Report: Edward Furlong's estranged wife gets temporary restraining order

Did Mel Gibson ignite a summer trend? Apparently young John Connor might have fallen for the cellphone voicemail recording trick as well.

TMZ is reporting that Edward Furlong, who played the boy who would save the world in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," was hit with a temporary restraining order on Friday because he "left some vicious and threatening voicemails [and text messages] for his estranged wife," Rachael Kneeland.

The verbiage in these recordings isn't suitable for printing in this family-friendly establishment's blogs, but rest assured there's enough profanity to warrant a few bars of soap for a good mouth washing.

Will all of this resurrect itself before Furlong appears in Seth Rogen's "The Green Hornet" next year? Here's a gallery of other celebrities whose careers have battled controversy.

-- Whitney Friedlander

Photo: Actor Edward Furlong attends the premiere of "Spun" at the Cinerama Dome on March 17, 2003, in Hollywood. Credit: Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images

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Comments

[Dee]

Really, LAT? Harassment and death threats are a summer trend? The abusive person fell for the cellphone voicemail recording trick? Yeah right, Gibson and Furlong were tricked into harassing and threatening. Way to trivialize domestic violence and blame the victim.

[JW]

What ever happened to the law that said you cant record someone without their knowledge , this used to be a federal crime some time back .

I recall it holding a term of up to 5 years in jail for doing so and I see and hear of alot of it going on now .

Did I miss something ?

[cdz from the ministry]

@JW -- Christie D'Zurilla here from the blog. I'm not a lawyer, but your question has come up a lot in the wake of the Mel Gibson tapes.

California law makes an exception to its two-party notification requirement when it comes to recording threats of felony violence.(California Penal Code 633.5) http://lat.ms/9rKdGS

Also, if a person chooses to leave a message on an answering machine or voice mail, I'm *pretty* sure that's considered giving permission to be recorded.

Again, not a lawyer.

//cdz

[Helena Candarelia]

I believe this is called the curse of Christian Bale!:) Bale, btw, was also "John Connor" in a TERMINATOR movie.