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3/9/2010

Look in the Mirror and What Do You See?

Filed under: Law — DRJ @ 7:01 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

Does Lindsay Lohan see herself as a milk-aholic boyfriend-stealing cutie?

“Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E-Trade, insisting that a boyfriend-stealing, “milkaholic” baby in its latest commercial — who happens to be named Lindsay — was modeled after her. And she wants $100 million for her pain and suffering, The Post has learned.

The actress filed a lawsuit yesterday in Nassau County Supreme Court over the commercial that debuted during the Super Bowl this year.”

Lohan reportedly has demanded $50 million in exemplary damages and another $50 million in compensatory damages. The E-Trade ad is at the link.

— DRJ

32 Responses to “Look in the Mirror and What Do You See?”

  1. Another twit.

    HeavenSent (c3c032)

  2. It’s really a shame that someone who was rather charming and likeable as a young actress has gone so far off the deep end. I understand that she has a really bad family situation, but it appears that her business and legal advisers and her publicist aren’t doing her any favors either.

    JVW (fd30ab)

  3. Drugs fry your brain but it is not a good idea to flaunt it.

    Mike K (2cf494)

  4. You did say twit, didn’t you?

    PatriotRider (483886)

  5. I wouldn’t know who Lohan is if not for the news flashes of her being arrested monthly.

    Scrapiron (996c34)

  6. i couldn’t tell you a single release LL has been in. the only reason i know she exists at all is because i’ve seen her, or heard, her name in a variety of breathless scandal headlines over the years. to my mind, she’s just one of the current crop of talentless junkie hoe-bags running around the “entertainment” industry, utterly unremarkable in any manner worth measuring.

    that being said, there’s no way in hell i would think for a second that the latest in an ongoing series of funny and entertaining commercials had anything to do with her skanky ass, and, if it did, it would turn me off the product.

    i hope the judge awards E-Trade damages, and sanctions the weasels that filed this bullsh1t suit.

    redc1c4 (fb8750)

  7. #5 Scrapiron:

    I wouldn’t know who Lohan is if not for the news flashes of her being arrested monthly.

    Like red, the only reason I know there exists a Lohan is because I heard her name on the radio (I think).

    Definitely not a $100 worth of advertising presence, let alone a million.

    EW1(SG) (edc268)

  8. I have no idea who advises has-been meth-addicts these days, but I can imagine the conversation:

    Adviser: Lindsay, baby, we just struck gold.

    LL: What?

    Adviser: There’s this commercial on TV right now with a couple, maybe three. Anyway, one the babies says the other baby is named Lindsay.

    LL: What?

    Adviser: So here’s the deal, and it’s pristine, this one baby calls the other a “Milkaholic.”

    LL: What?

    Adviser: So, you know, you’re like Madonna or Cher or Bono or Lady Gaga. Everyone knows when someone says Lindsay, they’re talking about you.

    LL: Lady Gaga is two words.

    Adviser: What?

    Silence.

    Adviser: Anyway, they’re making you out to be a baby milkaholic. That’s disparaging to you.

    LL: What?

    Adviser: It makes you look bad.

    LL: OK.

    Adviser: So, we’re going to sue for defamation because everyone knows you’re not a baby milkaholic. We can get millions.

    LL: What?

    Adviser: Look, we can’t win, but it will get your name back in the headlines. Besides, e-trade will settle for a few thousand. Badaboom, you’re back on The Insider and you have a few bucks.

    LL: I gotta piss.

    Ag80 (f67beb)

  9. That comment has Hollywood screenwriter written all over it.

    DRJ (daa62a)

  10. DRJ:

    Thanks. Everyone needs and editor, though:

    Adviser: There’s this commercial on TV right now with a couple of babies, maybe three. Anyway, one of the babies says the other baby is named Lindsay.

    I’m afraid my shot at fame would be short-lived. Much like LL.

    Ag80 (f67beb)

  11. The and was intentional.

    Ag80 (f67beb)

  12. I can’t wait to see the results of the likelihood-of-confusion surveys. Keeping in mind that as late as 25 years after the first report of Elvis’ death, 7% of Americans thought he was still alive (http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/5051-poll-6-of-americans-believe-stimulus-created-jobs-7-believe-elvis-is-alive), I predict that less than 0.7% thought of Lindsay Lohan when they saw the ad.

    Ira (28a423)

  13. This week was the anniversary of that celebrity-parody case which was ruled as okay (from 1994).
    I remember it at the time, a song from someone. Or something. Aretha or Van Halen.

    Vermont Neighbor (1a9eb2)

  14. Bait the hook and watch’em bite. Lohan’s publicist deserves a bonus. Soon the stormy starlet will sue the sun for not keeping her hot enough for Hollywood.

    DCSCA (9d1bb3)

  15. Isn’t it sad to learn that, along with all of her other problems, Lindsay Lohan is addicted to milk!

    Icy Texan (71322f)

  16. If LL was an A-cup, she wouldn’t even make the D List.

    PCD (1d8b6d)

  17. If LL was an A-cup, she wouldn’t even make the D List.

    Comment by PCD — 3/10/2010 @ 6:49 am

    So, what list is she on now?

    Ira (28a423)

  18. You know, when i saw the ad, I actually did think of Lohan, but i considered it a shot at her. As such all of it is protected as free speech as parody, satire, etc. Barring something surprising in the complaint, she has no case and i would actually sanction her and her lawyer for this.

    A.W. (e7d72e)

  19. 17, The permanent waiting list for Rehab.

    PCD (1d8b6d)

  20. Another twit.

    Comment by HeavenSent — 3/9/2010 @ 7:22 pm

    Soon she will fade into the sunset and be forgotten. What is the past tense of “twit”?

    Huey (efe02b)

  21. 20, past tense of twit = twitter.

    PCD (1d8b6d)

  22. She’s graduated from a role in Mean Girls to Stupid Girls.

    Rochf (ae9c58)

  23. Rochf,

    I’m surprised we don’t see her as the featured person in a “Girls Gone Wild” video. Maybe the producer is having trouble catching Lohan with her clothes actually on?

    PCD (1d8b6d)

  24. Lindsay who? Is she the one with no meat on her body except for the upper shelf? As if there were only one that fit that description.

    Btw, I only watched the commercial with the sound off, so had no idea one baby was named Lindsay until I read about the lawsuit.

    PatAZ (9d1bb3)

  25. I’m surprised we don’t see her as the featured person in a “Girls Gone Wild” video.

    Five or six years ago they might’ve wanted to feature her, and would’ve gotten plenty of grateful customers for doing so. But now? I doubt it.

    Is she the one with no meat on her body except for the upper shelf?

    Not even. I think she sawed off a lot of that shelf some years ago.

    Alan (07ccb5)

  26. Well, as a way to jumpstart a sagging career, I guess this is one way to do it, but the judge should seriously bitch-slap her attorneys for even considering to file such a mess.

    Rochf (ae9c58)

  27. I’d still hit it, I think.

    daleyrocks (718861)

  28. 27–Agreed.

    Then again, I’d say the same thing about anything that’s female, human, and not related to me. My standards are so low, I’d date women even I’m good enough for. (They do exist. Not to hear them tell it, tho.)

    Alan (07ccb5)

  29. It was a good point that this may well be a publicity stunt, to get people talking about her again. If this is a frivolous case, I wonder if she paid her attorneys enough to compensate for whatever might happen to them.

    This may be remembered as a test of the old saw that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

    Alan (07ccb5)

  30. If the ad was “modeled after her”, the ad would have shown the two female babies together. She’s gay! **end of lawsuit**

    If anyone needs to be sued for her pain and suffering, I suggest she sue her parents.

    Becky (6f3a12)

  31. She is apparently following the advice of an attorney who doesn’t appear to be giving good advice.

    I had heard of her only through reports of misdeeds for many years, then my daughter brought home from the library the 90’s remake of “The Parent Trap” which has her in it (Twice). My daughter now has quite a resemblance to LL then.

    MD in Philly (70a1ba)

  32. She was a cute when she was a little girl.

    DRJ (daa62a)


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