Celebrity Justice
Woody vs. Hipsters - Oy Vey!

Woody Allen is suing the skinny jeans off of American Apparel over the use of his image on billboards and on the Internet.

And in true hipster irony, it's not a sexual harassment case - as AA Chairman Dov Charney has been taken to court for multiple times.

Allen is suing for $10 million saying he was never contacted by and did not give American Apparel his consent to use an image of him dressed as a Hasidic Jew from a scene in "Annie Hall." Not a very kosher move for AA!

In a U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday, Allen stated that he does not endorse commercial products or services in the U.S., which makes the May 2007 American Apparel billboards and website displays "especially egregious and damaging."

American Apparel billboards are usually clad with skinny young hipsters, often in compromising positions. The company did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment.

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76. THATS WOODY ALLEN?? /WHO KNEW ??WHO CARES??

Posted at 2:19PM on Apr 1st 2008 by jean

77. Let me guess Amercian Apparel is run by a pushy Israeli of Russian whio only think about money and profits before any one else...we love to have them in LA.....not.....

Posted at 11:37AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Alex

78. GET A LIFE WOODY. GEEZE WHO REMEMBERS THAT SCENE AND SO WHAT IF THEY DO. ARE YOU RUNNING OUT OF MONEY? I NEVER LIKED YOU OR YOUR PICTURES...SO THERE

Posted at 11:58AM on Apr 1st 2008 by BOBO

79. 64. Woody and Soon Yi were not related by blood, so it's not incest. He wasn't married to Mia. Love doesn't always last forever.

Posted at 9:39AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Realist

Realist - When you screw your 7 year old daughter's 14 year old sister, thus traumatizing your 7 and 5 year old children so much that multiple therapists consider you unfit and damaging to your children, and courts forbid you to see those children, who cares if a TMZ poster thinks it's technically incest?

Posted at 12:33PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Del

80. What moron creates an ad/billboard without getting permission first. American Apparel should be sued, along with their advertising agency.

Posted at 1:24PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Stan

81. 72. I have no desire to bandy words with you. Suffice to say that I am in fact a Mental Health professional, your charges are ludicrous and pathological. They are beyond any realistic expectation or requirement for one to express an opinion on this forum and I don't see you revealing any personal information regarding yourself.....

Good day to you

Posted at 11:04AM on Apr 1st 2008 by USB

USB - If you are a mental health professional touting that dubious fact on TMZ, of all places, and ridiculously applying the term "pathological" willy nilly, God help the poor fools who receive your services. Proof that any dork wtih an AA degree can hang out a shingle as a "Mental Health Professional." Let this be an example of why one should check credentials before receiving "care" of any sort.

Posted at 12:41PM on Apr 1st 2008 by EEEK!

82. Woody began living with Mia Farrow and Soon Yi, Farrow's daughter, when Soon Yi was 10 years old, with Woody fathering (1 biologically and 2 by adoption) Soon Yi's siblings, and raising all as his children over the next 12 years. Eventually Mia Farrow found naked pictures of Soon Yi in Woody's possession, some of which dated back to when the girl was 14. Woody's youngest daughter, Dylan, alleged that Woody put his thumb in his crotch and had her suck it, among other disturbing allegations. While a judge considered the child abuse investigation "sanitized and unreliable" and was thus unable to prove beyond doubt that Dylan's abuse had been rape, the judge did rule that Woody Allen's behavior towards his youngest daughter, then 7, was "grossly inappropriate" and extremely damaging. Woody's son declined any further relationship with his father, and the court refused to allow visitation with the younger daughter due to Woody's "grossly inappropriate" behavior and his "narcissistic" refusal to see how it had damaged his daughter.

Y'all can argue until you're blue in the face whether his bonking the 14 year old sibling of his children, when he'd raised the girl since she was 10, was indeed incest or pedophilia. However, no matter what you call it, civilized folk, and the courts, deem it grossly inappropriate, and generally disgusting. That doesn't make him any less of an artist. Even John Wayne Gacey could paint.

AA should pay him for the use of his image, and have their heads examined for wanting to use it at all.

Posted at 1:09PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Semantics are a bore

83. USB all if you are indeed a Mental Health professional then cite on accepted academic or medical journal article that supports your inane position, suffice it to say, there is none, you are a liar, and a pedophile, anyone can pose as anything on the internet, but I once again challenge you to post enough information for a simple NCIS or CPIC or Interpol check of your real identity, and I gaurantee that you are linked to a pedophile support group, meaning you simply have not been caught yet, or you are a registered sex offender.

Prove me and all the other LA law enforcement personnel watching this thread wrong, Go ahead...we are waiting.

Posted at 1:25PM on Apr 1st 2008 by USB simply sign your real name, DOB, and address

84. Woody Allen has the unique distinction of having both definitions of the word ' Pervert ', which is a Noun and a Transitive Verb, fit him better than a glove fits a man with five shmekls. Allen once said a person's legs should be long enough to reach the ground ... What is the alternative, short legs hanging in mid-air ?? And what's with Mia Farrow telling Woody to go play with the kids. Woody is so deranged he likes to watch porno films backwards so he can see the gal give back the money. Lets get on with some important stuff ... like whats Paris Hilton up to ?

Posted at 1:57PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Merman Melman

85. Del (or is it Mia), were you there when all this supposedly was going on? How do you know she was 14 when the affair started? If he's such a pervert, why was he allowed to adopt two children? Why did he marry Soon Yi and not Mia? Mia's reaction was that of a woman scorned and her attitude, reaction, and publicity surrounding her being dumped and alleged pedophilia is what traumatized those kids.

Posted at 4:03PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Realist

86. Realist, the irony of your chosen name compared to the inanity of your post borders on Monty Python's Office of Government Sillyness. Mia, has devoted her entire life and fortune to altruistic endevours involving the care and nurturing of children and society, and she has no shortage of wealthy, educated, and attractive suitors. Your ridiculous comments about Woody Allen not being a pedophille and not being responsible for the trauma to the children flies in the face of every independent government, social work, and psychiatric assesment that was required in this case, and since you are clearly either uneducated or simply ignorant, just get someone at a university law library to help you do a WestLaw search and you will find more than you want to know about the pedophillic and degenerate tendencies of your beloved hero Woody Allen and while you are there also check on another one of Woody Allen's pedophille Hollywood friend's Roman Polanski - hiding in France.

Posted at 4:28PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Realist

87. Realist,
At first view you might appear to have some valid points However, Anyone who has worked in the system for as long as I have (over 30 years) can attest that being a man in our culture is an intrinsic risk if not crime in itself but respecting the case specifics of the Polanski and Allen circumstances? I have found that speculating on these or any case in which we are not personally edified or involved is likely ill-advised as well as a moot point .

Posted at 4:47PM on Apr 1st 2008 by USB

88. So now USB not only are you a Mental Health professional but you have 30 years of experience, excuse us while we try to stop laughing and spilling our coffees on the keyboards, how long did it take you and your N.A.M.B.L.A. compatriots to find the proper passage on Wikepedia to make you sound sufficiently erudite to make such a ridiculously outrageous claim? But, you and I both know that old saying applies here,"...if it walks like a duck.....and quaks like a duck.....and wants to have sex with children....then it is not a Mental Health professional with 30 years experience....it is a pedophile lurking on the internet.....". But, more to the point, doctor (John Stewart Daily Show eye roll), you still have not answered any of our very relevant questions, and we are all wondering why? By the way did you know that under the Patriot Act all email traffic is monitored, that is one great way a lot of pedophiles are being caught world wide?

USB all if you are indeed a Mental Health professional then cite on accepted academic or medical journal article that supports your inane position, suffice it to say, there is none, you are a liar, and a pedophile, anyone can pose as anything on the internet, but I once again challenge you to post enough information for a simple NCIS or CPIC or Interpol check of your real identity, and I gaurantee that you are linked to a pedophile support group, meaning you simply have not been caught yet, or you are a registered sex offender.

Prove me and all the other LA law enforcement personnel watching this thread wrong, Go ahead...we are waiting.

Posted at 6:30PM on Apr 1st 2008 by USB is a seemingly erudite pedophile

89. In reading some of the posts about Woody Allen I couldn't help but think about the Salem/Danvers Witch hunts of the 1600's. If even one of you could tell me what Mr. Allens family life has to do with American Apparel using his image without his permission I would gladly listen. What ever you or I may think about his personal life is not the matter at hand. American Apparel overstepped their legal boundries and Mr. Allen has every right to file a lawsuit. And I'll make book that American Apparels' attorneys will not be using Mr. Allen's marriage to Soon Yi as a defense for them not getting Mr. Allens signature on the dotted line before putting up the billboard or postings on the Web clearing identifying Mr. Allen as their "Alledge Spokesperson."

Posted at 5:41PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Glass Houses

90. Glass Houses, in one of my final grad courses, we learned that writing, speaking, and thinking styles are as idividual as fingerprints, yours is very similar to two posters by the pseudonyms of USB and Robert, but I digress, more to the point, your inane comparrison of the clealy relevant postings in regards to the legal principle of "remotness" in regards to civil redress by not the alledged victims but the court adjudicated victims of Mr. Allen's pedophillic and morally degenerate activities to
the Salem/Danvers Witch hunts of the 1600's is one of the most ridiculous statements we have read on TMZ in the last two days, and that is quite a feat.

Now, since no court filings or disclosure or discovery has been made or released one would wonder on what facts your outrage in regards to Mr. Allen's alleged victmzation is based, frankly, this has been the most publicity that Woody Allen has been able to garner, that does not involve pedophillia in over 15 years, and it is all free, it is going to be very difficult for any claim of damages to be allowed by the courts in this state and more than likely a case settlement conference will be ordered by the judge to clear the docket of this nonsense so real cases can be brought before the court.

Hopefully, this answers your questions, and for future reference, they have funded these amazing institutions in America called public and university libraries, in which anyone can go and read to gain knowledge and alleviate ignorance, I strongly suggest that you avail yourself of your right to do so as an American.

Posted at 6:33AM on Apr 2nd 2008 by Glass Houses

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