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Posted Jul 26th 2009 12:45AM by TMZ Staff
The people at MapQuest refuse to have their good name sullied by a pair of gigantic breasts -- and now it's threatening suit.
The online map company has a big problem with reality blogger Nik Richie bestowing the nickname "MapQuest" on a particularly busty girl he blogs about on his website TheDirty.com. Mapquest claims the blog is violating its trademark, so the company fired off a letter demanding TheDirty quit using the nickname -- stat.
But TheDirty ain't budging, claiming it can say whatever it wants -- because it's not using the name for commercial purposes. TheDirty fired off a letter of its own, which included an explanation for the nickname: "The name was obviously used as a humorous pun based on her 'globe-like' spheres of silicon."
Your move, MapQuest.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: mapquest, nik richie, NikRichie, the dirty, TheDirty, thedirty.com
Posted May 28th 2008 12:30PM by TMZ Staff
A website that posted a story claiming Kobe Bryant had an affair with a Laker Girl has refused to back down.
As we first reported, Bryant's lawyer fired off a letter to TheDirty.com, demanding that the post be taken down. Dirty claimed Kobe had an affair with 18-year-old Vanessa Curry, who has resigned her position as a Laker Girl. Now Dirty's lawyer has fired back, claiming the story is true. But get this -- the lawyer says even if it isn't true, "because Mr. Bryant has previously publicly admitted to similar acts of infidelity ... it seems unlikely that any jury would find 'actual malice.'"
And here's the best part: Dirty's lawyer says the fact that Kobe's lawyer sent a demand letter "only increases the likelihood that this story will receive more attention than it already has." Dirty's lawyer then makes reference to "The Streisand effect" -- that's when Babs made a stink over photos of her beach pad taken from a helicopter and it just made everyone aware of where she lived.
P.S. Kobe's lawyer is Barbra Streisand's cousin.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, la lakers, laker girl, LakerGirl, LaLakers, lawsuit, thedirty.com
Posted May 26th 2008 1:12PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained a cease and desist letter that Kobe Bryant's attorney fired off to the owners of a website that accused the NBA star of having an affair with a Lakers cheerleader. Is it too late to bet on the Spurs?
TheDirty.com (aka the site that ran those Matt Leinart pics) published a post last week claiming it had info linking Bryant to one of the Laker Girls, who has since resigned. The girl has left the team, we're told, to pursue a "hosting" career. All references to her on the team's official site have vanished.
The letter demands the site remove Kobe's "name, image, and likeness, and any information that relates in any way to him" -- but thus far, it's still there. TheDirty tells us, "TheDirty.com strictly adheres to all laws when posting stories and/or images."
BTW -- Kobe's lawyer is none other than Adam Streisand. He's Barbra's cousin, and he tried -- and failed -- to inject himself into Britney Spears' conservatorship case earlier this year.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Kobe Bryant
Tags: kobe bryant, KobeBryant, LA Lakers, Laker Girls, LakerGirls, LaLakers, lawsuit, thedirty.com
