TV judge had 'little regard for truth and accuracy' in Robert Durst book, collaborator's suit says
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Just weeks before the scheduled publication of a true-crime book about a member of a wealthy New York family written by a well-known former prosecutor, a onetime collaborator has filed suit against the author.
Plaintiff Lisa DePaulo contends that author Jeanine Pirro showed “little regard for truth and accuracy” and directed DePaulo to “describe events and circumstances that never occurred,” as well as “aggrandize” Pirro’s role “at the expense of the truth,” the New York Times (reg. req.) reports.
Pirro is now a television judge. She was the Westchester County district attorney when her office helped investigate crimes there that may have had a link to Robert Durst. Her book, He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice, is to be published by Simon & Schuster in early November.
Filed Thursday in state court in Manhattan, DePaulo’s breach-of-contract suit seeks more than $28,000 that DePaulo says she was promised but not paid.
Both Pirro and the publisher dispute DePaulo’s account.
“Lisa DePaulo is a disgruntled former employee,” Pirro’s agent, David Vigliano, told the Times. “She was fired for nonperformance. She’s doing this for the money, and it’s sad.”
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