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Joe Montana Sues His Ex Over Selling His Stuff

Should you be able to sell the love letters from a famous ex? Joe Montana doesn't think so. The NFL football great has sued his ex-wife Kim Moses and Heritage Auction over the sale of love letters and other memorabilia dating back to his college days at Notre Dame. Montana says that the items which were sold at Heritage on May 3, violated his copyright and privacy rights. The items sold include the couple's marriage certificate, her bridal veil, Montana's college I.D. card and a lot of personal letters and cards full of all sorts of intimate details. Montana is seeking damages in excess of $75,000 and the lawsuit says that Moses obtained some of the items without his consent after they were divorced (the couple married in 1974 and divorced less than three years later). Whether or not it is legal remains to be seen but it does show questionable taste to auction off one's college love letters to the highest bidder.

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Tags: auction, expire-images2009-5-9, joe montana, JoeMontana, kim moses, lawsuit, nfl

Heidi Klum Sued For Lack of Originality

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

Does Van Cleef and Arpels have sole rights to the quatrefoil shape? That seems to be their assertion, the esteemed jewelry company sued German supermodel Heidi Klum's company on Friday, saying that the vintage clover jewelry design she uses in her jewelry (shown in the earrings she is wearing at right) for her company and for Mouawad is copied from from Van Cleef's vintage Alhambra jewelry line. The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks a relatively modest amount, just $25,000 in damages. It is true that Klum and Van Cleef and Arpels use the same shape in their designs but it's about as original as using a an open heart in jewelry.

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Tags: clover, heidi klum, HeidiKlum, jewelry, lawsuit, mouawad, quatrefoil

William Koch Alleges Another Wine Fraud

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Auctions

I just mentioned him yesterday and now William Koch, the deep-pocketed wine collector who made news earlier this year when he sued German collector Hardy Rodenstock over wines owned by Thomas Jefferson that proved to be counterfeit, is on the warpath again. The Wall Street Journal reports that Koch filed a lawsuit in New York City in regards to a 2005 Zachys auction where he spent $3.7 million on what he thought were rare Bordeaux wines but later turned out to be fake. He says he was led to buy the wine by the collector, Eric Greenberg, who allegedly knew that some of the bottles were fakes because he had already commissioned the head of Christie's wine department and another wine expert to check them out. The suit also says that Greenberg himself had received a settlement from the wine merchant who had sold him the wines. The lawsuit doesn't says that Zachys knew the wine was counterfeit.

Decanter also reports that Eric Greenberg was the consignor behind Acker Merrall & Condit's recent "The Man With the Golden Cellar" auction which brought in $15,563,359. Greenberg's lawyer says the lawsuit charges are false and the Greenberg would never sell wine he knew to be counterfeit. Still, the buyers from that most recent auction have to be a bit unnerved.

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Tags: counterfeit wine, CounterfeitWine, lawsuit, william koch, WilliamKoch, wine, wine bottles, wine fraud, zachys

Jackson Auction Next Month, Michael's Upset

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

If you're a Jackson fan then you'll be happy to know that at the end of next month there's an auction scheduled with over 1,100 Jackson family items set to go up on the block. One person who isn't so happy about it, however, is the biggest Jackson of all -- Michael himself.

Items available for bidding will include everything from handwritten lyrics to the old Jackson 5 hit ABC to Michael Jackson's gold record for Thriller. Michael claims he had no idea his memorabilia was going to be included in the auction, and is considering possible legal action to stop it.

I can see how it would be sad to see somebody else selling off your old stuff for a profit, but as far as lawsuits go I can't imagine anybody would try to auction off celebrity property, especially Jackson property in such a public way, unless they had the right to do so? But you never know, people can be pretty crazy.

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Tags: auction, jackson, jackson 5, jackson family, jackson five, Jackson5, JacksonFamily, JacksonFive, lawsuit, lawsuits, memorabilia, michael, thriller

Google's Larry and Sergey having Plane Problems

by Trey Evans (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wings, Celebrity Shopping

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have gotten in some legal hot water over the design of their 767-200 that they're trying to have outfitted. First, there was arguing between the two Google guys as to who go what room and what to put in them, as well as silly things such as hammocks in a plane and the overall party nature of the jet in general. Then, the designer was terminated from the project for not properly doing his work, and even more lawsuits fly. Either way, the 767 is gorgeous, and if you're in the San Antonio area, it may still be over by the Piedmont Hawthorne hangar at SAT, so swing by and take a look, it was there a month ago.

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Man Sues Wal-Mart Over Fake Handbags

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Handbags

The Louis Vuitton group isn't the only one filing suit against Wal-Mart Inc. for allegedly selling counterfeit handbags. A doctor in Kentucky has also filed a suit against the company for selling him fake Prada bags and representing them as real.

After purchasing three bags, he sent one to his sister, living in Italy, as a gift. When the bag started to fall apart, she took it to the Prada factory for repairs and they informed her that it was a fake. A Wal-Mart spokesperson says that the company is prepared to show that their bags are real, while Prada says that Wal-Mart is not one of their clients.

[Thanks, Jordan]

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Tags: fendi, handbag, italy, lawsuit, prada, purse, wal-mart

Fendi Fights Fakes at Wal-Mart

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Handbags

Fendi has filed suit against Wal-Mart after accusing the retailer of selling counterfeit bags while representing them as the real thing. The bags in question were sold at the warehouse Sam's Club stores, which are owned by Wal-Mart. Fendi asserts that Wal-Mart never purchased products from them, nor did they inquire as to the authenticity of the goods they were buying from their suppliers. As the stores were selling the bags for 45% below retail, it does seem quite possible that they "fell off the back of a truck" somewhere, though Wal-Mart declined to comment.

Somehow, the "don't ask, don't tell" acquisition strategy seems like it is most effective when purchasing a single bag in a back alley somewhere - though still not great from the designer's perspective - than when the world's largest retailer, already under a lot of scrutiny, starts buying them in bulk.

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Tags: counterfeit, designer, fake, fendi, handbags, lawsuit, shopping, wal-mart

Melanie Griffith Sued by Designer

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Celebrity Shopping

It looks like Jessica Simpson isn't the only one being sued over a dispute with a designer. Melanie Griffith is being sued for breach of contract by Niklas J. Palm, a Los Angeles-based, Emmy-winning designer, for $26,000 to pay for three gowns. The dresses were worn by Griffith and her two daughters at the Golden Globes and provided for free in exchange for a mention of his name on the red carpet. Not only did she did not mention that the gowns were designed by Palm when interviewed, but Griffith claimed that she designed the gowns herself.

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Tags: breach of contract, celebrities, celebrity, contract, design, designer, dress, fashion, golden globes, gown, lawsuit, melanie griffith, Niklas J. Palm, NiklasJ.Palm

Trump Sues

by Rick Reed (RSS feed) —

No one can claim Trump doesn't think big, especially when it comes to real estate and lawsuits. Not only is he working on a 45-story luxury condo high-rise in Philly, he's decided to file a defamation lawsuit against Warner Books and author Timothy O'Brien for publishing claims that Trump's net worth is considerably lower than he claims. Trump is seeking $2.5 billion in compensatory damages and $2.5 billion in punitive damages. Trump said in a statement, "Rather than sitting back and letting false statements be published without challenge, I believe it is important to expose irresponsible, malicious and false reporting." The book claims Trump's worth "somewhere between $150 million and $250 million."

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Tags: billionaire, donald trump, DonaldTrump, lawsuit, Trump

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