Asked whether the IOC was considering sanctions, spokesman Mark Adams replied: "I wouldn't say sanctions as yet but I understand we have asked the NOCs to look into the entourage issue just to see if there any questions to be answered there".
That's when he was slapped with a $4 million lawsuit by hip-hop personality DJ Vlad, who alleged that Ross's entourage had issued him a beating at the Ozone Awards for his coverage of the Officer Ricky scandal.
The issue the Entourage movie faces, essentially, is that of stakes.
As he ponders the possibility of finding love and the pressure to match his brother's growing familial entourage, Prince Harry has certainly tried to get away from domestic issues and embrace something new.
Once enTourage's app store opens up this may no longer be an issue, but the lack of file uploads does affect the usability of the eDGe in academic contexts.
This is the case with Andy Warhol, who was almost never without a glittering entourage and yet whose work is surprisingly eloquent on isolation and problems of attachment, issues he struggled with lifelong.
A key issue will be whether the new director arrives with a substantial entourage, Mr. Lowenthal said.
The Swiss Government has similarly issued an order for the immediate freeze of assets belonging to Gaddafi and his entourage.
Nothing ever came of the idea, and the U.S.O.C., which guides national governing bodies on a wide range of issues including marketing and sex abuse prevention, largely stays out of the business of monitoring athlete entourages.
The emails, many of which were unclassified by the State Department, provide tantalizing glimpses of how power works as Clinton and her entourage at the State Department approached the UN -- with respect if not trepidation at times -- on geopolitical and social issues.
