Lohan Tells Pitbull: 'Give Me Everything'
Lindsay Lohan has sued rapper Pitbull for an injunction and damages, claiming that the hit song “Give Me Everything” tarnished her reputation by making a “distasteful” allusion to her arrest record.
Lohan has a real penchant for suing people.
Last year, Lohan filed a similar lawsuit against E*Trade, claiming she was defamed by a commercial in which a baby accuses her “boyfriend” of cheating with “that milkaholic Lindsay.” That case was reportedly withdrawn and settled for a confidential sum.
I think this case with Pitbull will end similarly; withdrawing for an undisclosed amount. When I first heard about this claim, I thought the whole song was about Lohan but her name is only mentioned once in the following lyric:
got it locked up, like Lindsay Lohan
It would be very hard for her to prove that Pitbull’s lyrics “greatly injured” her career and caused her “tremendous emotional distress” considering she has been imprisoned twice and been on house arrest once and following all those times, she still managed to find fruitful work as an actor. Last time I checked, stating a fact is not liable.
California Civil Code Section 46 states the following:
Slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, and also communications by radio or any mechanical or other means which:
1. Charges any person with crime, or with having been indicted,
2. Imputes in him the present existence of an infectious,contagious, or loathsome disease;
3. Tends directly to injure him in respect to his office, profession, trade or business, either by imputing to him general disqualification in those respects which the office or other occupation peculiarly requires, or by imputing something with reference to his office, profession, trade, or business that has a natural tendency to lessen its profits;
4. Imputes to him impotence or a want of chastity; or
5. Which, by natural consequence, causes actual damage.
I believe only 1 and 3 apply in this case but, honestly, she needs to prove that what Pitbull said was false. Honestly, I’m surprised that she’s going through with this. Defamation is notoriously hard to prove and the payout is well… Not worth it.
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Breaking News of the Day: After spending half their lives behind bars for a murder many believe they did not commit, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin — better known as the “West Memphis 3” — are free men today, having accepted a complicated deal that required them to plead guilty to the crime.
Echols, Misskelley, and Baldwin were convicted in 1993 of murdering and mutilating the bodies of Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers, supposedly as part of a satanic ritual (the moral panic du jour at the time). Echols received a death sentence, while Misskelley was sentenced to life in prison plus two 20-year sentences. Baldwin was sentenced to life.
Unrelenting high-profile support for the innocence of the WM3 from such celebrities as Eddie Vedder and Johnny Depp spurred the re-examination of DNA evidence from the crime scene, which appeared to absolve the three men of any wrongdoing.
The confusing legal arrangement that allowed the WM3 to go free — known as an “Alford plea” — required them state that prosecution “could likely convince a judge or jury” that they were guilty, while permitting them to maintain innocence at the same time.
They were sentenced by Circuit Court Judge David Laser to 18 years with credit for time served and an additional 10-year suspended sentence. Steve Branch, Stevie Branch’s father, objected to the plea deal, telling the judge “If you go through with this, you’re going to open Pandora’s Box.”
“It’s not perfect,” said Echols at the post-release press conference, referring to the deal, “but at least it brings closure to some aspects. We can still try to clear our names but now from the outside.”
[ca / wreg / @acarvin.]
For a very thorough look at this case, check out the documentaries Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost: Revelations. Apparently there are two more sequels planned that will probably cover their Alfred pleas to some degree of detail.
On a more personal note, I never thought I’d see them free and I’m extremely excited for them.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq6s0gIvRq1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
