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Author Sues Oprah Winfrey For $1 Trillion

Published 08/07/2009, by Allen Starbury

Oprah Winfrey is reportedly facing a staggering $1 trillion lawsuit for allegedly plagiarizing an author's work as her own.

According to ABC2News.com, author Damon Lloyd Goffe has filed a lawsuit in District of Columbia Court on July 31 against the daytime talkshow queen and her Harpo Inc. production company for plagiarizing his book A Tome of Poetry in her internet published work Pieces of My Soul.

In court documents, Goffe insists that Oprah event admitted that she used his original works in 2008: "In April 2008 Oprah confessed to seizing original works of authorship."

The author is seeking $1 trillion in damages, claiming Oprah sold 650 million copies of her book online at $20 a pop, so he's owed $1.2 trillion.

Goffe and his legal team are seeking the huge amount in damages, claiming that as Winfrey sold an alleged 650 million copies of the book online for $20 a time, he is owed $1.2 trillion.

At press time, neither party has commented on the lawsuit.

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18 Comments

Philly-O - August 7, 2009 at 6:11 pm

OH SNAP, that’s a lot of money…

GEORGE - August 7, 2009 at 6:36 pm

How stupid is this person, a trillion dollars, no one has a trillion dollars. This will get thrown out, because the dollar amount is crazy.

Theh Ndlovu - August 7, 2009 at 6:43 pm

another gold digger!!!!….WTF…$£€!!!!!!!

captin california - August 7, 2009 at 7:11 pm

dammmmmmmmmmmm rickkkkkkkk

BOSCOE - August 7, 2009 at 11:39 pm

NO WAY IN HELL! Get off miss forbes # 1 stunna.. better luck settling out of court for pennies on the dollar!

limbal - August 8, 2009 at 2:09 am

i don’t think oprah will do that. she is a person with honor and pride. she really work for what she had right now.
go go go oprah many people at your back and beleiving in you.. more power

olode - August 8, 2009 at 8:37 am

very good .sue her ass for all she is worth.how can she be running chris breezy down

akaybx - August 8, 2009 at 10:51 am

that’s crazy, there’s no way…

Paul Cash - August 8, 2009 at 11:32 am

Wow..don’t think Ive ever seen a lawsuit that big!

Adeko - August 8, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Let her pay. An intellectual crime has been committed

illestni99ainne - August 8, 2009 at 12:42 pm

bwahahaha he might as well have said im suing for a gazillionbajillioncatrillion dollars aint no way he getting that amount

Galice - August 8, 2009 at 12:43 pm

the book sold 650 million copies? NO FUCKING WAY. There is something not right about this story, shit doesnt add up. Oprah doesnt have CLOSE to a trillion dollars, bill gates doesnt even have HALF a trillion. and to say that Oprah made that much money off a book I never heard of is retarded.

jarvis mosley - August 8, 2009 at 2:08 pm

man if dude dont succ a d!*# and die. lol

GEORGE - August 8, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Olode you sound as stupid as the guy that is suing Oprah. I hope you are at least a 15 year-old girl, because if you’re a grown woman you should be shamed and if you’re a man, you need your ass whipped.

brandi - August 8, 2009 at 6:47 pm

olode sound stupid as hell

M.I.L.F - August 8, 2009 at 8:44 pm

I think the story has been Exaggerated, people has taken small portions of info and ran with it, just think about it she’s not even worth a trillion LMAO at the story, but I don’t doubt she’s getting sued….

VENGEANCE IS MINE!!!!!!!!!! - August 8, 2009 at 11:44 pm

MY LAWYER TAUGHT ME: NEVER ADMIT TO ANYTHING!!!!

undressingHER - August 9, 2009 at 8:35 pm

i doubt oprah would steal anything. If anything, someone she knew got some stuff from somewhere else, then it got copied. 1.2 trillion, lmao. Oprah doesnt even have half a trillion.