A New Orleans man is suing Jessica Simpson, claiming that she tried to make money off his baby by posing in a photo with him that appeared on the cover of OK Magazine. Christopher Hurst went to a meet-and-greet with Jessica back in 2011 where he brought his infant son and handed him over to her for a few photos to be snapped. The photo was then used on OK‘s cover and now the guy claims that she was trying to pretend it was her baby (despite the fact that she has a DAUGHTER who looks nothing like this kid) and wanted to cash in. I can’t with people.
From The Times Picayune:
Jessica Simpson, OK! magazine and a photography business took a picture of a Louisiana couple’s son with the celebrity from Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie without the couple’s permission then published it in such a way as to suggest the child was hers, according to a lawsuit the couple has filed. The photo was published in the April 16, 2012, edition of the weekly magazine, according to the suit, filed in the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna by an attorney for the infant’s father, Christopher Hurst of Jefferson Parish, and mother, Tracy Gregory of Lafourche Parish.
“What happened in this situation was wrong,” said Michael North, the attorney. “It’s not something that ever should happen. Our immediate aim is to find out how it happened and why it happened and determine who is responsible.”
The couple asserts an invasion of privacy and emotional distress caused by the celebrity news magazine, which boasts a weekly circulation of 4.5 million and a website that attracts more than 7.3 million views per month. The couple is seeking damages that appear to be no more than $75,000.
Okay, first of all, if it takes you a year to file a lawsuit, you need to sit the hell down because you clearly weren’t bothered about this and have just decided you’re running short on cash and feel like making an easy dollar. Second of all, no one thought that was Jessica Simpson’s kid – at least not in any way beyond, like, “Huh, who’s that kid? I thought she had a girl.” Third of all, unless Jessica Simpson is the Editor-In-Chief of OK and chooses the photos that appears in the magazine, I think it’s strange no one pointed out that these assholes are suing the entirely wrong people. Ah well, another day, another dollar.