Miley Cyrus lawsuit: Miley Cyrus sued over slant-eye picture

Don't look now but Miley Cyrus is being sued. Yup, a lawsuit has been filed against teen sensation Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) over the "racist" slant-eye picture that was released on the web several days ago. But that's not the end of it. If you think the lawsuit is insane, wait till you hear how much is being claimed - about $4 billion in damages, at least! Did you fall off your chair with that one? He he.

A woman from Los Angeles has filed a class action lawsuit against Miley Cyrus over the "discriminatory" slant-eye pictures that the Hannah Montana star was in. Lucie J. Kim (the surname sounds

Korean) claims Miley Cyrus' photo was racist and victimized more than a million people of Asian Pacific Islander descent in the Los Angeles area. As such, each individual is entitled to damages amounting to $4,000, and that's $4 billion in total! Here's an excerpt from TMZ who first reported the issue:

Lucie J. Kim claims to represent more than 1 million Asian Pacific Islanders who live in L.A. County. Kim claims when Cyrus posed for the photo, she "knew or should have known that her image would be publicly disseminated via the media, which Cyrus knew focused on her private life, specifically TMZ."

Kim says in the suit, filed Wednesday in L.A. County Superior Court, that each Asian Pacific Islander is entitled to the minimum damages for a civil rights violation -- $4,000. Add it up -- $4 billion!

This issue has been covered with an entry in this blog earlier and, as I wrote in that post, my personal opinion is that the picture wasn't racist. And that's coming from an Asian. However, other people may have felt otherwise. Still, there is no reason to blelieve that Miley Cyrus and her friends "willfully" slurred Asians by posing as such in the photo. From the looks of it, they were just kids having fun.

This lawsuit is insane! And the amount involved is even more outrageous. I don't think this case will even prosper because of the amount being asked for. Though Miley Cyrus has made a second apology regarding the pictures, certain individuals are still trying to milk this issue for what it's worth.