Celebrity Justice
Charlize Sued for Not Wearing Weil Bling

Charlize TheronCharlize Theron has been sued by Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil for breach of contract. The company claims that the actress broke her contractual obligation to wear only Weil watches in public. The suit was filed in New York County Court today.

Oscar-winner Theron signed on to be the worldwide spokesperson for the venerable watchmaker back in 2005. "Charlize is the perfect Ambassador for our timepieces," said Olivier Bernheim, Raymond Weil's CEO at the time. Theron also works as a spokesmodel for Dior fragrances.

Reps for Theron and Weil could not be reached for comment.

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1. Oh please...Wiel get al ife, if you dont met her needs, she can stray...go get busy trying to meet her needs....she is s woman for God's sake, she is entitleD to change her mind and mic it up a bit. AA

Posted at 1:58PM on Feb 6th 2007 by Miapocca

2. I understand she is a marketing tol for Raymond Weil watches....but, does this mean if she is given a present? Has an old favorite watch....she can't wear them.....that is a little beyond intense......

Posted at 2:25PM on Feb 6th 2007 by Great Dane

3. This is what happens when Britney and Paris take a few days off, crap.

Posted at 4:21PM on Feb 6th 2007 by James in Milwaukee

4. If she signed a contract saying she would exclusively wear the Weil watches then she should EXCLUSIVELY wear the watches.
How hard is that? She is a spoiled, spoiled uneducated, over rated actress, all entitiled and holier and better than thou...
If she didn't think she could STAND to wear the WEIL watches for the duration of the contract she shouldn't have taken the MONEY and I bet it was a lot of money.
Hey TMZ, Can you find out how much she got ?
These types are such such divas. She is such an idiot.
And I agreee it isn't much of a gruesome TMZ story, but I still like to hear about it.

Posted at 5:57PM on Feb 6th 2007 by Curious in Connecticut

5. How dumb of Raymond Weil---who ever he is. Don't you know you can't give a dumb blonde a wad of cash then expect to keep her loyal for a few years.

Just ask--------------------half of Hollywood !

Posted at 10:25PM on Feb 6th 2007 by hugh hefner

6. Those f***ing Swiss..see what happens when you run out of chocolate?

Posted at 10:45PM on Feb 6th 2007 by Party On Garth

7. Well ladies and gentlemen, you would not believe what I saw in the Dominican Republic.!!! Our dear girl was not with her boyfriend. She was very cozy with another guy which by the way looked like a hippie. I was very dissapointed in her. What do you think?

Posted at 6:16AM on Feb 9th 2007 by a.

8. Who cares, most of us could not afford one of the watches anyway. I so don't care what "stars" wear.

Posted at 7:07AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Nadine Alexander

9. Most of you readers seemed to miss the point of the complaint by Raymond Weil, a large watch company, not an individual. She signed a contract which is a binding agreement and for this received something in return. If she breaks the contract she needs to make amends, adhearing to the contraacts stipulations. If she doesn't she'll get sued. If she didn't think that she could uphold the contract, she shouldn't have signed it. Doesn't matter how expensive the watches are, a contract is a legal binding matter which she needs to honor. Seems like this actress doesn't have any honor.

Posted at 7:26AM on Feb 9th 2007 by level headed reader

10. Contract law ... take the money, do the action required by the contract. Contrary to comment opinion, Ms. Theron is educated and intelligent so it is surprising that she "forgot" about the contract she signed with Weil. I'm sure she will call this another loss of freedom that a member of the media is having to endure as a price for living in the United States. Btw, Ms. Theron, people who work for private companies in the US can be fired "at will" for things they say and do, which does not equate actions of private companies to actions of the government of Cuba.

Posted at 7:29AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Jody

11. Some of you have no clue as to what the watch company is saying or complaining about. When you sign a contract, you are bound to the term of the conntract. Since, according to the company, she signed a contract, she is bound to live up to the agreement. Maybe whilst she was in her native south africa, she used to have it her way and get away with it. But she is finding out that she is no longer in South Africa but in the real world. Let the court experience help her to reality!

Posted at 7:56AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Frank

12. Who cares...she feels that there is a lack of freedom her in America and she gets mucho bucks for wearing a watch...and you think I give a rats ass about her or any other star that gives theire personal opinions..they ate "stars" not politicians or geniuses

Posted at 8:24AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Bonnie lane

13. We give these ignorant actors too much time. She is totally dumb. Watch thagt interview she gave. The woman really is dumb comparing the USA to Cuba with a straght face. Do these idiots go to school at all?? She probably cant read the name of the watch on its face and grabbed the wrong one. Brainless?????

Posted at 8:44AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Annette

14. This TMZ is all crap anyway. Yet another dumb blonde who doesn't understand what she reads and signs. If it says "You must wear our watches at every public Appearance." that means you must wear the watches, it's that simple. That's why she accepted the money for that gig. She does not get to say "I'll wear the one granny gave me." She can do that when she goes to walk the dog or out to dinner with friends or whatever. And no, she does not get to change her mind because she is female. Gender is not an entitlement. Heaven forbid we ever elect a female president, I can hear this argument coming up.

Posted at 9:15AM on Feb 9th 2007 by dominatr37

15. I am so sick of these Hollywood "know it alls" shooting off their mouths about things that they know nothing about in other countries that I wish they would just move the hell out of the country.
If this idiot Charleze thinks that Cuba has more or equivalent freedoms that rival what we in the US have then she needs to sell her house and property and move her spoiled hollywood ass to Cuba!
As a matter of fact I wish she would take the rest of the Hollywood left leaning Marxists airheads with her!

Posted at 9:46AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Jeffrey Scott

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