Granoff sued HKS and ANS 2002. Granoff charged HKS with contract interference. Looks like Granoff claims the E! deal unlike the Sternies giving credit to HKS. hum .. another . I promise to pay off my Marshal money, what a surprise, not. What fools these so called professionals must be.
10/1/2002 HKS develops a company Hot Smoochie Lips
10/28/02 Granoff sues
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Posted: 12:03 PM EST (1703 GMT)
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/10/30/showbuzz/index.html
Smith, the 34-year-old buxom model who has been in court repeatedly in recent years to get a part of the estate of her deceased husband, a billionaire oil tycoon, faces a lawsuit over about $155,000 in allegedly unpaid bills and legal fees. The suit also seeks $25 million in damages from Smith and her lawyer, Howard K. Stern.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court Monday, claims Smith retained David Granoff Public Relations through an oral contract from April 2000 until late September.
During that time, Granoff claims he helped Smith secure her show with E! Entertainment as well as photo spreads in magazines including “Vanity Fair” and Cuervo Gold commercials in Latin America.
Smith’s attorney, who said he has not been served the court papers, said Granoff “hasn’t been her publicist for some time.”
The suit accuses Stern of coercing Smith to cut off contact with Granoff.
Date Filed # Docket Text
10/28/2002 1 COMPLAINT filed. Summons issued and Notice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(c). FILING FEE $ 150.00 RECEIPT # 454546. (laq) (Entered: 10/31/2002)
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
By John Lehman
E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
LOS ANGELES — Anna Nicole Smith has fired back a tit-for-tat lawsuit at her estranged public-relations agent, demanding $1.5 million for continuing to use her photo on his Web site after their split.
The TV tart bared her claws at Manhattan PR man David Granoff after he sued her last fall for failing to pay $155,000.
Smith failed to pay Granoff’s PR agency a dime after she was awarded big bread from the estate of her late husband, Texan Howard Marshall II, despite promising in 2000 to pay “handsomely” for its work, Granoff claimed.
He sought $25 million in damages.
But in new documents filed in Manhattan federal court the former Playboy pinup has countersued Granoff, saying he falsely used a promotional picture of her on his Web site and claimed she was still a client after she left.
A lawyer for Smith says she has been damaged to the tune of $500,000 and is seeking another $1 million in punitive damages.
My, my...There sure is a pattern here.