Judge throws out cookbook lawsuit against Jerry Seinfeld’s wife
Comic Jerry Seinfeld’s wife is in the clear over allegations she stole an idea for her cookbook.
Missy Chase Lapine sued the star’s wife Jessica Seinfeld over her book Deceptively Delicious – aimed at getting children to eat healthily.
But Manhattan Federal judge Laura Taylor Swain booted out the lawsuit, ruling that tricking youngsters into eating healthy food was not an exclusive idea.
Lapin claimed that Seinfeld had stolen recipes from her book The Sneaky Chef such as putting spinach in chocolate chip cookies.
After Lapine launched her legal action, Jerry Seinfeld appeared on David Letterman’s Late Show and branded Lapin a “wacko”.
“If you read history, many of the three-named people do become assassins,” Seinfeld joked.
The judge refused to rule on a defamation claim by Lapine saying it was a state not federal matter.
“It’s a complete vindication of what we’ve been saying from Day One, that this lawsuit was an optimistic attempt to generate publicity,” said Jessica Seinfeld’s lawyer Orin Snyder.
Lapine’s lawyer, Howard Miller, says she may appeal the copyright ruling, and would definitely pursue her defamation claim.
Source: Splash News
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