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04
June 2006
Marilyn
Monroe Exhibits In Fake
Claim
Organisers
of a Marilyn
Monroe
exhibition are being
sued over claims that
some of the memorabilia
had no connection to the
late Hollywood
star.
Lawyer
George Braunstein filed
the case on behalf of
Ernest Cunningham and
Emily Sadjady, who
visited the show on the
Queen Mary ship in
California.
The
display features items
billed as belonging to
Marilyn Monroe, who
would have been 80
today, including a red
dress.
A
spokeswoman for the
Queen Mary was not
available for
comment.
"The
Queen Mary should have
done a little more
homework," said Mr
Braunstein.
The
ship is docked in Long
Beach and the
exhibition, which
charges $22.95
(£11.79), has been
running for six
months.
Mr
Cunningham is author of
the book The Ultimate
Marilyn.
The
case, filed in Los
Angeles Superior Court,
claims Monroe had
nothing to do with many
of the items and some
were made following her
death from an overdose
of sleeping pills in
August 1962.
It
asks the exhibitors to
refund admission fees
and also seeks
unspecified
damages.
The
exhibition opened on the
ship after the Hollywood
Museum cancelled a
scheduled show over
questions concerning
authenticity.
The
owner of the
memorabilia, Robert W
Otto, has previously
insisted the items are
authentic.
Marilyn
Monroe's image is now
worth an estimated
£5 million a
year.
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