NEW YORK (AP) — Trading karate chops for lawyers, tough guy actor Chuck Norris is taking on a new book titled "The Truth About Chuck Norris," saying it's a big lie and he wants to stop its distribution.
On Friday, Norris sued Penguin Group Inc. and the book's creator, Ian Spector, saying his good image is being spoiled by a book that depicts him as callous and unlawful and which he says includes false "facts" that are sometimes racist and lewd.
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The actor was a six-time undefeated World Professional Middle Weight Karate champion who in 1997 became the first man in the Western Hemisphere to be awarded an 8th degree Black Belt Grand Master recognition in the Tae Kwon Do system, the lawsuit said.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j7s2IwViaGNzkTahTl2PA1gH9UogD8TMAMM00
I could be wrong about this, but I am quite sure there are a good many 8th degree blackbelts in TKD in North America...
Regardless, shouldn't this fall under satire? Not really libel as no one is going to believe the facts to be true...
On Friday, Norris sued Penguin Group Inc. and the book's creator, Ian Spector, saying his good image is being spoiled by a book that depicts him as callous and unlawful and which he says includes false "facts" that are sometimes racist and lewd.
...
The actor was a six-time undefeated World Professional Middle Weight Karate champion who in 1997 became the first man in the Western Hemisphere to be awarded an 8th degree Black Belt Grand Master recognition in the Tae Kwon Do system, the lawsuit said.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j7s2IwViaGNzkTahTl2PA1gH9UogD8TMAMM00
I could be wrong about this, but I am quite sure there are a good many 8th degree blackbelts in TKD in North America...
Regardless, shouldn't this fall under satire? Not really libel as no one is going to believe the facts to be true...