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Fox Anchor Suing Hasbro Over Toy Rodent She Says Stole Her Likeness
Harris Faulkner: six-time Emmy winner. Definitely not a hamster.
Posted: 09/02/2015 02:57 PM EDT | Edited: 09/02/2015 03:08 PM EDT
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner sees herself in a toy hamster. And she's not playing around.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, Faulkner alleges toy manufacturing giant Hasbro stole her likeness to make a toy hamster of the same name for its "Littlest Pet Shop" line in 2014, going so far as to mimic the six-time Emmy-winning reporter's "traditional professional appearance."
The suit, which Courthouse News reports is seeking $5 million in damages, calls out similarities between Faulkner and the toy in terms of "complexion, the shape of its eyes, and the design of its eye makeup" as evidence for the identity theft.
The suit notes that it's "demeaning and insulting" to portray Faulkner as a hamster. The toy is also labeled a "choking hazard," the suit says, distressing Faulkner for being wrongly associated with possibly "harming small children."
Harris Faulkner: six-time Emmy winner. Definitely not a hamster.
Posted: 09/02/2015 02:57 PM EDT | Edited: 09/02/2015 03:08 PM EDT
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner sees herself in a toy hamster. And she's not playing around.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, Faulkner alleges toy manufacturing giant Hasbro stole her likeness to make a toy hamster of the same name for its "Littlest Pet Shop" line in 2014, going so far as to mimic the six-time Emmy-winning reporter's "traditional professional appearance."
The suit, which Courthouse News reports is seeking $5 million in damages, calls out similarities between Faulkner and the toy in terms of "complexion, the shape of its eyes, and the design of its eye makeup" as evidence for the identity theft.
The suit notes that it's "demeaning and insulting" to portray Faulkner as a hamster. The toy is also labeled a "choking hazard," the suit says, distressing Faulkner for being wrongly associated with possibly "harming small children."
