Will Larry Birkhead Sue? Larry Burkhead says he will, so does Howard K. Stern. Nothing’s been filed yet. Before pondering why not, let’s review what’s happened since our last post:
1. DannieLynn turned one last week, and there was a big party for her in Kentucky: both Larry Burkhead and Howard K. Stern were there.
2. Rita Cosby’s book Blonde Ambition did hit the shelves, and was No. 56 at amazon.com at the time of this post.
Of course, the price has been slashed in half, and it’s getting very bad reviews. Readers are pointing out that the book has no index, no footnotes, no documentary support; one comparison to the heavily-documented John Belushi bio Wired has been made. (Of course, Bob Woodward of Watergate fame wrote that one.)
And, in a truth is stranger than fiction report: this morning, amazon.com is offering a twofer deal: get Rita Cosby’s book AND O.J.Simpson’s If I Did It, where proceeds go to the Goldman Family, for $29.36. That tells you something.
3. Larry Birkhead just won a big round in his suit with Debra Opri: she doesn’t get a quiet arbitration, they’re headed for trial. The arbitration clause didn’t hold.
4. Some crazy guy just sued Howard K. Stern for $100 million. Who? The brother of Cosby’s source for the Stern-Burkhead gay lover story, Jackie Hatten. Why is he in jail? He serving 6+ years prison time for making criminal threats against Anna Nicole and actually attacking her neighbor.
Okay, so … will Larry sue? What about Howard? Continue Reading »
Larry Burkhead has been counter-sued this week by his former attorney, Debra Opri. Debra Opri is claiming that Larry Birkhead harmed her reputation when he appeared on Larry King Live and said that Opri was a source for Rita Cosby, as she was writing her book, Blonde Ambition. Opri’s alleging that she’s had to spend $200,000 on a “crisis management team” to “salvage” her reputation. TMZ has put the Opri counterclaim online, if you want to read it.
