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Prejean May Sue &mdash;This Time, Over Sex Tape
 Prejean 
 May Sue 
 —This Time, 
 Over Sex Tape 
HOT LEGAL ISSUES
Nov 5, 2009 9:51 AM CST

Prejean May Sue —This Time, Over Sex Tape

Former Miss Cali's lawyer considering breach of contract lawsuit

(Newser) - Only a day after Carrie Prejean dropped her lawsuit against the Miss California Pageant, she's ready for another. The dethroned Miss California’s lawyer says, thanks to sex tape rumors, they may sue for breach of contract. “It seems as if someone has acted in an unethical and unlawful...

Sex Tape Got Prejean to Settle Suit
 Sex Tape 
 Got Prejean 
 to Settle Suit 
HUH, HOW ABOUT THAT?
Nov 4, 2009 6:51 PM CST

Sex Tape Got Prejean to Settle Suit

TMZ says it's had too-racy-to-post video for months

(Newser) - Today’s decision by former Miss California Carrie Prejean to drop a lawsuit against the pageant came after one of its lawyers showed Prejean a sex tape that TMZ says it obtained “months ago but decided not to post … because it was so racy.” As part of...

Prejean, Pageant Drop Lawsuits
 Prejean, Pageant Drop Lawsuits 
NO BOOB-JOB REPO
Nov 4, 2009 8:12 AM CST

Prejean, Pageant Drop Lawsuits

Former Miss California will not have to pay for her new breasts

(Newser) - Have we heard the last of Carrie Prejean? Probably not, but the former Miss California and pageant producers have dropped their dueling lawsuits. A statement says they “wish each other the best in their future endeavors,” but gives no word on the settlement reached. A source tells Radar...

Prejean: Suit a 'Smear Campaign'
 Prejean: Suit a 
 'Smear Campaign' 
BOOB JOB LAWSUITS
Oct 21, 2009 8:08 AM CDT

Prejean: Suit a 'Smear Campaign'

Pageant wants money back for Carrie's breast implants

(Newser) - Thanks to the Miss California pageant’s lawsuit to reclaim the cash it spent on her boob job, Carrie Prejean is still talking. Through her lawyer, at least: He tells Radar the lawsuit is just the latest in an “ongoing smear campaign” and that the pageant is inventing “...

Pageant Wants Its Money Back for Prejean's Implants

Miss California officials quote scripture right back at stripped winner

(Newser) - The Miss California pageant wants back the money it ponied up for Carrie Prejean to get breast implants, countering her lawsuit with one of its own. Prejean alleges she was a victim of, among other things, religious discrimination in being stripped of her crown after taking an anti-gay-marriage stance; the...

'God Chose Me' to Defend Marriage: Prejean

'I had the courage and the bravery that a lot of people don’t have': ex-Miss Calif.

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean says she believes she was divinely chosen as a defender of traditional marriage, Politico reports. “God had a plan for me” when he arranged for her to answer Perez Hilton’s question on gay marriage during the 2009 Miss USA pageant, Prejean told the Value Voters Summit...

Axed Miss Calif. Sues Pageant

Carrie Prejean accuses pageant officials of religious discrimination

(Newser) - Dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean has filed a lawsuit against the officials who stripped her of the Miss California title, CNN reports. Prejean—who sparked an uproar when she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage at the Miss USA pageant earlier this year—alleges that she suffered from libel and...

World Hates Prejean Cuz She's Hot: Trump
 World Hates Prejean 
 Cuz She's Hot: Trump 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 19, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

World Hates Prejean Cuz She's Hot: Trump

Plus, first Survivor gets dragged back to jail, and more

(Newser) - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is only controversial “because she’s so beautiful,” Donald Trump told David Letterman last night. “She said that a man should marry a woman, and it became very controversial for whatever reason, but I always said it was really because of her...

Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue
 Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue 
Jul 31, 2009 10:08 AM CDT

Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue

Claims 'lost earnings,' even though she got a book deal...

(Newser) - The Miss California drama isn’t over yet: dethroned Carrie Prejean is filing a lawsuit against the organization, reports Perez Hilton, who snagged a copy of the complaint. Prejean names Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler, but not Donald Trump, as defendants in her suit for—among other things—slander, libel,...

Prejean Plans Book on Miss USA Scandal

(Newser) - Former Miss California and gay-marriage opponent Carrie Prejean will pen a memoir about her time at the center of a media maelstrom, US News & World Report notes. Still Standing is due on shelves before Christmas. “The 22-year-old won the respect of millions for modeling something other than evening...

Prejean, Pageant Threaten Dueling Lawsuits

Both sides threaten lawsuits

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean is threatening to sue Miss California USA for defamation, TMZ reports, and the pageant isn't taking it sitting down. The Miss California people sent her lawyer a letter stating that if she continues to publicly claim innocence, they'll sue her. If she keeps asserting that she was "...

Heidi to Bare All for Playboy
 Heidi to Bare All for Playboy 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jun 12, 2009 10:51 AM CDT

Heidi to Bare All for Playboy

Also, New Orleans campaigns for a famous mayor, and more

(Newser) - In case you didn’t get enough of her on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, you’ll be able to see all of Heidi Pratt, née Montag, in September’s Playboy, People reports. “There is nudity. It's tasteful,” says a source. Elsewhere:
  • Brad
...

Pageant Pushed Playboy: Prejean

But nasty e-mails make Carrie seem like the one at fault

(Newser) - Accusations are flying between Carrie Prejean and Miss California pageant officials, TMZ reports. The dethroned winner says a pageant exec tried to force her to appear semi-nude in Playboy; Keith Lewis says he was honoring her wish that he pass along offers before declining them. The high-profile gay-marriage opponent also...

Trump Fires Miss California
 Trump Fires Miss California 
Jun 10, 2009 2:28 PM CDT

Trump Fires Miss California

Prejean not interested in abiding by contract: Trump

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean has lost her Miss California crown for repeatedly breaching her pageant contract, Fox News reports. “This was a business decision,” says a pageant producer. Pageant head Donald Trump stood by the call: “I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her...

I Dated Miss Cali's Mom: Ex-Galpal

Tabloid reveals secret lesbian affair

(Newser) - Infamous gay marriage opponent Carrie Prejean is back in the tabloids. Miss California’s mother, Francine Coppola, had an affair with another woman, Star reports. “Yes, Francine and I dated,” her ex-girlfriend Valerie Vetrano says. But it ended when “Francine explained how she was a Christian and...

Miss Cali Snags Fox News Gig

Prejean will guest host popular morning show

(Newser) - In what seems perhaps an inevitable move, Carrie Prejean will guest host a Fox News Channel morning show May 27, according to US News & World Report. Miss California, who became a hero of gay marriage opponents during the Miss USA pageant, will fill in for Gretchen Carlson on Fox ...

Palin Leaps to Miss Cali's Defense
Palin Leaps to Miss Cali's Defense
May 14, 2009 3:18 AM CDT

Palin Leaps to Miss Cali's Defense

Ex-Miss Wasilla slams 'despicable' liberal attacks on Prejean

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has come to the defense of Carrie Prejean, calling attacks on the beauty queen "despicable," reports the Washington Post. The Alaska governor—and former Miss Wasilla—blasted the "liberal onslaught of malicious attacks" on the embattled Miss California. Palin said she spoke to Prejean soon...

Director Moakler Bails On Miss Cali Pageant

Executive director resigns a day after decision

(Newser) - Shanna Moakler has resigned as executive director of the Miss California USA pageant, she tells Us magazine a day after Carrie Prejean was allowed to keep her crown and Donald Trump promised all was well in pageant-land. “I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the...

Olbermann to Prejean: WTF!?!

Host slams pageant queen for self-righteous attitude

(Newser) - Keith Olbermann ripped “holier-than-thou know-it-all” Carrie Prejean in the new “WTF!?!” segment of his show last night, Gawker reports. “This is no longer about her opinion, it’s about her,” Olbermann insisted, tweaking the beauty queen on the First Amendment: “Your grandfather did...

Dethroned Miss Nevada: 'Um, Hello?!'

Double standard isn't fair, she whines

(Newser) - Of all those seething as Donald Trump allowed Carrie Prejean to keep her crown yesterday was Miss Nevada 2007—also a beauty queen in the 21st century, also a victim of naughty photos surfacing, but instead stripped of her crown and not very happy about yesterday's turn of events. “...

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