Seinfeld Didn’t Defame Cookbook Author, New York Judge Rules
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld didn’t defame a cookbook author when he called her “wacko” and “a nut job” on television, a New York state judge ruled.
Judge Marcy Friedman in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit by Missy Chase Lapine, author of “The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals,” against Seinfeld and News Corp.’s HarperCollins Publishers unit, which she claims stole her ideas when it published a cookbook by Seinfeld’s wife, Jessica.