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Judge Wants Psychologist to Assess Baldwin

LOS ANGELES Jun 11, 2006 (AP)— A judge wants a psychologist to evaluate Alec Baldwin to determine whether he is fit to see his 10-year-old daughter more often as part of an ongoing custody battle with former wife Kim Basinger.

Superior Court Commissioner Maren E. Nelson said the question is whether the actor is attempting to turn the couple’s child against Basinger.

“Whether that is taking place or not, I cannot determine,” Nelson said. “Someone, an evaluator, needs to spend time with Ireland and the parents to work on that issue.”

Can we send John Murtha in with him?

From Blue Star Chronicles: Irey on Murtha: He Still Doesn’t Get It

“In the space of just a few moments in one television interview, Mr. Murtha: Said he doubted information that came from the Iraqi and U.S. governments about how the terrorist leader was killed; reiterated his belief that we cannot win; and then indicated doubt as to whether or not the Iraqis could have tracked and eliminated Zarqawi on their own, without the assistance of U.S. Armed Forces.

“Even for a man who’s been in Congress since before the Steelers won their first Super Bowl, that’s a mouthful.