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In an attempt to stop companies from using her likeness, O**** is suing acai berry companies. I am afraid to actually use her name as even the mention of her name seems enough to land you in court.

I do not condone some of the unethical advertising that goes on in the health and fitness world, but this seems to be going too far. From what I can tell, O**** is claiming that neither her or a doctor I fear to name as well have never made any claims about acai berry and do not endorse any products. I can buy the endorsement part, but I have seen the shows where the benefits of the acai berry have been praised. If you google the term acai berry, an article on the official O**** website talks about how beneficial they are.

As a celebrity, you lose some of your privacy. The public has paid O**** millions if not billions of dollars and having your picture everywhere is part of the deal. If somebody says “O**** specifically endorses this product” and that is not true, I can understand the lawsuit. However to say “acai berries as seen on O****” and be sued seems wrong. I have seen acai berries on O**** so why should it be illegal to say that.

If you want to see the full article go to: blogs.suntimes.com/oprah/2009/08/oprah_winfrey_and_dr_oz_suing.html

Thanks for reading. Hope I didn’t offend anybody too much, especially O**** or the un-named doctor.