Opinion ID: 2352110
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Invasion of PrivacyFalse Light)

Text: 10. Plaintiff realleges the foregoing paragraphs 4 through 9 as if specifically restated herein. 11. Although a member of the National Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Kitt was at [no] time a public figure or voluntarily involved in any controversy or any matter of broad public interest. 12. Defendants, jointly and separately, in carrying out their scheme to produce and broadcast publicly an impersonation of plaintiff's image, despite his express instruction not [to] do so, engaged in conduct and conveyed an impression about plaintiff which, to a reasonable person, created the false appearance that plaintiff was not the accomplished musician he was always theretofore regarded to be; and the methods and techniques of impersonation employed by the impersonator, who was then and there acting as an agent and employee of defendants, cast plaintiff's musical technique and skill into serious question among those who watched the program. 13. Defendants acted willfully and with malice and with reckless disregard of plaintiff's privacy, wishes and instructions. 14. As the direct and proximate result of the above described actions of defendants, plaintiff's professional and personal reputations were damaged. WHEREFORE, plaintiff demands judgment against defendants, jointly and severally, for $100,000.00 in compensatory damages, and $100,000.00 in punitive damages, plus the costs of this action.