Earlier this morning it was reported that ex- Miss California, Carrie Prejean, filed a lawsuit against pageant officials Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler for religious discrimination, defamation, public disclosure of private facts, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Carrie Prejean was dethroned June 10th as Miss California for posing topless on two seperate occasions and lying about it in her Miss California contract.

According to Carrie, Miss California officials “fabricated a fraudulent list of some 50 public appearances allegedly missed by Prejean which they released to the media in order to justify her termination as Miss California USA” and tried to “set up Prejean to have her dismissed as Miss California USA by asking her to do a Playboy photo shoot for $120,000.”

In response, Moakler’s attorney, Mel Avanzado, has issued a statement:

“On Ms. Moakler’s behalf, I can say unequivocally that Ms. Prejean’s lawsuit is without merit. More importantly, as everyone who watched or read her public statements is well aware, Ms. Prejean’s unfortunate and bigoted statements are responsible for any public humiliation or damages to her reputation that she has claimed to have suffered. Ms. Moakler strenuously denies that she did anything wrong and looks forward to proving that in a court of law.”

Keith Lewis said:

“I would guess Carrie sees it as a chance to get publicity for her upcoming book because in the interviews I have seen, she talks about the suit and the book in the same breath. We have no problem with her selling lots of books- considering in the current situation we could stand to profit from every single copy she sells.”

What do you think about Carrie’s lawsuit?