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Beyoncé
- Kimberly Thompson, who worked as Beyoncé's drummer for seven years, filed for a restraining order, claiming the star used “Extreme witchcraft, Dark magic” and “Magic spells of sexual molestation.”
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Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, and Mariah Carey
- A woman named Tina Seals filed a lawsuit against not one but all three of these superstars, alleging that she is the real mother to their children. The lawsuits sought a record deal for her (real) son with Kanye West, vocal sessions with Carey's coach, and for Carey's label to produce five CDs for her, with Carey featured on one.
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Mila Kunis - Kristina Karo accused Kunis of stealing a chicken from her in the Ukraine when they were children, seeking US$5,000 to cover therapy sessions she needs "due to isolation for the loss of her chicken pet 'Doggie.'" Interestingly, the suit came when Karo was trying to gain traction as a singer.
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Simon Cowell - A woman allegedly went to Cowell’s home to interview for the position of in-house chef, and was asked to remove her shoes—with US$500 insoles—which she claims she never got back. She sued Cowell for the cost of her shoes and the gas money it took to get to and from his home, but her shoes were soon magically returned.
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Halle Berry, Amanda Bynes, Armie Hammer, and Disney - A self-described homeless woman in Los Angeles decided to sue several stars and the movie studio in order to get everyone into a courtroom so that she could pitch her 2,000-page original Civil War romance mini-series and get the actors on board.
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Sean Combs - Valerie Turks claimed that not only did Combs father her son and neglect to pay child support, but he also took her casino chip that is worth "zillions" of dollars and he's responsible for the 9/11 attacks! She wanted a cool US$1 trillion.
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Gwyneth Paltrow - In a truly surreal situation, a different Chris Martin than Paltrow's ex-husband sought US$10 million and a restraining order against her for harassing him, after claiming that Paltrow and L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling were lovers, a liaison for which he alleges Paltrow was paid US$500,000 a month so the two could breed tall, blonde, blue-eyed offspring “under Sterlings Nazi Aryan Beliefs.”
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Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian
- The same man, in a separate suit, claimed the sisters jumped him with burglar masks and crow bars, put a water hose in his mouth, "lathered" him with hot, soapy water, and "offended" him.
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Jay-Z - Jeffrey Philistin, a Florida man, claimed to have been sending Jay-Z lyrics in the mail from jail, and he says he never got his promised payment for teaching the rapper how to write lyrics. He demanded US$90 million in damages.
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The 2010 cast of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ - Jonathan Lee Riches, a federal prison inmate who is estimated to have filed 5,000 frivolous lawsuits, sued the cast for promoting adultery, and thereby discriminating against Muslim faith.
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Kim Kardashian - Unaware of how business works, SnapLight phone cases filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Kardashian's company because her endorsement of their competitor, LuMee, was hurting their business. They asked for US$100 million in damages, and for her to stop promoting them.
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Clint Eastwood - In a lengthy tale of corruption and theft, Jill Crittenden alleged that Eastwood stole a screenplay she wrote, after it was lifted by coworkers who burglarized her home. She asked for $343 million in damages.
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Steve Jobs - Jonathan Lee Riches—the man given a Guinness World Record for suing the most people, and who then sued them too—strikes again! He accused Jobs of hiring O.J. Simpson as a hit man, aiming nuclear missiles at Riches’ brain and Lance Armstrong’s bicycle, as well as price gouging iPhone customers.
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Kim Kardashian - Gino Romano alleged in a 2012 lawsuit that the Kardashians ran an Armenian terrorist camp, that Kim K hooked up with quarterback Tim Tebow and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, and that she threw her used underwear at him, which somehow gave him an STD.
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Michael Jordan - Allen Heckard sued Jordan for defamation, permanent injury, and emotional pain, all because he was tired of people constantly coming up to him and asking if he was the basketball star. Apparently not everyone wanted to be like Mike!
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Elizabeth Taylor - Taylor's gardener claimed that he was unfairly dismissed after he rejected the advances of her gay butler, whom Taylor was allegedly forcing into sexual favors and who needed some help arousing himself for her. The actress rebutted that he was fired because he kept hiring undocumented immigrants.
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Charlie Sheen - Ursula Auburn, in one of the most embarrassing lawsuits, sought US$1 million in damages from the ‘Two and a Half Men’ star for basing the annoying, loopy, stalker character of Rose on her. They settled out of court.
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Miley Cyrus - Lucie Kim filed a class action suit against the singer, 16 years old at the time, that sought US$4,000 in damages for every single Asian living in Los Angeles County, because Cyrus and her friends were pulling their eyelids into a squint in a photo. Cyrus never paid, but she did apologize.
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Elvis Presley - The conspiracies following the King’s death were only magnified when one Texas man sued Presley’s estate after his passing, claiming that his death was all a lie because he had spoken to the singer several times on the phone since.
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Sacha Baron Cohen - In a lawsuit that seriously backfired, Richelle Olson tried to sue the actor for causing her “brain bleed” after an alleged bingo parlor altercation during the filming of ‘Bruno,’ when Cohen had in fact only riled the old lady up so much that she fainted and hit the floor. She ended up having to fork over the most money.
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Jay-Z - The rapper's signature diamond hand sign was the root of a lawsuit from former WWE wrestler Diamond Dallas Page who trademarked the “Diamond Cutter” hand gesture in the ‘90s. The grown men settled out of court.
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The Jonas Brothers - Ashleigh Johnson, who loved the band enough to see them in person—but not enough to refrain from taking them to court—claims she was "agonizingly crushed" into a fence at a 2010 Jonas Brothers concert, and she decided to sue them for her mental, emotional, and physical injuries.
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Kim Kardashian and Marco Rubio - Jonathan Kimberly, a Florida man, claimed to be viciously threatened by the pair after alleging that he was in possession of a sex tape they made, and he sought a restraining order.
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Michael Jackson - Kimberly Griggs tried to sue Michael Jackson’s estate for US$1 billion, with a handwritten lawsuit, claiming that, after an alleged intimate relationship with him, he revealed her private details on three of his albums and promised to give her the rights before he died.
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Justin Bieber, Keke Palmer, the CEO of Twitter - A California woman named Suki Lee accused the artists of stealing her music and impersonating her, as well as the social media platform, which allowed Palmer to impersonate her. She asked for a meager US$800 billion.
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Nicki Minaj - The rapper's former wig designer claimed Minaj stole, licensed, and sold his designs without his permission and hit her with a US$30 million lawsuit, which he lost on the argument that a wig cannot be trademarked.
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Christopher Nolan - The ‘Dark Knight’ director was sued by Batman! But not the superhero. The Turkish town named Batman claims the caped crusader stole its name, and the mayor went so far as to blame murders and suicides on the psychological impact suffered by the town after being placed under the spotlight by the film. They coincidentally waited until the films had grossed billions worldwide to complain.
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Taylor Swift
- Colorado DJ, David Mueller claimed he was fired from his job after the singer accused him of grabbing her bottom, which he denies. The lawsuit looks to replenish his lost income, which at the time was US$150,000 per year.
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Lindsay Lohan
- Too good to not include, Lohan wasn't being sued but was rather suing E-Trade for a Super Bowl commercial, in which a baby refers to another baby as “milk-a-holic Lindsay." The actress apparently felt the ad was mocking her alcoholism, and asked for $100 million in damages. See also: Actors who stayed in touch with their child co-stars
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Beyoncé
- Kimberly Thompson, who worked as Beyoncé's drummer for seven years, filed for a restraining order, claiming the star used “Extreme witchcraft, Dark magic” and “Magic spells of sexual molestation.”
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Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, and Mariah Carey
- A woman named Tina Seals filed a lawsuit against not one but all three of these superstars, alleging that she is the real mother to their children. The lawsuits sought a record deal for her (real) son with Kanye West, vocal sessions with Carey's coach, and for Carey's label to produce five CDs for her, with Carey featured on one.
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Mila Kunis - Kristina Karo accused Kunis of stealing a chicken from her in the Ukraine when they were children, seeking US$5,000 to cover therapy sessions she needs "due to isolation for the loss of her chicken pet 'Doggie.'" Interestingly, the suit came when Karo was trying to gain traction as a singer.
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Simon Cowell - A woman allegedly went to Cowell’s home to interview for the position of in-house chef, and was asked to remove her shoes—with US$500 insoles—which she claims she never got back. She sued Cowell for the cost of her shoes and the gas money it took to get to and from his home, but her shoes were soon magically returned.
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Halle Berry, Amanda Bynes, Armie Hammer, and Disney - A self-described homeless woman in Los Angeles decided to sue several stars and the movie studio in order to get everyone into a courtroom so that she could pitch her 2,000-page original Civil War romance mini-series and get the actors on board.
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Sean Combs - Valerie Turks claimed that not only did Combs father her son and neglect to pay child support, but he also took her casino chip that is worth "zillions" of dollars and he's responsible for the 9/11 attacks! She wanted a cool US$1 trillion.
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Gwyneth Paltrow - In a truly surreal situation, a different Chris Martin than Paltrow's ex-husband sought US$10 million and a restraining order against her for harassing him, after claiming that Paltrow and L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling were lovers, a liaison for which he alleges Paltrow was paid US$500,000 a month so the two could breed tall, blonde, blue-eyed offspring “under Sterlings Nazi Aryan Beliefs.”
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Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian
- The same man, in a separate suit, claimed the sisters jumped him with burglar masks and crow bars, put a water hose in his mouth, "lathered" him with hot, soapy water, and "offended" him.
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Jay-Z - Jeffrey Philistin, a Florida man, claimed to have been sending Jay-Z lyrics in the mail from jail, and he says he never got his promised payment for teaching the rapper how to write lyrics. He demanded US$90 million in damages.
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The 2010 cast of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ - Jonathan Lee Riches, a federal prison inmate who is estimated to have filed 5,000 frivolous lawsuits, sued the cast for promoting adultery, and thereby discriminating against Muslim faith.
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Kim Kardashian - Unaware of how business works, SnapLight phone cases filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Kardashian's company because her endorsement of their competitor, LuMee, was hurting their business. They asked for US$100 million in damages, and for her to stop promoting them.
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Clint Eastwood - In a lengthy tale of corruption and theft, Jill Crittenden alleged that Eastwood stole a screenplay she wrote, after it was lifted by coworkers who burglarized her home. She asked for $343 million in damages.
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Steve Jobs - Jonathan Lee Riches—the man given a Guinness World Record for suing the most people, and who then sued them too—strikes again! He accused Jobs of hiring O.J. Simpson as a hit man, aiming nuclear missiles at Riches’ brain and Lance Armstrong’s bicycle, as well as price gouging iPhone customers.
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Kim Kardashian - Gino Romano alleged in a 2012 lawsuit that the Kardashians ran an Armenian terrorist camp, that Kim K hooked up with quarterback Tim Tebow and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, and that she threw her used underwear at him, which somehow gave him an STD.
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Michael Jordan - Allen Heckard sued Jordan for defamation, permanent injury, and emotional pain, all because he was tired of people constantly coming up to him and asking if he was the basketball star. Apparently not everyone wanted to be like Mike!
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Elizabeth Taylor - Taylor's gardener claimed that he was unfairly dismissed after he rejected the advances of her gay butler, whom Taylor was allegedly forcing into sexual favors and who needed some help arousing himself for her. The actress rebutted that he was fired because he kept hiring undocumented immigrants.
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Charlie Sheen - Ursula Auburn, in one of the most embarrassing lawsuits, sought US$1 million in damages from the ‘Two and a Half Men’ star for basing the annoying, loopy, stalker character of Rose on her. They settled out of court.
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Miley Cyrus - Lucie Kim filed a class action suit against the singer, 16 years old at the time, that sought US$4,000 in damages for every single Asian living in Los Angeles County, because Cyrus and her friends were pulling their eyelids into a squint in a photo. Cyrus never paid, but she did apologize.
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Elvis Presley - The conspiracies following the King’s death were only magnified when one Texas man sued Presley’s estate after his passing, claiming that his death was all a lie because he had spoken to the singer several times on the phone since.
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Sacha Baron Cohen - In a lawsuit that seriously backfired, Richelle Olson tried to sue the actor for causing her “brain bleed” after an alleged bingo parlor altercation during the filming of ‘Bruno,’ when Cohen had in fact only riled the old lady up so much that she fainted and hit the floor. She ended up having to fork over the most money.
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Jay-Z - The rapper's signature diamond hand sign was the root of a lawsuit from former WWE wrestler Diamond Dallas Page who trademarked the “Diamond Cutter” hand gesture in the ‘90s. The grown men settled out of court.
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The Jonas Brothers - Ashleigh Johnson, who loved the band enough to see them in person—but not enough to refrain from taking them to court—claims she was "agonizingly crushed" into a fence at a 2010 Jonas Brothers concert, and she decided to sue them for her mental, emotional, and physical injuries.
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Kim Kardashian and Marco Rubio - Jonathan Kimberly, a Florida man, claimed to be viciously threatened by the pair after alleging that he was in possession of a sex tape they made, and he sought a restraining order.
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Michael Jackson - Kimberly Griggs tried to sue Michael Jackson’s estate for US$1 billion, with a handwritten lawsuit, claiming that, after an alleged intimate relationship with him, he revealed her private details on three of his albums and promised to give her the rights before he died.
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Justin Bieber, Keke Palmer, the CEO of Twitter - A California woman named Suki Lee accused the artists of stealing her music and impersonating her, as well as the social media platform, which allowed Palmer to impersonate her. She asked for a meager US$800 billion.
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Nicki Minaj - The rapper's former wig designer claimed Minaj stole, licensed, and sold his designs without his permission and hit her with a US$30 million lawsuit, which he lost on the argument that a wig cannot be trademarked.
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Christopher Nolan - The ‘Dark Knight’ director was sued by Batman! But not the superhero. The Turkish town named Batman claims the caped crusader stole its name, and the mayor went so far as to blame murders and suicides on the psychological impact suffered by the town after being placed under the spotlight by the film. They coincidentally waited until the films had grossed billions worldwide to complain.
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Taylor Swift
- Colorado DJ, David Mueller claimed he was fired from his job after the singer accused him of grabbing her bottom, which he denies. The lawsuit looks to replenish his lost income, which at the time was US$150,000 per year.
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Lindsay Lohan
- Too good to not include, Lohan wasn't being sued but was rather suing E-Trade for a Super Bowl commercial, in which a baby refers to another baby as “milk-a-holic Lindsay." The actress apparently felt the ad was mocking her alcoholism, and asked for $100 million in damages. See also: Actors who stayed in touch with their child co-stars
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The most bizarre lawsuits ever filed against celebrities
Woman involved in Lady Gaga dognapping case now suing pop star for reward money
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Lady Gaga offered a US$500,000 reward for her dogs return after her dog walker was shot and two of her French bulldogs were stolen. Now, Jennifer McBride, who returned the dogs but who also pleaded no contest to her involvement in the robbery, is suing Gaga for the reward money and other damages.
Three men and two accomplices were charged in the 2021 shooting and robbery. McBride was reportedly in a relationship with the father of Jaylin White, one of the two men who attacked the dog walker, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Jaylin's father Harold White and McBride were accused of helping Jaylin avoid arrest and were each charged with one count of accessory after the fact.
In her lawsuit, McBride says Gaga announced on social media she would offer a reward for her dogs, "no questions asked," and she believed she would receive the reward when she returned the dogs to a Los Angeles police station the next day, the suit states, as per CBS. Despite the fact that McBride pleaded no contest on a charge of receiving stolen property and was sentenced to two years of probation, she is suing Gaga for breach of contract, fraud by false promise, and fraud by misrepresentation. She alleges she suffered compensatory damages, mental anguish, pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of not being paid.
The lives of the rich and famous seem perfect from afar, but most people don't think about how awful it is to be a popular target for unhinged legal actions that anyone can file without the help of an attorney. From Beyoncé being accused of black magic to Jay-Z being sued for his signature hand gesture, check out this gallery to see the craziest lawsuits people have filed against celebrities.
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