Lewandowski v. Lavandeira [1]

Jonathan Lewandowski, who apparently [2] operates a celebrity blog under the pseudonym Jonathan Jaxson [3], filed a lawsuit [4] against Mario Lavandeira, better known as celebrity blogger Perez Hilton [5], for allegedly mentioning Jaxson in a February 3, 2009 post [6] on his blog.  This allegedly violated a settlement agreement in a previous case [7] wherein the two parties agreed not to mention each other in any medium.  Specifically, according to the complaint, the settlement agreement stipulated that Hilton and Jaxson would "refrain from generating, publishing, communicating, or disseminating to any individual or entity any verbal or written reference, comment, remark, or discussion which relates in any way to each other."  (Compl [4]. ¶ 19.)

Jaxson claims that he asked Hilton, through his lawyers, to remove the post, but Hilton refused.  He is seeking a preliminary injunction enjoining Hilton from mentioning him on perezhilton.com; liquidated damages of $100,000, as provided for in the prior case's settlement agreement; compensatory, exemplary, and punitive damages; and attorneys' fees.

Hilton has yet to file an answer to Jaxson's complaint.