A man who heckled Bristol Palin in a Los Angeles bar and insulted her conservative politician mother, Sarah Palin, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the single mom of defamation.
Talent manager Stephen Hanks also sued cable channel Lifetime, which includes film of the 2011 incident in Bristol Palin’s upcoming reality TV show, claiming he had not given the program’s makers his permission to be filmed. The lawsuit, filed in US federal court in Los Angeles, stems from a widely publicised September 2011 incident at a bar and restaurant on the famous Sunset Strip. The amount of damages is not specified but Hank’s lawyer, Los Angeles-based Michael Gulden, said the suit had been filed in federal court because the plaintiff was seeking more than $75,000.