Today in questionable lawsuit threats:
A young woman selected by police to trick the paparazzi assembled at Los Angeles International Airport for the recently hatched teen’s arrival back in September is threatening to sue the LAX Police Department—because apparently she didn’t agree to pose as the younger Spears sister.
Counsel for the would-be plaintiff, Adessa Eskridge, is demanding $2 million to fully compensate for the “humiliation, fear and harassment” Eskridge suffered when she deplaned and, without prior knowledge of what awaited, walked right into the flashbulb jungle.
Per the claim and attached letter, dated Sept. 30, Eskridge agreed to assist the police, but had no idea what she was actually signing up for.
“Ms. Eskridge had no idea and was NEVER informed that upon deplaning, she would be mobbed by the paparazzi, that she would be in fear of her well-being, that her picture would be taken, that video of her would be all over the world-wide-web as well as being played and replayed on TMZ…who, as LAX-PD is aware, is stationed at LAX full time,” wrote Marina Del Ray-based attorney R.J. Molligan.
Furthermore, Eskridge “had no idea that her privacy would be invaded and her identity made synonymous with ‘fake Jamie Lynn Spears—a nobody,’ ” Molligan continued.
Jesus Christ, what did she think she was being asked to do? I’ve read the complaint (it’s here) and basically they’re like “Pay up or we’ll tell the media about all the trickery involved here.” Like, what the fuck did the LAX PD tell her if they didn’t tell her the truth?
I remember that, after the fact, there was some trouble at LAX because the police there were in no way authorized to pull this decoy shit.
I for one would like to hear the whole story.
I’ve never heard of her…
Who cares anyways …
she should have asked what they wanted her to do- read the fine print, etc.
Everyone’s out to make a buck (or 2 million). I can’t believe she’s suing for that. Get over it sweetheart.
I wonder if she has the same attorney as the skanky model
ROFLMAO I completely forgot about that until you mentioned it. They probably do! hahaha
I hope she loses and then is forced to pay all the true court costs. What an idiot!
the only one that should be suing for being roped into anything is jamie lynn’s dumb baby. gee thanks mom, so out of the womb i’m a whitetrash genetically guaranteed-to-be-stupid redneck, famous for being the mistake of a famous unwed teen mom? pass my bottle of grits
Deplane should not even be a word. Does anyone ever say “debus” or “deautomobile” or “debicycle” or “dehouse”? No. When is the last time you seriously heard someone, that was not employed by an airline, use the word deplane in civilized conversation? That is, unless they are a spotlight grabbing lawyer trying to sound smarter than thay are.
I read somewhere else that she wasn’t told she would be mobbed by the paparazzi, have her photo taken and have videos of her on the Internet… what the fuck did she think she was going to do, being a decoy for a celebrity?
What a bunch of shit, I hope she loses her case.
And also, she “didn’t realise her privacy would be invaded and she is humiliated” and stuff… if she hadn’t made a fucking huge deal out of it, no one would even have known who she was… FUCKING IDIOT!