Is Not Gay

CBS News Los Angeles reports that a teacher at a Riverside County, California high school accused of singling out a student for supporting gay rights has been “dealt with”, according to district officials. The complaint, dated October 14th, alleges a Paloma Valley High School teacher drew an “S” on the hand of a student wearing a Gay is Good tee shirt and reportedly referred several times to the student as a sinner. Students and other staff members eventually reported the incident to Paloma Valley administrators, the school board and the American Civil Liberties Union. A spokeswoman for the Perris Union High School District said officials take the charges “very, very seriously,” The complaint was subsequently investigated and “based on our findings, we have dealt with the employee,” said Leslie Ventuleth, the district’s chief human resources officer. The identities of the student and of the teacher involved in the complaint have not been made public. Other openly gay and lesbian students have complained of a pattern of harassment and discrimination at the school, including allegations that the school attempted to prohibit announcements about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History Month to fights over anti-gay slurs that one student says constitutes a “hate crime.” The ACLU reportedly began an investigation in December into what they say is a “homophobic environment” at Paloma Valley.

The New York Daily News reports that a fifth suspect has been arrested in the fatal beating of a teen in Queens. 17 year old Calvin Pietri of Woodhaven was charged with manslaughter as a hate crime in the attack on 18 year old Anthony Collao, who was chased from a birthday party, stomped and beaten with a pipe early Saturday, police said. He died at Jamaica Hospital on Monday. Law enforcement sources said Pietri was bragging on Facebook about the attack, using homophobic slurs to describe the victim. Four other teens were arrested shortly after the incident and charged with manslaughter. Authorities are considering upgrading the charges against them to manslaughter as a hate crime. Collao was one of 40 people at a Woodhaven birthday party when the suspects, all uninvited, crashed the gathering, refused to pay the $7 cover charge, and started yelling anti-gay slurs and scrawling similar graffiti on the walls. Collao, who was not gay, and a friend, sensing trouble, left the party, authorities said, but the suspects chased him down and beat him.

Jodie Foster, whose third directorial effort, The Beaver, premiered Wednesday in Austin at the SXSW Festival, tells The Hollywood Reporter of her longtime friend and star of the aforementioned movie, Mel Gibson “God, I love that man,” Foster says. “The performance he gave in this movie, I will always be grateful for. He brought a lifetime of pain to the character that we’ve been talking about for years, that I knew was part of his psyche and who he is. It’s part of him that is beautiful and that I want people to know, too. I can’t ever regret that.”

Last Tuesday night, People Magazine reported that actor Seann William Scott had entered an unnamed treatment facility for “health and personal issues,” the 34 year old representatives releasing a statement that read in part "Seann William Scott has voluntarily admitted himself for proactive treatment to address health and personal issues," the reps say in a statement. "He appreciates the support of his many fans at this time." The announcement has fuelled the rumour Seann is gay which have followed Scott throughout his career, that he has routinely denied.

Joe Jonas graces the cover of the April Details Magazine, and inside, in addition to a cornucopia of photographs, the 21 year old brother Jonas insists he is not gay, saying “There's nothing wrong with being gay," he says now, "but I'm not."