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Update: After being the first to report the lawsuit, Popsquire has obtained a copy of the (ironic) defamation complaint filed by Perez Hilton. In case you don’t want to read the entire document, Perez vs. Taylor, here’s what you need to know.

Perez is suing for: (1) libel; (2) slander; (3) invasion or privacy; (4) harassment; and (5) intentional infliction of emotional distress. The allegations include:

1. The defendant is Jonathan Wayne Lewandowski, aka Jonathan Taylor, aka Jaxson — a fellow blogger.
2. Jaxson made defamatory statements to the New York Post, Page Six, and other media outlets about a “purported agreement” between Jaxson and Perez to help Jaxson publicize his blog (www.jonathanjaxson.blogspot.com).
3. The statements include: (a) that Perez was using Jaxson as his “personal porn service;” and (b) Jaxson sent Perez sex tapes of himself in exchange for alerting Jaxson to breaking celebrity news.

Popsquire assumes he is not alone in celebrating that the sex tapes are not starring Perez! Either way, these guys have lots of ‘xplainin’ to do, and Popsquire is here to listen.

In a new twist of irony, Perez Hilton is suing someone for defamation. According to the Los Angeles Superior Court docket system, a defamation case entitled “Mario Lavadeira dba Perez Hilton v. Jonathan Wayne Lewandowski aka Jonathan Jaxon aka Jonathan Taylor” was filed yesterday.

The docket states: “Defendant claimed Hilton was manipulating him for sex. He also disclosed his cell phone number.”

Popsquire is working on getting the complaint. Stick around!

For the update and complaint, click here.

To get even for a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Zomba Records, Perez Hilton announced last night that he will not blog about any Zomba-related artists, including Leona Lewis, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Pink, and many more. Zomba filed a lawsuit against Perez on October 11, 2007, because Perez allegedly leaked approximately ten songs from Britney Spears’ Blackout album before its release date.

Perez makes two big admissions in his strategy announcement:

1. Perez claims that Sony BMG — which owns Zomba — is making “outrageous demands” to settle the lawsuit. This means that the parties are discussing settlement, which always starts with “outrageous demands.” Expect Perez to cough up some dinero to make the case go away, although he may be kicking and screaming the whole time.
2. Perez writes, “Sony BMG may win this battle, but at the end of the day we will be the ones laughing.”  If  Zomba’s attorneys are awake, they will grill Perez about this statement in deposition.  Perez clearly has reached the conclusion that he may be held liable.  Find out why!

Popsquire ponders…

1. Is Perez cutting off his nose to spite his face?  If he will no longer blog about Zomba and Sony BMG artists, he likely will be missing out on mucho material.  Although Perez believes that the artists need him, one might wonder if the opposite is true.
2. Will Zomba’s attorneys hold Perez to his ego-tastic proclamation in drafting a settlement agreement?  Sony BMG and Zomba likely would be happy to keep their artists out of Perez’s blog, especially if they end up on his bad side!

Unless you’ve somehow managed to avoid the most popular gossip blog on the web, you likely know that Perez Hilton’s YouTube account was suspended on Monday and then reinstated yesterday.  According to tvweek.com, YouTube emailed Perez a notice of potential copyright infringement regarding a clip of an allegedly drunk Liza Minelli and subsequently disabled his account because it considered him to be a “repeat offender.”

At the time of his suspension, Perez claims he was unaware of any prior offenses: 

Now, however, Perez blames YouTube for not emailing him at more than one account to notify him of the alleged violation.  ”I literally get 4,000 to 5,000 e-mails a day. They sent it to my regular address,” he told tvweek.com.

Um, I’d think Perez could afford to hire an assistant to keep track of his emails…he also might want to get someone else to brief him on YouTube’s copyright policies and procedures so that he’s not surprised by their standard practices.  He can find them right here.  

Having said that, if I were YouTube, I’d be rolling out the red, pink, or blue carpet - whichever matches Perez’s hair color of the week — to make sure he can post videos and draw infinite hits to my site!

In fact, Perez, if you were to send your users to popsquire, I’d send you a million emails if we ever had an issue.  I promise!

xoxo
Popsquire

TMZ and Perez Hilton are reporting that 16-year old Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant.  Soooo many legal issues involved with unwed teen mothers, but let’s start with marriage. 

If Jamie Lynn wants to get married in California at age 16, she will need to make an appointment with a counselor, appear before a superior court judge, show certified copies of her birth certificate, and have one parent appear with her when/if she applies for the marriage license.

In Louisiana, she will need consent from her parents to obtain a marriage license.  However, if Lynn Spears has legal custody of Jamie Lynn, then Lynn’s consent alone should be fine so long as Lynn can present a certified copy of her divorce judgment/custody order.