Sunday, April 19, 2009

American Apparel: Epically Sleazy

American Apparel rips Woody Allen off (by using his image in ads without permission), gets sued for it, then makes out like Mr. Allen is in the wrong.

Epic Sleaze.

American Apparel lawyer Stuart Slotnick said the company plans to make Allen's relationships to actress Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom Allen married, the focus of a trial scheduled to begin in federal court in Manhattan on May 18.

"Woody Allen expects $10 million for use of his image on billboards that were up and down in less than one week," Slotnick said. "I think Woody Allen overestimates the value of his image."

He said the company's belief was that "after the various sex scandals that Woody Allen has been associated with, corporate America's desire to have Woody Allen endorse their product is not what he may believe it is."


You should hear what you're saying about you.

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