Lindsay Lohan sues over "milkaholic" E*Trade ad
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.
Lohan alleged that online brokerage's use in the ad the girl, also named Lindsay, improperly invoked her "likeness, name, characterization, and personality" without permission, violating her right of privacy.
In her lawsuit filed Monday in a Nassau County, New York state court, the 23-year-old actress sought $50 million of compensatory damages and $50 million of exemplary damages. She also demanded that E*Trade stop running the ad and turn over all copies to her.
Lohan's lawyer Stephanie Ovadia did not return requests for a comment. An E*Trade spokeswoman declined to comment, saying the New York-based company had not reviewed the complaint. A copy of the complaint is available at www.tmz.com.
The New York Post reported the lawsuit earlier Tuesday. It said Ovadia maintained that Lohan has the same "single-name" recognition as celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Madonna.
Give me a freakin' break! "Single-name" recognition? Prior to Madonna, there weren't too many Madonnas running around. And Cher was the first Cher I'd ever heard of. But Lindsay? There are Lindsays everywhere. Lindsay Lohan is hardly the first. I can even think of one who made it big in Hollywood before La Lohan. Besides, how can E*Trade, or anyone else for that matter, damage a reputation like hers? NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.
Lohan alleged that online brokerage's use in the ad the girl, also named Lindsay, improperly invoked her "likeness, name, characterization, and personality" without permission, violating her right of privacy.
In her lawsuit filed Monday in a Nassau County, New York state court, the 23-year-old actress sought $50 million of compensatory damages and $50 million of exemplary damages. She also demanded that E*Trade stop running the ad and turn over all copies to her.
Lohan's lawyer Stephanie Ovadia did not return requests for a comment. An E*Trade spokeswoman declined to comment, saying the New York-based company had not reviewed the complaint. A copy of the complaint is available at www.tmz.com.
The New York Post reported the lawsuit earlier Tuesday. It said Ovadia maintained that Lohan has the same "single-name" recognition as celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Madonna.
This lawsuit will probably get tossed by the court. If she somehow manages to win, however, I'm taking it as a sign that the apocalypse is at hand.
4 comments:
That kid is way too cute to be lumped in with Lohan.
Lohan is yet another "star" who mistakenly believes she is a sun around whom all we little planets revolve.
Someone's low on crack money...
Someone's low on crack money...
Naomi,
I guess that's what happens when you become rich and famous too early and spend your life surrounded by sycophants.
utter_scoundrel,
Yeah, both Lindsay and her lawyer.
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