Lindsay Lohan Files $100 M Lawsuit Against “Milkaholic” Ad
Though actress Lindsay Lohan may not be getting the films anymore, but she knows how to make millions. She has filed a lawsuit against a widely viewed television advertisement for violating her rights.
According to the latest Hollywood news, the 23 years old actress has sued an online brokerage E-Trade for $100 million alleging that a company ad in which a baby named Lindsay is referred to as a “milkaholic” violated her rights.
The ad first appeared during the Super Bowl in February and featured a baby boy apologizing to his girlfriend for standing her up because he was too busy trading shares. “And that ‘milkaholic’ Lindsay wasn’t over?” the baby girl asks before another baby girl who enters into the screen saying, “Milk-a-whaaat?” It was the latest in a series of ads featuring the babies in a bid to show the ease of the online trading system.
Lohan’s lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia filed a lawsuit on Monday, in which he said that the ad was a clear reference to her client, who has a dismal record of substance abuse.
She said, “Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit. They’re using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn’t they use the name Susan? This is a subliminal message. Everybody’s talking about it and saying it’s Lindsay Lohan.”
The agency who produced the commercial, said that they, “just used a popular baby name that happened to be the name of someone on the account team”. They were not referring to Lindsay Lohan.
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