Posted on 01/03/2008 11:13:22 AM PST by ShadowDancer
Model Sues Jewelry Company, Saying Ad Makes Her Look Lewd
Thursday, January 03, 2008
NEW YORK — A model who says she has worked hard to maintain a wholesome image has filed a $5 million lawsuit complaining that a jewelry company's video advertisement in which she writhes and moans looks pornographic.
The commercial, seen on the Internet in a clip entitled "Rock Her World," shows a woman wearing blue lacy lingerie and a diamond necklace while moaning and stroking her face and neck. It ends with the Web address for the jewelry company, Szul.com.
Click here to see the ad on YouTube.
The 37-year-old woman claims in her lawsuit that she did not "consent to or authorize the use of her likeness, picture, image or name to simulate a female having an orgasm or otherwise experiencing sexual pleasure."
"Indeed, the music to the commercial is bump-and-grind burlesque type music, which further provides the advertisement with a decidedly pornographic look, feel and sound," states the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court.
The plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, says in court papers she won the role in the commercial for Szul Jewelry Inc. in November. She says the idea was that an average guy would get a woman excited by putting a necklace on her.
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GUILTY!!!
She had no idea that her acting could be portrayed as sexual and/or orgasmic? Sounds liek she’s just irritated that with her paycheck.
Her ‘acting’ on the video belies her claim. That’s a performance truly worthy of Meg Ryan.
Translation: I never told my parents I was in the ad.
Yeppers. She acted the part, for the cameras, of a woman receiving more than a necklace, shall we say. The producers could have used a Hayden string quartet or the "I Like You" song from Barney as the soundtrack and it'd still look like the same.
Fox loves this stuff. Expect to see this as a big story on O'Reilly, Hannity & Colmes, and Greta von Susteren tonight.
One for the list ping!
Could be of interest. Or perhaps not.
Guilty or not? LOL
Just saw the video. I don't believe her, of course. My guess is either her husband threw a fit when he saw the commercial, or she realized it might damage her career prospects as an elementary school teacher.
You can see a video of the ad HERE
It certainly could be.
oy vey
i vote stupid/disingenuous.
At least it doesn’t make her look fat.
If a man gave me a diamond necklace——
I’d hop up out of bed and look out the window for four skeletons on horses. Come to think of it, Nostradamus predicted it!
Unless the release she signed was written by the worst lawyer in the world, she is SOL.
Hey! What's the camera got that I don't!
Meg Ryan was better... yawn
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