Judge tells Howard K. there’s no insult in being labeled gay
”I respectfully disagree that the existence of this continued prejudice leads to the conclusion that there is a widespread view of gays and lesbians as contemptible and disgraceful.”
US District Judge Denny Chin ruling on the merits of a case being brought by Howard K. Stern against Rita Cosby. Stern is the lawyer and alleged ex-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, most famous for claiming that he was the biological father of late model’s child. The lawsuit claims that Cosby’s libelous book defamed Stern in a number of false allegations including that he engaged in oral sex with Larry Birkhead, the man who was in fact the father of the child in question. (Reuters)
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