The lawsuits between Carrie Prejean and the Miss California Pageant have been settled:
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) A former Miss California, Carrie Prejean, and organizers of the state beauty pageant, have settled dueling lawsuits surrounding Prejean’s high-profile stand on gay marriage, and her much-remarked-upon breast implants.
Now, everyone can stand down.
A joint statement released Tuesday says Prejean and pageant organizers reached a confidential settlement on both legal fronts.
In August, Prejean sued Miss California USA organizers for libel, slander and religious discrimination. She accused them of telling her to stop mentioning God, even before she made controversial remarks against gay marriage.
Prejean was fired in June after pageant officials accused her of missing events, an allegation that she denied.
Then last month, in a retaliatory strike in the “pageant wars,” the Miss California producers countersued Prejean over those breast implants.
Pageant organizer “K2 Productions” alleged Prejean owed $5,200, for breast implants the pageant paid for at Prejean’s request. According to the suit, Prejean requested the surgery “to be more competitive” at the 2009 Miss USA pageant, and further, agreed to repay the loan that “K2 Productions” fronted.
Seems the parties figured that one out, too.
Their joint statement says Prejean and the pageant “wish each other the best in their future endeavors.”
TMZ has what appears to be the rest of the story:
Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement
negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials — that is, until the lawyer for the Pageant showed Carrie an XXX home video of her handiwork.The video the lawyer showed Carrie is extremely graphic and has never been released publicly. We know that, because TMZ obtained the video months ago but decided not to post it because it was so racy. Let’s just say, Carrie has a promising solo career.
We’re told it took about 15 seconds for Carrie to jettison her demand and essentially walk away with nothing. As we first reported, the Pageant is paying around $100,000 to her lawyers and publicist — a fraction of her bills. She pockets nothing in the settlement.
Don’t let the people at the Value Voters Summit know about this.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Ain’t it interesting how the louder they voice their family values, the bigger perv they turn out to be…?
November 6th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I am sold on the confidence that pageants build in young women. I believe that pageantry has so many hidden benefits not to mention scholarship money.
But this situation is crazy.