Bristol Palin

The teen father of Sarah Palin's grandson is featured on the cover of the upcoming print version of Playgirl magazine — sporting nothing but a sultry gaze. The nude photos of Levi Johnston — the 19-year-old former fiance of Palin's daughter — were a huge hit last fall on the magazine's Web site. The publisher expects the same results with other photos from the same shoot running in the newly resurrected print version available Feb. 22 on newsstands. Johnston fathered a son with ex-fiance Bristol, the 19-year-old daughter of the former Republican vice presidential candidate who resigned as Alaska's governor last summer. The young ... Read Full Story

Sarah Palin's oldest daughter, Bristol, is seeking child support from the young man who fathered her 1-year-old son. Documents filed Thursday in District Court in Palmer shows Bristol Palin is seeking $1,750 a month from 19-year-old Levi Johnston, her former fiancee. Their son, Tripp, was born in December 2008. Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein said Alaska law makes clear that a parent of a child is obligated to provide support. "It is unfortunate Bristol has to seek court intervention in this regard," Van Flein said. The details regarding child support come at the same time Bristol is seeking full custody of the baby. She ... Read Full Story

Bristol Palin wants Levi Johnston to step up as a dad and pay her some of the money he's raked in from his naked media blitz. Court documents were filed by Bristol's lawyer Wednesday in Alaska, demanding $1,750 a month from Levi, retroactive to the birth of son Tripp on December 27, 2008. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Bristol believes Levi has pulled in "in excess of $105,000 in 2009 through various media interviews and modeling related activities." Bristol says in her sworn statement, "I have received limited and sporadic financial assistance from Levi." Bristol says Levi has forked over only $4,400 ... Read Full Story

Bristol Palin (R), daughter of Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holds brother Trig Palin while sitting next to her boyfriend Levi Johnston on day four of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept the GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night. (Getty Images) more pics » Johnston with his son, Tripp. In September 2008, Bristol Palin made headlines when her mother, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , confirmed that the then-18-year-old was pregnant with her first child with then-boyfriend Levi Johnston . Despite ... Read Full Story

Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol Palin is seeking sole custody of her child. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol Palin is seeking sole custody of her baby, Tripp.  Levi Johnston , the father of 1-year-old baby, has pushed for open court proceedings, saying he "just wants a simple case on the merits." Bristol Palin's petition for custody includes a request for child support and a strict visitation schedule for the father Levi Johnston. Bristol claims that Levi has only visited the child sporadically since Tripp was born. According to AP: Bristol Palin's request to keep the proceedings closed was denied last week by a Superior Court judge. ... Read Full Story

A judge's ruling has revealed a heated legal custody battle between Sarah Palin's daughter and the father of her grandson. Bristol Palin's request to keep the proceedings closed was denied last week by a Superior Court judge. A temporary order had authorized the use of pseudonyms while the court was considering the request, which stated that no good "could result to the child by an onslaught of media." Levi Johnston, the father of 1-year-old Tripp, has pushed for open court proceedings, saying he "just wants a simple case on the merits." "I do not feel protected against Sarah Palin in a closed proceeding," Johnston ... Read Full Story

Bristol Palin may be the most public face of teen pregnancy and abstinence pledges , but the majority of pregnant teens in the US are not conservative white teens but black and Hispanic. A new study from the Guttmacher Institute shows the US teen pregnancy rates rose 3 percent in 2006 from its all-time low in 2005. It’s easy to blame President Bush. Not only because we’re used to it, but also because he boosted federal funding for public abstinence-only programs from $80 million in 2001 to $204 million in 2007. However, as Double X’s Jessica Grose points out , there isn’t a strong ... Read Full Story

Sarah Palin wouldn't reveal her political plans for 2012 in an interview with Barbara Walters, but when asked whether she'd play a major role replied that "if people will have me, I will." The former Republican vice presidential candidate said that election isn't even on her radar screen. "My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict what that will be, what doors will be open in the year 2012," she told Walters. Palin is making the rounds to promote her new book, "Going Rogue," which will be released Tuesday. On ... Read Full Story

Sarah Palin wouldn't reveal her political plans for 2012 in an interview with Barbara Walters, but when asked whether she'd play a major role replied that "if people will have me, I will." The former Republican vice presidential candidate said that election isn't even on her radar screen. "My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict what that will be, what doors will be open in the year 2012," she told Walters. Palin is making the rounds to promote her new book, "Going Rogue," which will be released Tuesday by ... Read Full Story

Appearing on Oprah with her mother last week, teen mom Bristol Palin made the ambitious statement that she would not have sex again until she was married. Oprah, in her polite but take-no-shit way, questioned Bristol’s choice, saying, “But when you make the statement… you don’t think you’re setting yourself up? Is that a realistic position?” She gave her the chance to backtrack on a rather radical claim. Bristol responded that yes, it made sense for her, but Oprah made the keen point that now, no matter who Bristol dates or hangs out with, the media will be hounding them for hints of sexual ... Read Full Story