Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson at a benefit in San Francisco (10/27)
It’s not just Christina Aguilera and Martha Stewart feeling the heat. Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have fallen upon hard times as well. From TMZ:
Tom Hanks is being dragged into the middle of a legal war over The Beatles. Tom’s wife, Rita Wilson, just had to have a 1962 vintage Beatles poster priced at $75,000 as a gift for Hanks. According to legal papers filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Wilson agreed to ante up — provided the seller, Melissa Pearl, coughed up a certificate of authenticity. When Pearl came up dry, Wilson said she would bail on the deal.
That’s when Pearl, “became belligerent” demanding not only the $75k but an additional $300,000 “for what Pearl absurdly characterized as her time and trouble to obtain the evidence requested by Wilson that the poster was authentic.” Wilson wants a judge to declare she can legally walk from the deal. (Source)
It’s sad to see really. A legal mess over a simple little $75,000 poster and $300k certificate of authenticity. How embarrassing. During better times, I remember when celebrities would light their fancy cigarettes with $75,000 posters. My how times have changed.
[WENN]
