CNN’s Larry King Live had scrapped a planned TV interview with reality star Tila Tequila after an ex-girlfriend of socialite Casey Johnson served the newsman with a threat of legal action.
Larry had been scheduled to interview the bisexual vamp about her relationship with the recently-deceased Johnson & Johnson heiress. However, attorneys for Jasmine Lennard issued a warning to King, the producers of Larry King Live and TV network CNN, which airs his daily show, threatening action if Tequila defamed their client on the program.
In a letter to King and his producers, obtained by TMZ, the attorneys warned them not to let Tequila use the show as “a platform to make further false and defamatory allegations” about Lennard. “These include making allegations suggesting Lennard has a criminal record or outstanding warrant, among other sensational claims,” the letter continued.
Tila is trapped in a legal dispute wit Lennard over a scathing online blog she posted blasting the model last week.
Johnson’s family opposed King’s plans to interview Tequila about her fiancee’s death.