View Full Version : Lindsay Lohan Sues Super Bowl Commercial for 100 Million Dollars!
Brian Damage 03-09-2010, 11:01 AM Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E-Trade, insisting that a boyfriend-stealing, "milkaholic" baby in its latest commercial -- who happens to be named Lindsay -- was modeled after her. And she wants $100 million for her pain and suffering, The Post has learned.
The actress filed a lawsuit yesterday in Nassau County Supreme Court over the commercial that debuted during the Super Bowl this year.
The ad -- part of a series starring babies who play the stock market -- features a boy apologizing to his girlfriend via video chat for not calling her the night before.
"And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?" the baby girl asks him suspiciously.
"Lindsay?" the boy replies, just before a baby girl sticks her head into the frame and slurs, "Milk-a-what?"
Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said the actress has the same single-name recognition as Oprah or Madonna.
"Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit," Ovadia said.
"They used the name Lindsay," Ovadia said. "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."
Ovadia wants an injunction to force the spot off the air, and the Lindsay camp wants every last copy of the commercial.
Chris Brown, a spokesman for Grey Group, which produced the spot, is throwing cold milk on the controversy, saying it "just used a popular baby name that happened to be the name of someone on the account team."
Ovadia said E-Trade has violated Lohan's rights under New York state civil-rights law and used her "name and characterization" in business without paying her or getting her approval.
The lawyer said that since the spot was seen by hundreds of millions of people watching the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics finals, the firm has garnered great profits.
She says Lohan is owed $50 million in exemplary damages, plus another $50 million in compensatory damages.
E-Trade could not be reached for comment.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/lohan_such_baby_jVdQWABj9z0MgXzCv1Nh1O#ixzz0hhBAsKGy
catlover79 03-09-2010, 11:03 AM Yikes!
Torgo 03-09-2010, 11:57 AM And she wants $100 million for her pain and suffering
I want $100 million for my pain and suffering after watching this:
HuntingtonM15 03-09-2010, 12:33 PM Yeah, because she has partied and snorted all of her money away.
JamesG 03-09-2010, 12:57 PM I want $100 million for my pain and suffering after watching this:
I also saw that piece of crap.
sunshinefizzy 03-09-2010, 04:05 PM Wow. Paranoid much???
catlover79 03-09-2010, 04:55 PM I want $100 million for my pain and suffering after watching this:
:rofl: You actually watched the whole thing? God bless you!!
Torgo 03-09-2010, 05:14 PM :rofl: You actually watched the whole thing? God bless you!!
I'm a glutton
catlover79 03-09-2010, 05:16 PM I'm a glutton
You're braver than I am! :lol:
80sTrivia 03-09-2010, 06:03 PM I want $100 million for my pain and suffering after watching this:
:lol: Or any of her other "movies"!!! :lol:
Marvo301 03-09-2010, 06:27 PM Lindsay has a lot of guts asking for 100 million dollars. She has a lot chutzpah comparing herself to Oprah and Madonna. What she doesn't have is a case! :rolleyes:
catlover79 03-09-2010, 06:30 PM :lol: Or any of her other "movies"!!! :lol:
:yeahthat
browneyes106 03-10-2010, 10:36 AM She probably won't win. I think Lindsay's best movie was Mean Girls. After that she went downhill.
dlemond 03-10-2010, 11:37 AM She thinks she is synonomous with the name "Lindsay"?
That is a joke.
Not once did I think of her when I saw this commercial.
Did anyone?
I think she has delusions since her career is in the crapper.
catlover79 03-10-2010, 11:38 AM She thinks she is synonomous with the name "Lindsay"?
That is a joke.
Not once did I think of her when I saw this commercial.
Did anyone?
I think she has delusions since her career is in the crapper.
I never even saw the commercial!! :lol:
Torgo 03-10-2010, 12:08 PM After that she went downhill.
It was a short trip
catlover79 03-10-2010, 12:15 PM It was a short trip
Well, her mother sure helped her down. ohno:
So apparently she thinks she's the only one named Lindsay. :rolleyes: She's probably just jealous because the babies were better actors. ;)
Zoneboy 03-12-2010, 03:41 AM She thinks she is synonomous with the name "Lindsay"?
That is a joke.
Amen to that, I think of another Lindsay when I hear that name. :D
http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/175860~LINDSAY-WAGNER-Posters.jpg
LuLu Rogers 03-12-2010, 04:23 AM Hmm, I'm a crack head, sexually confused former child star and I need money...What to do, what to do? :rolleyes: ;)
ABlairican Pie 03-12-2010, 08:30 AM I don't get the single-name recognition when I hear the name Lindsay. I don't make that connection. It just happens to be a very popular name with kids. If she said "Lindsay Lohan", then I'd get it, but I don't associate her with just her first name alone. It's like Britney. Tons of kids have always been named Britney. I don't automatically think of Britney Spears necessarily when I hear it. These two don't have that single-name recognition that Oprah or Madonna have.
I think Ms. Lohan is being a complete egotist. :crazy: What, is she going to sue Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac for ripping off her name?
catlover79 03-12-2010, 11:50 AM So apparently she thinks she's the only one named Lindsay. :rolleyes: She's probably just jealous because the babies were better actors. ;)
:rofl:
catlover79 03-12-2010, 11:51 AM I don't get the single-name recognition when I hear the name Lindsay. I don't make that connection. It just happens to be a very popular name with kids. If she said "Lindsay Lohan", then I'd get it, but I don't associate her with just her first name alone. It's like Britney. Tons of kids have always been named Britney. I don't automatically think of Britney Spears necessarily when I hear it. These two don't have that single-name recognition that Oprah or Madonna have.
I think Ms. Lohan is being a complete egotist. :crazy: What, is she going to sue Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac for ripping off her name?
I think Mr. Buckingham should sue her!! At least he has talent. :lol:
catlover79 03-12-2010, 11:52 AM Amen to that, I think of another Lindsay when I hear that name. :D
http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/175860~LINDSAY-WAGNER-Posters.jpg
Now THAT'S a Lindsay who has class! :nod:
gidgetgrape 03-12-2010, 12:35 PM I saw the commercial and I don't see how it's related to her at all.
When I first saw the ad, I didn't think "oh my God, they're really slamming Lindsay Lohan!"
And neither did anyone else.
Swing and a miss LiLo.
;)
robyrob 03-12-2010, 05:51 PM She thinks she is synonomous with the name "Lindsay"?
That is a joke.
Not once did I think of her when I saw this commercial.
Did anyone?
I think she has delusions since her career is in the crapper.
unfortunately for Lindsay, her image is more synonymous with the names "ALCOHOLIC" and "TRAINWRECK" - maybe she should trademark those names and she'd maybe have a case.
Janice 03-12-2010, 06:52 PM Wow, she's got some case on herself. What a loon.
catlover79 03-12-2010, 07:29 PM Wow, she's got some case on herself. What a loon.
No wonder none of the Hollywood studios are willing to take a chance on her anymore. :eek:
blink 03-14-2010, 08:38 PM It's down right silly that's what it is. I don't think any less of Lindsay now because I never thought anything of her in the first place! :whistle:
catlover79 03-15-2010, 02:11 PM It's down right silly that's what it is. I don't think any less of Lindsay now because I never thought anything of her in the first place! :whistle:
But how do you REALLY feel? :lol:
blink 03-16-2010, 09:24 PM I saw a little bit of "The Parent Trap" some years back. Trust me, Lindsey's no Hayley Mills. :lol:
Some other well known Lindsey's.
Lindsey Vonn: Alpine ski racer
Lindsey Jacobellis: Pro snowboarder
Lindsey Davenport: Pro tennis player
Lindsey Buckingham: Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
Lindsey Wagner: Actress
Lindsey Graham: U.S. senator S.C.
Lindsey Price: Actress
Lindsey Nelson: Sportscaster :)
BeavisandButthead 03-22-2010, 12:55 PM Last week on Leno he was getting in it... he had the two babies on and they were cutting Lohan down to size, calling her a loser etc... it was hilarious
catlover79 03-22-2010, 12:59 PM Last week on Leno he was getting in it... he had the two babies on and they were cutting Lohan down to size, calling her a loser etc... it was hilarious
:lol:
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