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The "Con's Get Conned" ~ Pol & Patric
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/02/12/2008-02-12_authors_of_new_anna_nicole_smith_book_su.html
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Authors of new Anna Nicole Smith book sue their own publisher
Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 2:13 AM
Anna Nicole Smith
In a bizarre twist to the latest book on Anna Nicole Smith, its authors are now suing their own publisher.
Jody (Babydol) Gibson, a former Hollywood "super madam," is selling "Anna Nicole Smith: Portrait of an Icon" online through her imprint, Corona. But authors Pol' Atteu and Patrik Simpson tell me they backed out of their arrangement with Gibson and are selling a separate "signature edition" through publisher Kings Road.
In legal papers soon to be filed, they allege fraud and breach of contract and are seeking $50,000 plus attorneys' fees.
Simpson and Atteu acknowledge signing an agreement with Gibson, but told me Monday they regarded the document as a "draft." And quite apart from making any money from the book, they say they gave her $3,000 toward expenses.
"We didn't know they were supposed to give us an advance," Simpson told me. "We just wanted to put out a beautiful tribute to our friend [Smith]. [Gibson] is a convicted criminal; we didn't know the extent of everything she was doing."
(Gibson, who alleges Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis were among the clients of her escort service, was convicted in 2000 of solicitation and pimping.)
Says an offended Atteu: "She has no sensitivity to our departed friend. Her office address is a motel on Wilshire Blvd."
Gibson did not return a call Monday.
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