Author Jay Louis and publisher Simon Spotlight Entertainment are facing two recently-filed lawsuits over the book HOT CHICKS WITH DOUCHEBAGS. Three New Jersey women filed suit last month, charging “commercial exploitation” of their likenesses without consent and invasion of privacy by depicting them as “dubious females who hate men.” The complaint notes, “this belief and/or depictation [sic] is not open for public observation, but is rather a private matter.” Last Friday, club promoter Michael Minnelli filed suit in Las Vegas, charging that his depiction in the book is “derogatory, offensive, and otherwise defamatory.” The plaintiff says he has been “the […]
