“Apple is one of dozens of defendants named in a new bizarre lawsuit that seeks a whopping $75 billion in return for claims of civil rights violations, conspiracy and fraud, to name a few,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“The wild accusations from David Louis Whitehead of Bossier, La., are included in a 99-page complaint filed this month in a U.S. District Court in the Western District of Arkansas. Apple is included among a long list of defendants including numerous judges, U.S. presidents, Hollywood studios, celebrities and banks,” Hughes reports. “Apple’s exact role in Whitehead’s elaborate tale is unclear, but ‘Apple Computer Inc.’ is listed as a defendant that is alleged to have engaged in ‘outrageous and reckless and extreme acts against the plaintiff, with the massive theft of the plaintiff’s copyrighted works, grossing millions if not billions of dollars.'”
“The plaintiff believes much of that money was made as a result of talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, who is accused of promoting ‘several film projects’ based on original writings by Whitehead,” Hughes reports. “Apparently a prolific writer, Whitehead has penned books, scripts and plays about a broad range of topics… Whitehead has a long legal history in which he has filed countless lawsuits, many of which are cited in the latest complaint. He also believes that a number of presidents — including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — have appointed judges to sabotage his relentless pursuits through the U.S. court system.”
Read more about Whitehead’s latest lawsuit in the full article here.
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Sounds like real compelling reading.. NOT
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Well. Um. … Cheers!
Ridiculousity Alert!
I happen to agree with mad person, except I’m suing god. Strikes me that the return on that would involve spiritual enfightenment
How do I sign up to be a co-plaintiff?
I suggest plaigarizing his complaint and for a mere few hundred bucks’ filing fee, you can have your own lawsuit. Except why not go for $75 trillion instead? The guy really has no ambition.
Dr. Evil: That’s a number. Okay then. We hold the world ransom for…..One hundred..BILLION DOLLARS!!
Amazon has one book by an author with this name: “Brains, Sex and Racism in the CIA and the Escape: And the Escape”. With a catchy title like that I understand why it is copied with such frequency. It has a best seller rank of 5,709,676 so it is hot!
2 used copies are available at $75 or for the author signed version $69.
Better hurry!
I’m gonna sue those exact people for being too rich and needing to share with me.
What? He forgot to add Charlie Sheen. LOL
Mr. Whitehead, I believe you.
God I hope this gets tossed out along with this guy. What a waste of the courts time. Let’s blame the world I lost money and try and sue them in court.
I agree, lets sue God, and the entire civilization too. “I demand a satisfaction to this doomed society…”. – Lets sue him for being so greedy – Oooh, this is not a comic book!!!
These billionaire demands for the reasons claimed look very, very Gotham City to me: Lets call “Batman”…
You can’t over look the nod to GI IPA. One, of a fine series of offerings.
If this guy gets $0.01
it will open the flood gates on lawsuits.
Just like the McDonalds hot coffee lawsuit.
I just saw this in the Link
“That same year, a man alleged in court that Apple conspired with the Italian mafia to secretly track him and transmit threatening messages to his iPod.”
Turns out it wasn’t the Mafia. He had accidentally bought the latest season of Jersey SHore on iTunes.
Sorry to be the one to tell you, but those floodgates have been wide open for decades.
-jcr
Lol!!! This guy is a fruit bat!!!!!!!
Hey MDN, try the gooses Sophie or Matilde.
Hey MDN,
Since this is Arkansas, I also recommend from Little Rock, a Diamond Bear Beer!
http://www.diamondbear.com/
It’s classic schizophrenia. Very sad. He deserves our pity, not our ridicule.
Filing a 99-page lawsuit against anyone is a sure way to make at least some people read your work, even if they have to because it is part of their jobs in the legal system.
“the plaintiff is barking mad and must not be allowed to waste public time and resources in this way”
-jcr
There is a medical term for his condition and Humphrey Bogart portrayed it brilliantly in “The Caine Mutiny”.
He could make money selling his story to Mel Gibson as a new movie script: “Conspiracy Theory II – Tales from the Loony Bin”
I personally recommend Brew Dog’s Punk IPA.
Well certainly true to say that the only worthwhile contribution on this is the wonderful promotion of IPA and traditional Ales had this beer at the GBBF on the American stand and I have to say this one and so many other micro brewers there are doing a fantastic job. Brew Dog Punk is new to me but hopefully not for long. Meanwhile if you guys ever get a chance to try Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger, Fullers ESB or Green King Abbot Ale amongst many other fine brews kill to do so. Meanwhile clearly this litigator has been drinking too many pints of Brain Rot instead.
Now we know who will take Glenn Beck’s place on False News.
Is this a new entry in the Guinness Book Of Records under the Conspiracy Theories category?
It looks like the judge holds conflict financial stocks in the case, which requires immediate alarm and disqualification, pursuant to Fed. Rule U.S.C. 455 a, b4, d4, 3c1.
It’s time for 60 minutes, Bill O’Reilly, Dateline or no-line!