The View’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck is being sued by ‘Living With Celiac Disease’ author, Susan Hassett, for stealing material from Hassett’s book and publishing it in her own book, ‘The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide,’ which was released last month.
E! reports that Hassett claims in a court document that she mailed a copy of her “scrupulously researched” book, along with newspaper clippings, a note, a homemade cooking video and a business card, in April 2008—after Hasselbeck revealed she suffered from celiac disease, in which the body cannot process gluten.
Hassert claims Hasselbeck then simply “add[ed] 100 pages of fluff designed to make the infringing book a popular commercial diet book.”
“There is no basis for the allegations,” Hasselbeck publisher Center Street says in a statement. “Ms. Hasselbeck worked diligently and tirelessly on her book and is disappointed in this attempt to discredit her work and her ability to bring this important message to the public.”


