Celebrity Justice
Steven Seagal: I Got Opri'd!

Posted Jul 13th 2007 7:57PM by TMZ Staff

The lawyer who defended Steven Seagal in a mob case is now under siege by the former action star for giving him the Debra Opri treatment -- by allegedly charging him somewhere over a million bucks! It takes a lot of bad acting in action movies to earn that kind of dough!
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In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seagal claims that he was billed at least $1,084,202 in fees and expenses by Loeb & Loeb, the legal team he hired for an extortion trial in 2002. In the suit, Seagal claims he happily paid several of the law firm's pricey bills until July of 2003, when he "had grown skeptical of defendant's experience, its representation and its billing practices." Steven says he then decided he was being "substantially overcharged," and that the firm still wants him to pay more than half a million clams.

Seagal is suing for at least $450,000 in damages. Calls to Loeb & Loeb were not immediately returned.

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1. Serves him right

Posted at 8:09PM on Jul 13th 2007 by debbie

2. Maybe they can countersue him for his bad movies and acting. :-)

Posted at 8:11PM on Jul 13th 2007 by deb

3. When he was married to Kelly LeBrock he beat her. Now old Opri is beating himup financially

Posted at 8:21PM on Jul 13th 2007 by debbie

4. If bad acting were a criminal offense, he would be on death row.

Posted at 8:21PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Flabiker

5. Lawyers,,,,yikes,,,,,,,,,,they are evil and devoid of a conscious,,!!!
they are serial killers with a licence to rape and pillage families,,,soooo sad!
I have not heard of one case in which someone has ever had a good experience with a lawyer.
even OJ simpson complained about the dream team and they got him off a double murder charge!!

Posted at 8:22PM on Jul 13th 2007 by my little bit

6. When he was married to Kelly LeBrock he beat her. Now old Opri is beating himup financially

Posted at 8:30PM on Jul 13th 2007 by debbie

7. Kelly LeBroc had it coming.

Posted at 8:34PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Flabiker

8. GOOD FOR STEVEN SEAGAL! IT'S ABOUT TIME THESE LAWYER CROOKS WERE PUT IN CHECK FOR THEIR OVER CHARGES AND RIP OFF BILLS. SMALL WONDER THEIR PROFESSION IS SO DISDAINED AND DISRESPECTED FOR THE WAY THEY RIP PEOPLE OFF WITH EXORBITANT FEES AND PADDED BILLS. I HOPE STEVEN WINS AND HELPS SET AN EXAMPLE AND PRECEDENT TO POSSIBLY HELP THE POOR FOLKS WHO GET RIPPED OFF BY UNSCRUPULOUS ATTORNEYS AND CANNOT AFFORD TO SUE OR FIGHT BACK. GO STEVEN!!

Posted at 9:11PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Woody McBreairty

9. Just because he has money they didn't half to take advantage of him he's Human just like "EVERYBODY" else.....................................................

Posted at 9:15PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Tawanna

10. What Woody said..

Posted at 9:32PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Dirty white Boy.

11. Obey the laws of the land and you wouldn't have that problem idiot!

Posted at 9:40PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Tooty

12. At least his movies had a meaning and made you think about the environment and what we are doing to the world. You may think he sucks, but there are more who suck worse. mr

Posted at 10:06PM on Jul 13th 2007 by mr

13. who says kelly lebrock had it coming.....were you there.no woman deserves to be struck in any way by a man.sure,i've been mad enough but not THAT shallow.
and his movies had no meaning.why do you think he went to such low rated films.hollywoood was paying him on the outside to even star in that dumb sh_t.that is their agenda.think i'm wrong.......look it up!
kudos' to opri.
p.s.be kind to animals.kiss a shark!

Posted at 10:35PM on Jul 13th 2007 by marcus

14. gawd. how did he became such a fat blimp overnight? instead of chop suey his opponents to death, now he'll just steamroll over all of them. law firms are wankers. they will overcharge anybody with the famous big bucks. next time, check out the cheapest esquires, they're there in the fone book under, graduated from micky mouse law school.

Posted at 10:58PM on Jul 13th 2007 by me gorilla

15. she's a c*nt! i hate her. i hope they take her law license away!

Posted at 11:08PM on Jul 13th 2007 by anthony rivera

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