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Actress Gabrielle Union, who visits Atlanta very often for personal reasons that I won’t reveal since she’s in a litigation mood, has filed a lawsuit against two Atlanta men who took out a Craiglist ad using her name without her permission.
- Union’s invasion of privacy suit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleges that Steve Raymond, who purportedly lives in Morrow, and Calvin High, who purportedly resides in Morrow or Forest Park, fraudulently advertised a job opening for an assistant for a Hollywood actress. When potential applicants called, Union’s Atlanta attorney Tony Mulrain claims, the actress’ name was mentioned.
According to the suit, Union does not know the defendants and at no time either advertised or authorized a job opening listing.
“What scares me the most is that people associate my name with safety for women, and there’s a trust in that,” said Union, who starred in “Bad Boys 2” and “Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls.” “What happens when these people who show up who knows where to interview for a job that doesn’t exist?”
The suit seeks punitive damages in excess of $100,000. (Source)
