Miscellaneous

Hot Chicks with Lawsuits

Have you heard of the website Hot Chicks with Douchebags? It's pretty much exactly what it sounds like -- a site that posts lots of photos of hot chicks hanging out with douchebags. The picture right here would be such an example (in connection with this photo, the sites asks "At what point in 2008 did 'Bag Adouchrements cross over to start resembling Paula Abdul circa 1989?"). Anyway, I would've expected some of the douchebags to maybe file a lawsuit against the site, but I was mildly surprised when the headline about a lawsuit was about some of the hot chicks filing suit.

Three Jersey girls have sued the site and its creator over the inclusion of photos of them with douchetastic dudes on both the website and in the related book because:

As a result of the publishing of Plaintiffs' photographs in this vulgar and negative book, the Plaintiffs have suffered damages, which have resulted in the Plaintiffs undergoing medical treatment, psychological therapy as well as financial damages, as Plaintiffs have been rejected in job applications and opportunities as a direct result of being included in this offensive book. The long term effect of this book on Plaintiffs cannot be completely known except to say the damages are extensive.

Perhaps the worst insult of all? The book had the audacity to describe the girls as "ass shaking."

Meanwhile, one has to wonder if the one-two punch of being Jersey girls and hanging out with douchebags isn't what caused their need for medical and phychological treatment, right? Is there an affirmative defense one can plead for "don't be photographed with douchebags?" It's like an updated "unclean hands" for the aughts.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).