Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the hosts of ABC’s “The View,” seems to have gotten herself into a little trouble related to alleged plagiarism.
BOSTON – The author of a health book has sued Elisabeth Hasselbeck, accusing the co-host of ABC’s “The View” of plagiarism.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Massachusetts, alleges that Hasselbeck lifted “word for word” content from a book written by Susan Hassett, a self-published author on Cape Cod.
Hassett said in the lawsuit that she sent Hasselbeck a personal note and copy of her “Living With Celiac Disease” book as a courtesy after the television celebrity disclosed she had the illness last year.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
In the same story, there is this excerpt:
Hasselbeck said in a statement that the allegations are baseless and she worked “diligently and tirelessly” on the book and was disappointed by efforts to discredit her work.
Well, we’ll see how this one plays out.
Yahoo News:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_en_tv/us_people_hasselbeck_plagiarism
