CSI Files previously reported that Kardashian would appear in an episode of New York scheduled to air on December 16. “Someone is murdered today, and somehow I’m involved,” Kardashian said from the set. “It’s cool to get in this mindset and really be this heavily involved in such a crazy crime.”

Pat Monahan, the lead singer of Train, also guest-stars in the episode. “I play Kim’s boyfriend, a musician named Sam Baker, who tried it and failed miserably and ended up homeless,” Monahan said. However, there’s more to the story. “Kim helps me get a second chance,” he added, “but she has an ulterior motive.”

Joining Kardashian and Monahan are former MTV VJs Vanessa Minnillo and LaLa Vasquez. Minnillo revealed that her character, along with the characters played by Kardashian and Vasquez, “all have some sort of play in this murder.” She added, “Obviously I can’t tell you why, but this is the day we confront each other and everything goes crazy and something happens at the end.”

New York star Melina Kanakaredes (Stella Bonasera) shared some more information about the episode. “We are shooting a scene where a character who would have been the red herring finds out that he was gonna be the next victim of these vixens and their plan,” she said.

Petersen thought the time had come to say goodbye to the show after nine seasons. “I felt there was nothing more I could do on CSI,” Petersen said. “I’ve done all I wanted to (on the show), and I wanted to get back to the theater, where I started.” He added, “I actually started to feel like I was spending more time as Grissom than as myself.”

Grissom and his team of fictional forensic scientists are credited with creating “The CSI Effect”, which critics claim generates unrealistic expectations in court. “I’ve had lots of lawyers over the years say this has made it really difficult for us,” Petersen said. “They tell me the juries think we’re going to show them a TV show. But by the same token, it has raised the consciousness of the country about forensic science.”

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It is now being reported that Cibrian has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the magazine for defamation. In the suit, lawyers claim the articles “falsely portray Eddie as being unfaithful to Ms. Rimes, as currently being in a romantic with Ms. Jancan, and as having abandoned his children.”

“We are on a bit of a high at the moment,” said singer Danny Bemrose, who wrote the song. “It all kind of stems from the CSI thing. It has been in the pipeline and we have been in negotiation between lawyers – it’s more of a relief now it’s done and dusted.”

• csi: “The CSI producers are holding a contest for fans to come up with the next Big Bad Villain of the 11th season. Develop your ideas for this character, which CSI s/he targets and why. Then describe his signature kill. Who would play this character?”

• c_s_i: “If you had to pick one episode as your favourite, which one would it be and why?”
• csi_ny: “How do you feel about Sara [Sidle, Jorja Fox]’s return to the show?”

Be sure to get your responses in by 11:59pm PST on November 22.

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