Posted on 06/18/2007 10:12:30 AM PDT by Roberts
Singer may sue over radio show's "nut job" advertisements
JUNE 17--Britney Spears is threatening legal action against a Florida radio station that used a bald-headed photo of the pop star on billboards that appear to call her sanity into question. In a June 14 letter to Clear Channel Communications lawyer Donna Schneider, Spears's counsel claims that the billboards promoting the MJ Morning Show were "outrageous to the extreme" and demanded their removal. A copy of the Spears legal letter can be found below. The three outdoor advertisements, which are reproduced at right, pair a paparazzi photo of a bald, snarling Spears with a picture of WFLZ morning show host Todd Schnitt (who uses the air name MJ Kelli). They are headlined, "Total Nut Jobs," "Shock Therapy," and "Certifiable." According to the star's lawyer, Spears's "likeness has a multi-million-dollar value for authorized commercial exploitations" and, as a result, she is entitled to "very substantial damages" from Clear Channel. The MJ Morning Show airs on several stations across Florida. The Spears billboards, which first appeared last month, advertised the program in Tampa, Jacksonville, and Clearwater. (2 pages)
I’d hit it!
I think Brit should hire a high-powered lawyer to bring suit against herself for substantial and irreversible damage she has done to her commercial image...
At one time, Britney was famous for being a singer/dancer (although IMHO not very good at either).
Now she is just like Paris Hilton, famous for being famous.
Talk about driving with your top down.
Lots of people wouldn’t even have known the billboards existed if she hadn’t drawn attention to them.
However, I think everyone knew she had shaved her head.
Isn't that biting the hand that feeds you? Clear Channel is one of the reasons she's made a lot of money, because they play her crap on their stations.
Britney is Anna Nicole Smith with a SLIGHTLY better singing voice.
Which one is Britney? Oh, the one on the right has hair in the bottom picture.
the only thing i would hit brittney with would be a broom- to make her go away. I don’t want to take Valtrex for the rest of my life
This is Florida we’re talking about...home of the SCOFLA. I’d wager she stands a good chance of collecting.
Dude, I wouldn’t hit that skank with yours.
Shouldn’t she just stop acting crazy, as opposed to suing?
I wouldn’t let you! I’d have already done it first. Oh yeah, so what if she has aged 15 years in 5 years time.
Time and gravity have not been so nice to her.
This skank walks into Public Rest Rooms at Gas Stations bare foot.
Yep, and then they'll see the picture and agree that she's a nutjob or worse.
Driving with your top, not actually down, but sagging...
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