Las Vegas club promoter Michael Minelli filed a libel lawsuit against the author and publisher of the book Hot Chicks With Douchebags. Minelli, age 27, says that two pages of the book are devoted to characterizing him as a "douchebag," and his image was used without his permission.Courthouse News Service: In Libel Suit Against Simon & Schuster, Man Insists He Is Not A Douchebag (November 18, 2008) Minelli claims that everyone from "friends" to "strangers" have called him a "douchebag," because of the book.The Smoking Gun: Alleged "Douchebag" Sues Author (November 18, 2008)
Douchebag Lawsuit
Minelli claims the author of Hot Chicks with Douchebags, Jay Louis, used his photograph without permission. In the book, Minelli is described as a "popped-collar, spikey-haired presence was so far beyond regular douche, so far beyond uberdouche, he could spontaneously create a new element on the periodic tables--Douche Nine."The Smoking Gun: Alleged "Douchebag" Sues Author (November 18, 2008) Minelli found out about the book after he was contacted by a friend.The Smoking Gun: Alleged "Douchebag" Sues Author Page 4 (November 18, 2008)
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Filed a libel lawsuit against Jay Louis and Simon & SchusterThe Smoking Gun: Alleged "Douchebag" Sues Author (November 18, 2008)
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Minelli says the book has subjected him to "hatred, contempt and humiliation"The Smoking Gun: Alleged "Douchebag" Sues Author (November 18, 2008)
