Elisabeth Hasselbeck Sued For Yoinking Book Idea
The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck usually sparks controversy with her conservative opinions, or by condemning Michael Phelps, baby killers, etc.
Now the 32-year-old lightning rod is branching out.
Self-published author Susan Hassett of Falmouth, Mass., states in a federal lawsuit filed in Boston that the TV blabbermouth infringed on her copyright by publishing her book on Celiac Disease, The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide.
Publicists for ABC and Hasselbeck's publisher, Hachette Book Group, could not be reached for comment by the Boston Herald, which reported the story.
Hasselbeck, who is pregnant with her third child, suffers from Celiac Disease, which damages one's small intestine and interferes with nutrient absorption.
The talk show host, who's been married to former football star Tim Hasselbeck for years, first learned she had the disorder after appearing on Survivor.
As a result, she cannot cannot eat gluten (found in wheat, rye and barley).
Whether Elisabeth Hasselbeck must now eat a large settlement of money after stealing an idea for her book? That is likely for a judge to decide.
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June 25th, 2009 4:32 PM
OK from what inserts I have seen released it looks as though she did plagiarize some parts of the book and in doing so is liable for it no matter if it was one phrase or many. Now as for Nancy's comment about Obama I can tell u are a republican and now as that is said it is you republicans that put us in these bad economic times damn u had to have known that Bush was a total dumb ass and still was reelected for a second term and he is what put us in this situation we are all in now but not many republicans want to take the blame for what Bush did guess what all republicans are at fault cause if it wasn't for y'all bush would never have been president and we would not be in all the situations we are in now. I have a friend in the Army now after 4 yrs in the Navy and I feel our troops should never have been sent to fight a war we have no business fighting I mean damn it was Benladin that attacked us on 9/11 just in case you have forgotten and we went after the wrong man duh that should t
June 24th, 2009 4:46 PM
has anyone independently confirmed that both hasset and hasselbeck actually misspelled "aisles" as "isles" in their books. or is hassett's lawyer just a bad speller (and a bad copier)?
June 24th, 2009 1:40 PM
Hasselbeck is a thief; how does she explain misspelling (a)isle in the same section? "Shop the outer isles of the store" ?