Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade
Lindsay Lohan is taking offense to an E-Trade Super Bowl ad. According to the "New York Post," the actress believes a line in the E-Trade commercial about a "milkaholic," boyfriend-stealing baby named Lindsay was about her. The 23-year-old filed a 100-million-dollar lawsuit Monday in Nassau County Supreme Court. Her lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, says her client has the same type of single-name recognition as stars like Oprah and Madonna. Ovadia says, quote, "Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit. They used the name Lindsay. They're using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn't they use the name Susan? This is a subliminal message. Everybody's talking about it and saying it's Lindsay Lohan."
Since the E-Trade ad has been seen by countless people since its Super Bowl debut, Lohan's lawyer wants 50-million in exemplary damages and 50-million in compensatory damages. She also wants an injunction that would take the commercial off the air and hand over every existing copy to Lohan.
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