Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has filed suit against officials from the Miss California USA organization, stating through her attorney that she was stripped of her title “solely because of her support for traditional marriage.”
Controversy surrounded Prejean after she answered a Miss USA pageant judge’s question about gay “marriage” by respectfully coming out in favor of traditional marriage.
After risque pictures of Prejean were released on the Internet in May, Miss USA owner Donald Trump supported Prejean and allowed her to retain her title. Prejean was stripped of her Miss California title by local officials, who claimed she was uncooperative and not performing her contractual duties, in June.
Carrie Prejean’s attorney, Charles S. LiMandri announced today that the former Miss California USA is filing a complaint in the Superior Court of California against Miss California USA officials Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler, and publicist Roger Neal. The complaint cites damages to Miss Prejean including libel, public disclosure of private facts, religious discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Miss Prejean was fired from her role as Miss California USA in June of this year, following several months of controversy over her answer at the Miss USA pageant regarding same-sex marriage. Lewis claimed Miss Prejean’s termination was due to a violation of contract. Miss Prejean’s complaint will refute that allegation, and demonstrate that both the chronology and factual evidence clearly show she lived up to all her contractual obligations, but was fired, harassed and publicly attacked solely due to her religious beliefs.
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