The Man Suing Joan Rivers by Jacob Bernstein June 25, 2010 | 7:08pm   Billy Sammeth talks to The Daily Beast about the suit he’s filed against the resurgent comedienne and why he still loves her despite the whole mess. Plus: Exclusive emails between Rivers and her former manager. On May 27, Joan Rivers was …

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Rivers sued for defame & fortuneBy DAREH GREGORIAN June 24, 2010 Joan Rivers’ former personal manager is suing her for . . . claiming he was suing her. In Manhattan federal court papers, Billy Sammeth says the comic stiffed him on commissions and defamed him by calling him a “missing manager” and saying in an …

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Joan Rivers’s former manager files $2 million defamation suitBy ReutersThursday, June 24, 2010 NEW YORK — Joan Rivers’s former manager has sued the popular comedian for more than $2 million, claiming she failed to pay him commissions and defamed him in a recent documentary film about her life and career. In the lawsuit, William “Billy” …

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  Joan Rivers’ former manager slaps her with federal lawsuit claiming unpaid fees and ridicule BY NANCY DILLON AND SCOTT SHIFREL DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Thursday, June 24, 2010 Joan Rivers’ estranged ex-manager is shticking it to comedy’s bigmouthed matriarch with a federal lawsuit claiming unpaid fees and public ridicule. Billy Sammeth says Rivers stiffed …

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COURIER POST Editorial May 30, 2010 by Mike Daniels  Opinion Editor No strip searches for minor infractions Jails shouldn’t strip search everyone who walks in the door; it’s not necessary. You get pulled over for not wearing a seat belt or having a tail light out. The police officer puts your information in the system and …

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  The Times of Trenton (New Jersey) April 16, 2010 Friday  TRENTON FULL RUN EDITION  Strip-search legality appealed BYLINE: Joe Ryan, newhouse news service  DATELINE: PHILADELPHIA Lawyers for two New Jersey county jails asked a federal appeals panel yesterday to overturn a ruling outlawing strip searches for defendants arrested for outstanding traffic tickets, failing to …

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