Xantar
11-05-2005, 12:37 AM
Read it and be amazed (http://www.mytrumanshow.com/).
In summary, this man (Chris Roller) is suing David Copperfield and wants 10% of his earnings. He also filed a similar lawsuit against David Blaine. His reasoning? The tricks that those magicians perform defy the laws of physics, and therefore, since Roller is a deity with godly powers, they must be making use of his powers for their act. They therefore either owe him money or must prove to him that their magic tricks are actually mundane and of this world.
It's a real lawsuit. And the response by the defense (http://www.objectforce.com/php/MyTrumanShow/MemoInSupportOfMotion.pdf) is kind of hilarious. Some actual quotes:
Plaintiff’s Complaint is best described as a claim for usurpation of Godly powers, which as this Court is aware, is beyond the jurisdiction of his Court or any court of this earth.
...
Since there has never been any employment relationship between Plaintiff and Defendant; there are no facts, and no legal theory, set forth in the Complaint that could conceivably provide the basis for the relief sought by Plaintiff.
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Defendant respectfully urges the Court to visit Plaintiff’s website...Therein Plaintiff makes the following claims including:
• Plaintiff is running for President of the United States in 2008 with Bill Gates as his running mate.
• Plaintiff claims he is Jesus Christ.
• Plaintiff claims he is God.
• Plaintiff claims that Katie Couric and Celine Dion are his wives and are going to have his children.
• Plaintiff claims there is a movie coming out soon about his life that stars Tom Hanks.
• Plaintiff claims he has killed all of his enemies.
• Plaintiff claims he will father 1,000,000 babies.
So what do you think? Is this guy for real or is he just playing some kind of publicity stunt to draw traffic to his website? Does he actually believe all this? Is he mentally disturbed?
In summary, this man (Chris Roller) is suing David Copperfield and wants 10% of his earnings. He also filed a similar lawsuit against David Blaine. His reasoning? The tricks that those magicians perform defy the laws of physics, and therefore, since Roller is a deity with godly powers, they must be making use of his powers for their act. They therefore either owe him money or must prove to him that their magic tricks are actually mundane and of this world.
It's a real lawsuit. And the response by the defense (http://www.objectforce.com/php/MyTrumanShow/MemoInSupportOfMotion.pdf) is kind of hilarious. Some actual quotes:
Plaintiff’s Complaint is best described as a claim for usurpation of Godly powers, which as this Court is aware, is beyond the jurisdiction of his Court or any court of this earth.
...
Since there has never been any employment relationship between Plaintiff and Defendant; there are no facts, and no legal theory, set forth in the Complaint that could conceivably provide the basis for the relief sought by Plaintiff.
...
Defendant respectfully urges the Court to visit Plaintiff’s website...Therein Plaintiff makes the following claims including:
• Plaintiff is running for President of the United States in 2008 with Bill Gates as his running mate.
• Plaintiff claims he is Jesus Christ.
• Plaintiff claims he is God.
• Plaintiff claims that Katie Couric and Celine Dion are his wives and are going to have his children.
• Plaintiff claims there is a movie coming out soon about his life that stars Tom Hanks.
• Plaintiff claims he has killed all of his enemies.
• Plaintiff claims he will father 1,000,000 babies.
So what do you think? Is this guy for real or is he just playing some kind of publicity stunt to draw traffic to his website? Does he actually believe all this? Is he mentally disturbed?