Oprah Sued

Oprah sued over man's arrest on extortion charge

A Louisiana man has filed a lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey, claiming she and an attorney made false statements that led the FBI to arrest him on charges that he tried to extort the talk-show host.

Keifer Bonvillain who had charges dismissed, looks to get $180 million from Oprah.

He was arrested in December of 2006. He had a phone conversation with an employee of Oprah's production company and told a company associate he wanted to publish a book based on the recordings. Bonvillain was arrested when a company associate agreed to pay him 1.5 million dollars. Bonvillian claims he did everything he could to avoid illegal activity.

Chip Babcock, who is a lawyer for Harpo productions said "And we know that this whole episode started when the plaintiff wiretapped a Harpo employee in California," he said. "We advised (Bonvillain) that we believe that wiretapping was illegal, and this case will give us an opportunity to determine whether we were right about that."

My Opinion
Who would sue Oprah? She is one of the most powerful women in the world and this guy thinks he is going to win? Well most likley she will lost about 0.00000000....1 of her earnings in court dates, but she really did nothing wrong and this guy is looking to win a case he can't. This guy claims he did everything he could to avoid illegal activity, yet he was talking to someone from Oprah's production company about getting money. He will most likely lose and nothing will come of this.

Fun Fact
I once heard a story about a man who tried to sue someone for "Stealing his wave."