[JerriBlank]

good for him but good luck collecting that...she's sounds like a real winner by the way.

Consider the case of Michael Flatley. Ireland's "Lord of the Dance" was sued for $35 million in 2003 by a woman who claimed that he had raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room. Flatley's version of events had it that the first he heard of the claim was two months after they'd spent the night together, consensually, when the woman's attorney contacted Flatley's attorney saying she'd tell the public Flatley had raped her if he didn't pay a specified amount. He declined, contacted the FBI to investigate - and filed a $100 million lawsuit against her and her lawyer. Flatley's suit alleged that the attorney had committed extortion, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, fraud, and wrongful interference with business relations.

Flatley's attorney, famed celebrity rep Burt Fields, explained: "We filed the lawsuit because what this lady did was outrageous...It will do tremendous damage to Mr. Flatley. Even when he wins the case, some people will still believe the accusations."

The case against Flatley was eventually thrown out (while a motion to dismiss his countersuit was denied), but that event was barely a blip on the media radar - until last summer, when DNA tests showed that Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher had fathered the two-month-old baby of Tyna Marie Robertson.

Robertson is the same woman who sued Flatley.

The information came to light that Robertson had dated other wealthy and well-known men through the years - relationships that sometimes ended in litigation - through private investigator Ernie Rizzo, who noted that he worked for Urlacher and Flatley.

Dark Side of Fame: Becoming A Target for Sex Charges, Lawsuits - Netscape Celebrity