Even though anchorprincess Alycia Lane has been vindicated in the alleged cop-slugging, dyke-slurring incident last December that ended her Eyewitness tenure over at CBS 3, gay cops are still pissed. New York’s comic-book-ready Gay Officers Action League is “outraged and deeply concerned” that prosecutors lessened charges to two misdemeanor-level offenses.

Thomas Verni, lead GOAL spokesman, issued this statement to Newsday:

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Dan Gross reports that after five grueling minutes in a Manhattan courtroom with boyfriend Chris Booker at her side, Alycia Lane is pretty much a free woman.

An assault charge against Lane, stemming from a December 16th incident in which she was accused of having slapped a New York police officer, was reduced to “obstruction of governmental administration” — did the judge make that one up on the spot? — and a second-degree harassment charge was added. In a deal with prosecutors that didn’t require her to enter a plea or admit wrongdoing, Lane left the hearing with an “adjournment in contemplation of dismissal,” which basically means that any and all charges will be dropped entirely and expunged from the record in six months if she manages to remember that hands are not for hitting.

Gross promises to try for a quote from Lane herself soon.

Alycia gets her day in court [Mighty Dan Gross]
The Very Public Self-Destruction of Alycia Lane [Philly Mag]

Who leaked Suzy Shuster’s scathing e-mail to Alycia Lane about the bikini photos? Not Suzy Shuster, according to her husband, NFL Network talking head Rich Eisen.

The Associated Press found this out recently from a story it ran on January 30th about Lane’s pending lawsuit against CBS 3. The AP ran this correction last night: “In a Jan. 30 story about fired TV news anchor Alycia Lane, the Associated Press erroneously reported that the wife of NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen tipped tabloid gossip columnists to the existence of bikini photos sent to her husband by Lane.”

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After rumors surfaced earlier this week that Alycia Lane was about to put her Washington Square condo on the market, the big question became: Where has Alycia gone to get away from Philadelphia’s not-so-friendly faces?

One of Lane’s former colleagues tells the Daily Examiner that the embattled ex-anchorprincess is hiding out at boyfriend Q-102 DJ Chris Booker’s New York apartment, and a friend of Booker’s confirms that he’s been high-tailing it up there for the past couple of weekends.

Thing is, is New York really that safe a getaway considering Page Six’s Mighty Dan Gross-like obsession with her?

Farewell Philly? [Page Six]

PHOTO: New York Post

So says the Mighty Dan Gross, whose relentless pursuit of the melodramatic trials and tribulations of Philadelphia’s former anchorprincess has gone well beyond obsessive in the search for answers about her colossal breakdown. Here’s what he’s got today:

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The City Paper added an original take to the Alycia Lane media pile-on by interviewing some of Philadelphia’s most revered denizens: mob associates. Writer Gabrielle Valentine called a couple of area goombahs (and goombahrinas) to get their take on how the anchorprincess has been handling herself. An “associate” of reputed crime leader Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi told the CP that he likes Alycia better now, but her boy-band-haired radio jock boyfriend, Chris Booker? Eh … not-a so much-a.

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National tabloid queen Britney Spears and our own Alycia Lane have more in common than just Dr. Phil. Here’s the tale of the tape:

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According to one local legal insider, Alycia Lane’s impending Paul Rosen-honchoed lawsuit might allege not only wrongful termination, but also defamation, simply based on the fact that CBS 3 followed through with not-so-quietly booting her out the door.

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Yesterday’s ending of embattled anchorprincess Alycia Lane’s time at CBS 3 came swiftly and coldly, with the requisite emotionless press release from station management and somber, measured newsreading from a shell-shocked Larry Mendte. It was an outcome that shouldn’t have surprised anybody.

Amid The Mighty Dan Gross and Regina Medina rubble, Jenice Armstrong got an interesting quote from La Salle communications professor and author of Inside Local Television News Richard Goedkoop, who speculated about what the future will hold for Lane.

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It’s official: CBS 3 has given alleged name-caller and cop-slugger Alycia Lane the boot. The Mighty Dan Gross has the early details.

Come back to the Daily Examiner tomorrow morning for wall-to-wall Alycia madness with A.J. Daulerio.