Sep. 26th 2007
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.
What’s going on here? Can lawyers sue clients? Why would Opri sue Burkhead? And, will this force the revelation of the source materials for the Rita Cosby book? Will we get to see the video here?
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Sep. 3rd 2007
Larry Birkhead is mad as a hornet, telling TMZ.COM that he’s going to sue author (and former MSNBC correspondent) Rita Cosby as well as “other individuals … over confidential information in my custody case” if the rumors (click here to read them) about what’s in Cosby’s new book, Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story of Anna Nicole Smith’s Death, are true.
Larry Birkhead’s also threatened anyone who prints excerpts or other information from the book with a lawsuit too — including OK! Magazine, who is scheduled to spotlight the book in its next issue.
Of course, on the same day, OK! Magazine cancelled its $1.7 million deal with Larry Burkhead for an exclusive photo shoot of DannieLynn’s first birthday. E!News quotes OK!’s editor’s explanation that the cancellation was due to OK!’s discovery of “explosive” and “shocking” allegations that “would not allow” OK! to promote what it’s calling “this family’s highly questionable relationship.” Larry says OK! is just mad because he’s made another million-dollar deal with US Magazine for a cover story on DannieLynn.
Larry Birkhead tells TMZ that it was author Rita Cosby who referred him to attorney Debra Opri, and it’s reasonable to assume that his reference to “others” with confidential information about the custody fight includes his former lawyer.
So, what’s the legal skinny on this? Will Larry Burkhead sue? Sue who?
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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.
