Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has asked the courts to throw out a lawsuit brought against him for making fun of Missy Chase Lepine, the woman suing his wife for plagiarism.
A comedian making fun of someone is one thing. But disparaging her reputation??? That’s major shiz.
Refresher, ya’ll!
Lepine is the author of The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals. It’s a book about how to sneak veggies into dishes in a way your kids would never suss out.
Said book came out in April 2007. Mrs. Seinfeld’s book, Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food also features ways to fake out your kids by putting veggies in their meals. Seinfeld’s book was published in October 2007.
Lepine claims that since her book was out first and that there are some EERILY similar recipes that Seinfeld is a total copycat.
Lawyers for the Seinfelds dismissed the plagiarism allegations in the court filing, saying, “The idea of sneaking healthy foods into a child’s diet is not original to your (Lepine) author.”
So after Lepine filed the plagiarism lawsuit Jerry Seinfeld went on the Letterman and called Lapine a wacko and compared her to the killers of John Lennon and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lepine didn’t appreciate that and filed a suit accusing him of slander and defamation.
“Jerry Seinfeld made overstatements of opinion for comic effect,” the comedian’s lawyers said in the filing.
Overstatement? That’s the best your high priced lawyer could come up with??????
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