Ron Artest -- World Peace to Come in August
6/24/2011 10:15 AM PDT by TMZ Staff Ron Artest will have to wait until August before he can officially call himself by his proposed new name, Metta World Peace , 'cause that's the earliest he can get in front of a judge ... TMZ has learned. Artest filed the official change of name documents with L.A. County Superior Court yesterday -- in which the NBA star chalks up the name swap to "personal reasons." Artest has a hearing scheduled for August 26 to make it legal ... but there's a catch. According to the docs, anyone who wishes to challenge Artest's name selection can object in writing up until two days before the hearing. But c'mon -- is anyone really gonna challenge World Peace? Tags: Ron Artest, TMZ Sports, Celebrity Justice, The Facts Behind The Funny! View the original article here