Ahh Damn…Oprah Winfrey is being sued by a Louisiana man who is claiming that she and her attorney made alse statements that led the FBI to arrest him on charges that he tried to extort the talk-show host. Keifer Bonivillain was arrested in 2006 after he allegedly recorded telephone conversations with an employee of Winfrey’s production company and told a company associate he wanted to publish a book based on the recordings. The FBI said he claimed to have offers from publishers and tabloids ranging from $500,000 to $3 million. Bonvillian charges were dismissed with a condition that he perform 50 hours of community service, but now he is seeking damages of $180 million from Winfrey, her attorney and the FBI in the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
“There was substantial damage done to my name and reputation on a world level,” he wrote. “The extent of my damages is vast.” Chip Babcock, a lawyer for Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, denied the allegations in Bonvillain’s suit.
“And we know that this whole episode started when the plaintiff wiretapped a Harpo employee in California,” he said. “We advised (Bonvillain) that we believe that wiretapping was illegal, and this case will give us an opportunity to determine whether we were right about that.”
Courtesy of Missxpose.com
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