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Woman Sues Over 'Girls Gone Wild'
AP (via NY Times) ^
| January 22, 2002
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 01/22/2002 11:20:09 AM PST by 68skylark
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A woman who bared her breasts at Mardi Gras and got worldwide exposure has sued the producers of the ``Girls Gone Wild'' videos, claiming they invaded her privacy and used her image without permission.
Becky Lynn Gritzke, a Florida State University business major, admits in her lawsuit that she was among the women who removed their tops at Mardi Gras last year in exchange for beads and trinkets.
A month later, Gritzke said, she was surprised to find out that she not only appeared in the video series featuring women baring their bodies, but was also seen in the TV ad and Web site.
Gritzke is seeking unspecified damages.
Ronald E. Guttman, an attorney for MRA Holdings LLC, the video's producers, said there is no privacy protection for people who take their clothes off in public, especially at a big public event where many people have cameras.
Guttman has asked a Florida court to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed in September.
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I'm as sorry as anyone that no photos accompanied this article.
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:20:09 AM PST
by
68skylark
To: 68skylark
Ronald E. Guttman, an attorney for MRA Holdings LLC, the video's producers, said there is no privacy protection for people who take their clothes off in public, especially at a big public event where many people have cameras.This makes entirely too much sense...
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:22:36 AM PST
by
Poohbah
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To: 68skylark
I'm guessing that this lawsuit disappears faster than a Clinton promise. She has no case at all.
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:23:34 AM PST
by
Maceman
To: 68skylark
Worldwide exposure, eh?
To: 68skylark
claiming they invaded her privacy and used her image without permission. She's only p'od 'cause they're making money from it and she's not.
To: Maceman
Yeh, but I bet it'll increase sales of these tapes...
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:24:41 AM PST
by
Exeter
To: 68skylark
a Florida State University business majorWe used to make fun of the female business majors at FSU. They used to not show us their breasts.
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:25:12 AM PST
by
Wm Bach
To: 68skylark
"there is no privacy protection for people who take their clothes off in public, especially at a big public event where many people have cameras." I agree. They do the same thing here in Mobile every year during Mardi Gras. Many people will not take their kids to Mardi Gras anymore because of the 'roudiness.'
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:25:38 AM PST
by
blam
To: 68skylark
Do the crime....do the time.
"Mommy, have you ever been in the movies?"
To: 68skylark
I say they take it to Judge Judy or the people's court. No coverups!
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:26:16 AM PST
by
ZOOKER
To: 68skylark
Becky Lynn Gritzke, a Florida State University business major, admits in her lawsuit that she was among the women who removed their tops at Mardi Gras last year in exchange for beads and trinkets. She is a business major and made a trade like that? Did she learn nothing in the history lessons where the Indians traded Long Island for beads and trinkets?
To: 68skylark
A woman who bared her breasts at Mardi Gras and got worldwide exposure has sued the producers of the ``Girls Gone Wild'' videos, claiming they invaded her privacy and used her image without permission.
LMAO only in America. She's probably a retrovirgin too.
To: 68skylark
This makes as much sense as a stripper complaining that she gets her butt pinched occasionally...
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To: 68skylark
Anyone remember the SNL skit on this from last year? It's priceless.
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:27:34 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
To: 68skylark
This will get major media attention,followed by a spread in playboy very soon.If she can't re-coup in the court she might as well sell her image to playboy.She'll be worth millions in a few years.
To: 68skylark
I'm as sorry as anyone that no photos accompanied this article. Actually it almost rises to the level of "abuse". ;)
To: 68skylark
As an aside, apparently here in Quebec we have a law that states that you can't use someone's image/likeness without their express permission, save for use in a news broadcast. I believe it's the only law in North America with such a law. FYI
To: ZOOKER
Or is that Jugs Judy?
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posted on
01/22/2002 11:28:12 AM PST
by
js1138
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