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Posted: 3:10 PM Oct 20, 2009
California Pageant Demands Carrie Prejean Repay Breast Implant Loan
The demand was a response to a lawsuit filed by Prejean in which she claimed pageant officials violated the former beauty queen's privacy by acknowledging to reporters that her breasts were fake.
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) - Miss California USA officials want Carrie Prejean to repay $5,200 they say she borrowed to have her breasts augmented last year.
The demand was a response to a lawsuit filed by Prejean in which she claimed pageant officials violated the former beauty queen's privacy by acknowledging to reporters that her breasts were fake.
The truth about Prejean's breasts "ceased being private during the swimsuit competition of the nationally televised Miss USA pageant, in which Ms. Prejean walked the stage in a bikini," pageant lawyers said.
Prejean's lawyer said the pageant filing was part of an "ongoing smear campaign" against her.
"They have proven, once again, that they will use whatever scurrilous accusations they can dredge up - or invent - to try and tarnish Carrie's reputation and her good name," Charles LiMandri said.
State pageant officials say they loaned the money for the surgery under an oral agreement with Prejean - who they dethroned as Miss California USA in June - and she never repaid them.
The group also asked a judge to give them any profits from Prejean's tell-all book due out next month, which they claim was written in violation of her pageant contract.
"Our claim is not about financial reward, and all profits awarded will be donated to a charity that promotes the values of our organization," Miss California USA Executive Director Keith Lewis said.
The pageant's demands were made in a cross-complaint filed in response to Prejean's lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in August, in which she claims her firing was religious discrimination because of her stand against same-sex marriage.
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