Boyd's Suit Over 'Girls Gone Wild' Video Gets Court's OK
The Georgia Supreme Court's opinion clears the way for a federal lawsuit filed by Cartersville resident Lindsey Boyd over the image shot when she was 14 years old.
Cartersville resident Lindsey Boyd can sue two companies over the use of images taken of her that were used in a Girls Gone Wild video, the Georgia Supreme Court said in an opinion issued March 28. Boyd sued MRA Holding and MANTRA Films in federal court seeking damages against the companies she claims are responsible for those images, shot when she was 14 years old. Chief U.S. District Judge Julie E. Carnes sent questions to the Georgia Supreme Court on Sept. 27, saying that resolution on the defendants' motion for summary judgment depended on these unsettled questions of Georgia law. After hearing arguments in November 2012, the Georgia Supreme Court settled those five questions with its March 28 ruling. Their opinion said, in part, "The…
Bill Martin
9:41 am on Friday, March 29, 2013
The amount of damages on this should be $1.00 First of all what is a 14 year-old girl doing in New Orleans with her girlfriends. What kind of parents are these anyway? And what kind of upbringing leads a 14 year old to flash her breasts to two total strangers? Now they want to sue because they see big bucks! That's the real sexploitation! more ›