NAMES IN THE NEWS : ‘Feud’ Host Sues Club Owner
Ray Combs, host of television’s “Family Feud,” has filed a $20-million defamation lawsuit against a nightclub owner over remarks published in the National Enquirer.
Combs’ lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, accuses Charles Schneider of Cincinnati of making false statements about the comedian.
Combs and Schneider already are battling in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court over ownership and operation of the CaddyCombs Comedy Club. Schneider had Combs arrested at the comedy club on a private criminal trespassing complaint April 6, after Combs performed there.
Combs’ lawsuit in federal court alleges that Schneider told the National Enquirer that Combs “engineered his own arrest as a publicity stunt--and he even tipped off the TV cameras to be there.”
The Combs lawsuit says Schneider made the statements falsely and with malice. The suit seeks unspecified punitive damages.
Schneider was out of town and his attorney, William DeCenso, was unavailable for comment today, DeCenso’s office said.
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