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From The Smoking Gun
JANUARY 7--An author today sued Jerry Seinfeld's wife for allegedly plagiarizing a cookbook she wrote and also accused the comedian of defaming her as a "wacko" during an interview with David Letterman. In a federal lawsuit, Missy Chase Lapine alleges that Jessica Seinfeld "brazenly plagiarized" from her 2007 book "The Sneaky Chef" in the writing of Seinfeld's own cookbook (both volumes focused on how to prepare healthy meals for finicky young eaters). When news stories appeared detailing similarities in the two books, Jerry Seinfeld launched a "malicious, premeditated, and knowingly false and defamatory attack" on Lapine, the complaint charges. As part of that campaign, Seinfeld went on Letterman's show and described Lapine as "angry" and "hysterical." He then compared her to the kind of "wackos" that had previously stalked Letterman. The comedian then added that Lapine was a "three-name woman" and "if you read history, many of the three-name people do become assassins." The complaint, an excerpt of which you'll find below, adds that Seinfeld also described Lapine as a "nutjob" in a second television interview. Lapine's lawsuit, which does not specify monetary damages, was filed this afternoon in U.S. District Court in New York. In a statement, a lawyer for the Seinfelds, Richard Menaker, termed Lapine's lawsuit a "misguided use of the legal system" and said that her plagiarism claims were "unfounded and untrue." As for Jerry Seinfeld's barbs, Menaker said the performer was "entitled to his opinions."
From HFX News
"HALIFAX - A Cape Breton man who claimed in a lawsuit to have been the brains behind Trivial Pursuit has been ordered to pay the defendants' hefty legal costs. Nova Scotia Supreme Court says David Wall of Westmount will have to pay $1.25 million, minus 20 per cent because of some of the defendants' actions during the hearing. Justice David MacAdam says he reduced the amount because the defendants threatened to sue possible witnesses in the lengthy hearing. The finding comes after MacAdam ruled last June that Wall failed to prove he invented the popular board game. Wall filed a lawsuit in 1994 claiming that in November 1979 he was picked up hitchhiking near Sydney by Chris Haney and during the ride he described a board game based on trivia. Wall said Haney then stole the idea, but Haney and Scott Abbott of Montreal insisted they invented the game in December 1979 and denied ever being in Cape Breton at the time of Wall's alleged chance meeting."
And finally, from News Of The Weird
In December, inmate Michael Polk (serving time for robbery and aggravated assault) filed a federal lawsuit against the Utah Department of Corrections for denying him the right to properly practice his religion, Asatru. According to its teachings, adherents must communicate with ancient Nordic gods (such as Odin, Thor and Heimdal) and for that, it is crucial that they have a Thor's Hammer, a Mead Horn (for drinking Wassail), a drum of wood and boar skin, a "rune staff," and a sword (though Polk graciously said he would accept a cardboard sword).
JANUARY 7--An author today sued Jerry Seinfeld's wife for allegedly plagiarizing a cookbook she wrote and also accused the comedian of defaming her as a "wacko" during an interview with David Letterman. In a federal lawsuit, Missy Chase Lapine alleges that Jessica Seinfeld "brazenly plagiarized" from her 2007 book "The Sneaky Chef" in the writing of Seinfeld's own cookbook (both volumes focused on how to prepare healthy meals for finicky young eaters). When news stories appeared detailing similarities in the two books, Jerry Seinfeld launched a "malicious, premeditated, and knowingly false and defamatory attack" on Lapine, the complaint charges. As part of that campaign, Seinfeld went on Letterman's show and described Lapine as "angry" and "hysterical." He then compared her to the kind of "wackos" that had previously stalked Letterman. The comedian then added that Lapine was a "three-name woman" and "if you read history, many of the three-name people do become assassins." The complaint, an excerpt of which you'll find below, adds that Seinfeld also described Lapine as a "nutjob" in a second television interview. Lapine's lawsuit, which does not specify monetary damages, was filed this afternoon in U.S. District Court in New York. In a statement, a lawyer for the Seinfelds, Richard Menaker, termed Lapine's lawsuit a "misguided use of the legal system" and said that her plagiarism claims were "unfounded and untrue." As for Jerry Seinfeld's barbs, Menaker said the performer was "entitled to his opinions."
From HFX News
"HALIFAX - A Cape Breton man who claimed in a lawsuit to have been the brains behind Trivial Pursuit has been ordered to pay the defendants' hefty legal costs. Nova Scotia Supreme Court says David Wall of Westmount will have to pay $1.25 million, minus 20 per cent because of some of the defendants' actions during the hearing. Justice David MacAdam says he reduced the amount because the defendants threatened to sue possible witnesses in the lengthy hearing. The finding comes after MacAdam ruled last June that Wall failed to prove he invented the popular board game. Wall filed a lawsuit in 1994 claiming that in November 1979 he was picked up hitchhiking near Sydney by Chris Haney and during the ride he described a board game based on trivia. Wall said Haney then stole the idea, but Haney and Scott Abbott of Montreal insisted they invented the game in December 1979 and denied ever being in Cape Breton at the time of Wall's alleged chance meeting."
And finally, from News Of The Weird
In December, inmate Michael Polk (serving time for robbery and aggravated assault) filed a federal lawsuit against the Utah Department of Corrections for denying him the right to properly practice his religion, Asatru. According to its teachings, adherents must communicate with ancient Nordic gods (such as Odin, Thor and Heimdal) and for that, it is crucial that they have a Thor's Hammer, a Mead Horn (for drinking Wassail), a drum of wood and boar skin, a "rune staff," and a sword (though Polk graciously said he would accept a cardboard sword).