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Posted Sep 15th 2009 2:08PM by TMZ Staff
The personal chef who sued Simon Cowell and Terri Seymour just hit the smallest jackpot we've ever seen in a celebrity lawsuit -- a pair of old sneakers and some gas money!
As TMZ first reported, the chef filed suit against Simon and Terri earlier this month, claiming the "American Idol" judge wouldn't return her running shoes -- equipped with $500 orthopedic insoles. The chef claims Terri made her remove the shoes before entering Cowell's Hollywood Hills mansion.
But yesterday, Team Simon and the chef reached a settlement -- the chef got her shoes back ... plus around $75 in court costs ... and $9 for the gas!
We just spoke to the chef, who told us, "I got my shoes back ... yayyyyyyy!"
Case closed.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: arch support, ArchSupport, chef, lawsuit, settlement, shoe, simon cowell, SimonCowell, terri seymour, TerriSeymour
Posted Sep 2nd 2009 12:50PM by TMZ Staff
He's used to crushing wannabe singers, but now Simon Cowell is accused of destroying a wannabe chef ... or at least her arch support.
Simon and his ex-GF Terri Seymour have been sued by a woman who claims she got a "try-out" to be their private chef. In the docs, the chef claims Terri made her remove her sneakers and put on a "clear-bottom" pair when entering the home.
The cooking seemed to go well and the chef eventually took off, only to realize that she left her sneakers behind -- which she claims had $500 orthopedic insoles inside of them.
The chef claims she made repeated attempts to get 'em back -- and even made an additional trip to the house when Terri's assistant claimed he found them. She says the pair he produced weren't hers.
The woman has filed a small claims lawsuit seeking $661.59 from Cowell to cover the shoes, pricey insoles and the $9 in gas she wasted driving over.
A rep for Simon and Terri says "this is a ridiculous story." The rep says the chef simply left her sneakers and that Simon and Terri attempted to return them -- adding the pair that was found in the house are in fact the woman's sneakers.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, American Idol
Tags: chef, cook, lawsuit, meeshell block, MeeshellBlock, shoes, simon cowell, SimonCowell, sued, terri seymour, TerriSeymour
Posted Apr 8th 2009 9:26AM by TMZ Staff
Despite video proof showing that Paula Deen's waistline is too skinny to hold up her old pants (they fell down on live TV), the Food Network queen refused to take our slender compliment -- insisting "I'm the biggest I've ever been!"
How can you not love this woman?
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: chef, compliment, cook, food, food network, FoodNetwork, paula deen, PaulaDeen, video, weight, weight loss, WeightLoss
