FERRER v. MAYCHICK

No. 95 Civ. 9738(MGC).

69 F.Supp.2d 495 (1999)

Sean FERRER, an Individual; and George Muller, Executor of the Estate of Audrey Hepburn, Plaintiffs, v. Diana MAYCHICK a/k/a Diana Foote, an Individual; Carol Publishing Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Carol Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Reg Grundy Productions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen & Davis PC, by James H. Neale, Tamara Loomis, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Kirk M. Hallam, Beverly Hills, CA, for plaintiffs.

Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, Melvin L. Wulf, Brian E. Maas, New York City, for defendants Carol Publishing Group, Inc. and Carol Communications, Inc.

Jay R. Butterman, New York City, for defendant.


OPINION

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

Two of the defendants published a biography of the late film star Audrey Hepburn that they advertised as having been written with Hepburn's "full cooperation." Sean Ferrer, one of Hepburn's sons, and George Muller, the executor of her estate, filed this suit complaining that the publishing defendants' promotional material for the biography falsely suggests that Hepburn...

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