A University of Louisville student has sued escort Katina Powell and her publisher, saying her book, “Breaking Cardinal Rules,” tarnishes the university and reduces the value of her education.
Louisville lawyer Nader George Shunnarah, who is asking that the suit be designated a class action on behalf of all U of L students, could not be reached for comment. But he told an online news site that “the goal here is to benefit students instead of the prostitute.”
The suit asks that all profits from the book be placed with a receiver in the Jefferson Circuit Court clerk’s office.
But Jon Fleischaker, a leading First Amendment attorney, said the suit, filed Thursday in Jefferson Circuit Court, is meritless and raises serious constitutional questions.
Fleischaker had this to say about the lawsuit:
“Whatever you think of Katina Powell, she has a First Amendment right to write about whatever she wants and it appears that at least some of what she wrote is true. This is a silly lawsuit”
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