Talkers: Suit over Elvis house doesn’t bend Uri Geller’s way
Suit over Elvis’ house doesn’t bend his way
MEMPHIS, Tenn. | Celebrity psychic Uri Geller and two partners have lost a federal lawsuit claiming the former owners of Elvis Presley’s pre-Graceland house breached an eBay contract to sell the home.
Geller gained fame in the 1970s for his alleged power to bend spoons and other objects with his mind. He and his partners bid $905,100 for the home in a 2006 auction by Cindy Hazen and Mike Freeman.
The deal fell apart.
On Tuesday, a judge ruled that the auction was more of an advertising vehicle than a binding sale. Even if it was a contract, the judge said, Geller and his partners breached it when they altered the closing terms after the sale.
Suit over Elvis’ house doesn’t bend his way
MEMPHIS, Tenn. | Celebrity psychic Uri Geller and two partners have lost a federal lawsuit claiming the former owners of Elvis Presley’s pre-Graceland house breached an eBay contract to sell the home.
Geller gained fame in the 1970s for his alleged power to bend spoons and other objects with his mind. He and his partners bid $905,100 for the home in a 2006 auction by Cindy Hazen and Mike Freeman.
The deal fell apart.
On Tuesday, a judge ruled that the auction was more of an advertising vehicle than a binding sale. Even if it was a contract, the judge said, Geller and his partners breached it when they altered the closing terms after the sale.
Court stamps out claim of letter phobia
BERLIN | A court ruled against a woman who claimed a phobia of official letters — not a lack of responsibility — in her appeal of authorities’ decision to cut off child support.
The court in western Germany said Wednesday that the woman was sent two letters regarding the matter. She did not respond to the first. Her response to the second was late, so it was tossed out, along with her child-support payments.
She told the court that “she was and still is petrified of the contents of official letters.”
The court rejected the woman’s appeal, saying she would have had plenty of time to seek help for her problem.
Charges dropped in stun-gun duel
BOULDER, Colo. | Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Colorado restaurant owner after he and a security company supervisor shot each other with stun guns in a dispute over parking.
Prosecutors said the case against restaurateur Harvey Epstein was weak. They also cited a weak case for the security company to have clamped a metal boot on a wheel of a van owned by one of Epstein’s employees — the incident that set off the May 17 confrontation. Police said Epstein and Case M. Dane shot each other with stun guns.