Ex Classmate Suing Porn Star For Stealing Her Name

[matcom]

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HOUSTON -- A Houston-area woman filed a lawsuit against a porn star, claiming she stole her name.

Lara Madden, 25, is an actress in the pornography industry, Houston TV station KPRC reported. She is a former Houstonian who has appeared in about a dozen X-rated movies under the stage name "Syvette Wimberly." That's the problem.

The real Syvette Wimberly was one of Madden's classmates at Kingwood High School. The women knew each other in the ninth grade.

Wimberly said she does not believe it's a coincidence that her old classmate is now using her name.

"I imagine she knew the name and maybe thought it sounded catchy and was unique," Wimberly said.

Wimberly is suing Madden for invasion of privacy and emotional distress.

http://www.wftv.com/entertainment/13647396/detail.html

[dysfunctional press]

1. i had good friends who gave their daughter a porn-star name...

their last name is "lace", and they named their daughter "candace".

imagine their surprise when she came home from junior high one day, and had decided that she wanted to go by the name "candy".

[Hugin]

2. What?!?! That's the name she used on our marriage certificate!

:rofl:

[Elidor]

3. My high school art teacher was Taylor St. Clair

Unfortunately, she wasn't the Taylor St. Clair.

[underpants]

4. "Kingwood"

:bounce:

The Smoking Gun has a picture with her bits redblocked out--eh run of the mill blonde pornstar but a quick search says that she was in "Anal Camera 19" not 18 mind you 19.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0703072alias1.html

[Strawman]

5. I hope Mini Driver doesn't sue me