NEWSMiley Challenges Lawsuit
May 14 2009, Published 12:12 p.m. ET
Miley Cyrus' music might be the stuff of tweenage dreams, focused on young love and being young, but her legal team is nothing but serious.
A woman recently filed a class-action lawsuit against the star, claiming that the infamous picture of Miley slanting her eyes back with a group of others offended her, and now her attorneys are slamming those allegations, E! News reports.
Miley's lawyers say that Lucie J. Kim's claim is based on a civil rights statute involving equal access to public accommodations. So although she's complaining that the picture of Miley insulted L.A.'s Asian-Pacific Islanders, the lawsuit doesn't mean she should get money for being offended. A hearing in the motion to dismiss the suit is set for June 4.
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The Hannah Montana star apologized at the time for her "goofy" picture, and legal documents state that she"did not intend to discriminate against Asian-Pacific Islander descent."
