Oprah Misses Chance to Demonstrate "Healing Hands," Gets Sued Instead
Oprah Misses Chance to Demonstrate "Healing Hands," Gets Sued Instead
A MIRACLE COULD HAVE BEEN WITNESSED BY HER FLOCK, BUT INSTEAD OPRAH WINFREY is being sued by an Opraphile who was knocked down by stampeding worshippers at a December, 2006 show.
Orit Greenberg of Illinois is seeking $50,00 in damages after she allegedly was pushed down a flight of stairs by zealous fans who were told to sit wherever they wanted in the studio audience. As a result, Greenberg claims she received "severe and permanent" injuries and contends the crowd was not properly controlled by Harpo Studios staff.
One would think that Oprah would have simply walked over, laid her hands on the slumped fan and healed her with her magical touch.
Such a lost opportunity for America's demigod. Surely the talk show know-it-all will silently cut Greenberg a check for the amount she's requesting - $50,000 -- which is a pittance of Oprah's worth. Forbes estimates Winfrey brings in $260 million annually, which means that her wealth ticks upward $24,680 every hour she breathes. The production company declined to comment on Greenberg's allegations.
And more bad news for Harpo but new opportunity for the public to see what goes on behind the Harpo curtain: Darlene Tracy, a Massachusettes mother of four, claims that the Oprah Show stole an idea she pitched to the show's executive produce, Ellen Rakieten, entitled The Philanthropist.
Tracy claims the show contacted her for more information but then brushed her off saying they would use their own ideas. Fast-forward three years later and Winfrey is now airing a twisted version of altruism on a sponsor-ladened surreality TV show called The Big Give. .“I am the architect of that show and its framework has been stolen,” Tracy told the Boston Herald. Can't wait to see how this sideshow ends.
And more bad news for Harpo but new opportunity for the public to see what goes on behind the Harpo curtain: Darlene Tracy, a Massachusettes mother of four, claims that the Oprah Show stole an idea she pitched to the show's executive produce, Ellen Rakieten, entitled The Philanthropist.
Tracy claims the show contacted her for more information but then brushed her off saying they would use their own ideas. Fast-forward three years later and Winfrey is now airing a twisted version of altruism on a sponsor-ladened surreality TV show called The Big Give. .“I am the architect of that show and its framework has been stolen,” Tracy told the Boston Herald. Can't wait to see how this sideshow ends.
