Trash still "fetching"

Here's one I've never seen before. Maybe you can help me. I DL'd a trial version of PhotoShop CS2 along time ago. I ended up trashing the trial version and pretty much everything emtied from the trash except a CS2 legal folder. I've tried ALL the empty trash troubleshooting methods posted here and nothing works... even the Terminal solution didn't work. Here is the strange thing. The directory string reads like this:
Trash > Adobe Photoshop CS2 > Legal > Tieng Viet.html
Selecting "Tieng Viet.html", the Preview pane shows this file as "Fetching..."
I'm assuming the problem is because this html file is trying to make contact with something so trash sees this as still in use. I've disconnected the Mac from the internet, rebooted and tried to empty the trash and still nadda. I can't even drag these files out of the trash.
Has anyone seen this before? Is there a solution?
Thanks

Yes, Adobe's Vietnamese file is notorious, it has weird characters that the Mac regards as illegal. Try booting from your install desk and run both Disk and Permission repair functions of Disk Utility (it will be in the menu bar), then reboot and empty the Trash.
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