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Paula Deen vs. Celebrity Chefs Tour Lawsuit
The famous Food Network chef Paula Dean is now in hot water after bailing on one of her latest deals.
Paula Deen signed a contract with Celebrity Chefs Tour LLC to go on tour and provide live cooking demonstrations. But, the $150,000 advance check written to Paula bounced and she decided to cut ties claiming Celebrity Chefs Tour was in breach of contract.
After suing Celebrity Chefs Tour LLC for $1 million in February, Paula Dean is now being counter-sued for $40 million.
It will be interesting to see who gets “cooked” when this famous lawsuit is finally worked out.
Source: iCelebZ
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The $150,000 check never “bounced”. The funds were wired to her agent!
Hello Celebrity Chef Fan and thank you for brining this to our attention! We were not able to locate a story confirming the check did not bounce and now we are curious as to what the real story is. Do you have a link to a source our Weird Lawsuits readers can reference?
The Courthouse News Service did cover the story in more detail. They state:
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The pleadings filed in the lawsuit have those facts regarding the check not bouncing. Every other reputable news source picked up on that. Maybe serious people should follow the bloggers on the Food Network sites. Those people actually went and read the legal documents. How did you miss it. Plus, in Paula Deen’s own papers that she received the money by wire.
Celebrity Chef Fan, please feel free to post a link to one of the “Food Network sites” or “reputable news source” so we can clear the air for our Weird Lawsuits readers.
Paula Deen has admitted what was alleged against her! In pleadings filed in court on April 5th by her lawyers in response to the $40 million counter-claim against her by promoter Celebrity Chefs Tour, LLC, Paula Deen has admitted that her agent never signed the contract that would have allowed the money for her appearances to be sent to him as an escrow agent. She has also admitted that she issued the defamatory statements that Celebrity Chefs Tour alleged. Finally, she now admits that she was wired $100,000 from the promoter.
Thank you for following up Celebrity Chef Fan!
We mentioned the $100,000 valid wire transfer in our comment dated March 22. But, do you know if the $100,000 satisfies the entire amount owed?
Also, please feel free to post a link to one of the “Food Network sites” or “reputable news source” so we can clear the air for our Weird Lawsuits readers.
There may be die-hard Paula Deen fans reading these comments with a “grain of salt” bias until further sources are provided.
Keep us posted!