Why does Perez Hilton spend so much time in court? Maybe the courthouse has a really good cafeteria. The dullwitted, donut-demolishing diva’s latest target is a site called perezrevenge.com. According to the LA Times, Hilton (real name: Mario Lavandeira) is suing them for hurting his feelings. Whoops! I mean, he’s suing because:
The suit accuses the offenders of cyber-squatting and deceptive trade practices, with no reference to whether they look foolish in whatever they are wearing.
The defendants, who didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, stand accused in the lawsuit of misleading the public by creating the impression that their site “is associated with and/or is otherwise authorized or endorsed by Lavandeira.”
A sound legal strategy. Here’s one of their attempts to make it look like Mario endorses them, from just yesterday:
Hey Perez, why did your VH1 show go off the air again? What were your Nielsen ratings? I have them, but unlike you, I won’t post them to make myself look better.
Posts like “The picture before and after that Blobber wouldn’t show” and “Wow. Mario Lavandeira is in denial” can only compound the problem. Or how about the lead-in to another recent post:
I am constantly surprised by the nonsensical rambling that I read at PerezHilton.com.
Imagine the audience’s confusion: “Wait, am I at PerezHilton.com right now? Or is this a Perez-approved site? There’s no possible way to tell!”
Mario claims he’s going after these people for piggybacking (no pun intended) on his, ahem, good name. A name he came up with all by himself, honest! He absolutely did not appropriate the name of somebody more famous to ooze his way into the spotlight. Nope, never happened…
(Hat tip: Deceiver reader Discordia)
Ruin his GOOD name? When did he have a good name, I wonder.
There is something wonderful in this whole thing. How can a guy like Perez Hilton can’t figure out the simple fact that the first amendment is a two-way street?
What a wuss.
what a slug
perez not the perezhater of course
Toubrouk, you’re on the money. Interesting how bullies like to dish but can’t take it.
Emmie, how dare you!
Poor slug! How this noble animal could support to be linked to a filth like Perez Hilton!
I have visited both sites. No moderately intelligent person would confuse the two. Next time he’ll sue because a website has the word “celebrity” in its banner or has the same ads that he does. What a little whiner!!!