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Settlement Approved For Widow, Son Of Assistant Killed In Fatal Travis Barker, DJ AM Jet Crash

A judge approved a multimillion-dollar legal settlement Tuesday involving the wife and young son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker’s assistant, who was killed in a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina.

The settlement with Learjet Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and other companies involved in the ownership, operation and making of the jet will pay for college for Chris Baker’s 3-year-old son and establish an annuity giving him more than $17 million over his lifetime.

Travis Barker Defends Himself After Intense Paparazzi Altercation

Travis Barker is defending himself after an intense altercation with some members of the paparazzi over the weekend.

During the 8-minute video, posted on TMZ.com, Barker and his friends engage in a shouting match that almost turned physical after the paparazzi were filming and taking photos of the drummer with his children leaving a restaurant.

What did Travis have to say on his Twitter page about the run-in? And, what set him off earlier in the day?

Travis Barker Settles Lawsuit Over Fatal Plane Crash

An attorney says Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a fatal plane crash in South Carolina last year.

Lawyer William L. Robinson, who represents some of the companies sued, says the terms of the settlement are confidential.

Travis Barker On His Late Bandmate, DJ AM: ‘Every Time I Play The Drums, I’ll Think Of You’

Travis Barker took to his Twitter page on Saturday to remember his late bandmate and friend, DJ AM.

“Don’t know how I am gonna play 2night but I am for AM,” he wrote on Saturday, referring to a show he was set to play with his reunited band, Blink-182, at the Comcast Theater in Hartford, Conn. “My brother is gone. I love u and miss u, I’ll never forget all the good times we had.

Sister Defends Pilot In Travis Barker Plane Crash

The Learjet crash that claimed the lives of pilots James Bland and Sarah Lemmon and left musicians Travis Barker and DJ AM severely burned, wasn’t due to James’ abilities, his sister told People magazine.

“We know the investigation will eventually show they weren’t negligent,” Bland’s younger sister, Laura Martz, told the mag. “James took piloting very seriously. If he felt the plane wasn’t maintained properly, he would’ve refused to fly that day.”

Travis Barker & DJ AM To Reunite For Performance

Punk musician Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM will perform together for the first time since the duo survived a fiery plane crash in South Carolina.

The former Blink-182 drummer and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, will headline New Year’s Nation’s Los Angeles New Year’s Eve Party at The Lot in West Hollywood, California.

Travis Barker Sues Over Plane Crash

Punk musician Travis Barker has sued over the South Carolina plane crash that injured him and killed two friends.

The former Blink-182 drummer sued Friday. The lawsuit names the plane’s owners, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., and a maintenance company. He is seeking more than $25,000 in damages.

Pilot in DJ AM & Travis Barker Crash Warned Jet Was Out Of Runway

The pilot of a private jet warned air traffic controllers that his plane was “going off the end” of a runway before it crashed, killing him and three others and injuring celebrity DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.

His words are the last captured on newly released cockpit recordings from the Sept. 19 crash, which severely burned Barker and DJ AM, a celebrity disc jockey whose real name is Adam Goldstein. Both are expected to recover.

Travis Barker Back In Recording Studio

It has been almost three months since Travis Barker and DJ AM survived a plane that killed four people in South Carolina, but the former Blink-182 drummer is now back in the studio making music.

“I’m already playing my drums again and I’m already back in the studio,” Travis announced Sunday on MTV’s final episode of “TRL.”

Officials: Pilots Should’ve Taken Off In Fatal DJ AM, Travis Barker Crash

The pilots of a doomed Learjet that crashed while hurtling down a runway, killing four people in South Carolina, should have lifted off the runway rather than try to abort the takeoff, aviation experts said Wednesday.

The plane’s speed reached a point of no return and couldn’t safely stop after the crew reported hearing a suspected tire blowout, the experts said.

Travis Barker Released From Medical Facility

Travis Barker has been released from a Los Angeles area-burn center, a rep for the former Blink-182 drummer confirmed to Access Hollywood.

Almost one month after he was first hospitalized with severe burns following his escape from a Learjet crash, which killed four in Columbia, South Carolina, Barker has finally been released to go home.