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TwitterChina quake victims to Sharon Stone: Give us $1 billion!
More than 1,000 Chinese earthquake victims (and Manhattan attorney Ming Hai) have demanded that actress Sharon Stone put her money where her mouth is.
Fox News (via the New York Post) is reporting that they're asking for a $1-billion payout from Sharon Stone.
The "Basic Instinct" star was served with legal papers announcing intention to sue her for harming Chinese people by suggesting the catastrophic quake in May was "karma" for the regime's occupation of Tibet.
Yes, she really did say that. Open mouth, insert Manolo Blahnik.
"For the families who have lost their loved ones or lost limbs or suffered severe injuries, your ... statement and act has caused extreme emotional distress," Ming wrote, citing the comments La Stone spouted at the Cannes Film Festival, where she -- along with Madonna -- helped raise barnloads of bucks for AIDS research at the annual AMfar charity dinner and auction during the festival.
In a public apology last month, Stone, 50, said she "could not be more regretful for that mistake."
But that wasn't enough. French fashion house Christian Dior immediately dropped Stone from its Chinese ads. And the Shanghai International Film Festival sniffed that she was not welcome at this year's event.
Plus PETA has offered to scan her brain to find her heart, although that's got nothing to do with quake victims and everything to do with the fact that Sharon just loves to wear dead animals.
What do you think? Should Sharon Stone have to pay damages to quake victims? And is $1 billion enough?
It was an inexcusably thoughtless and ignorant thing to say.
But jeepers, what does a girl have to do to say she's sorry these days?
Photo: La Stone, doing what she does best, besides raising money for worthy causes. Hey, maybe she should host a benefit for the China quake victims? It's not such a dumb idea. Credit: Wire Image
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Someone needs to explain the meaning of free speech to the Chinese. Sharon Stone is an American and can say whatever she wants. And to my fellow Americans going to the Chinese Olympics, don't breathe the air, it's deadly...
LOL. that attorney should be disbared. this is america. we have free speech. we can say as we please and if we want to say that the chinese deserved it, we can. it's malicious and stupid(sharon stone you're an idiot) but still, 1st amendment. why did they ever vote china for the olympic host.
I, too, demand $1M as Ms. Stone has repeatedly and deeply offended me with her atrocious movies and acting.
Free speech my @$$!
Don't give a dime to China until they change their fascist, racist dictatorship of murderers and thugs into something that resembles a civilized government. They have poisoned their air, water and land, they torture and imprison all those who disagree, their children died in the earthquake because of corruption, and now they complain because Sharon Stone said what we all think?
She made a mistake and apologized.
And even if she did send money or held a charity event, who's to say that the corrupt Chinese government won't confiscate the money? They were greedy enough to build buildings that weren't safe and now they are bribing grieving parents with money not to bring protests for losing their children.
I didn't think any public statement could top Sharon Stone's karma rant in terms of sheer stupidity until I read about Ming Hai's $1 billion dollar demand. Absurd!
you know, it was a big goof on Ms. Stone's part, but geesh. Let her off the hook- we're all entitled to have a bad moment, and public figures are no less so. Don't these earthquake victims have more important concerns?
Oh god what a joke...Sharon Stone has been misquoted a billion times: she said that she wondered if it was some kind of karma, she didn't wish it upon them or place blame. China's record on human rights abuses is atrocious and they should clean up their own actions before suggesting some misquote from a movie star has anything to do with anything. Corruption lies at the heart of China and this demand for $ reveals their true self..greedy and dark.
Hey, LA Times, research this Ming Hai a bit, don't just put out his press release. This attorney's office is not in Manhattan. Please, he wishes. According to all listings for him he's in Flushing, Queens and is a law firm of one. Apparently no real firms in NYC wanted to hire him. Who knows where his law degree comes from. He's a greedy hack who has brought a frivolous lawsuit against a big media figure before. Last year he tried to sue CNN for $1 billion for remarks made by Jack Cafferty. Ming Hai proves over and over he can't even grasp the concept of free speech. Somebody like this should not be allowed to practice law in the United States. Whatever judge has the misfortune of hearing this ridiculous case, I hope that judge fines Ming Hai and tosses him out on his a**.