Arizona Jazz Singer Defamed Her Doctors, Jury Finds
Popular singer must pay $12 million to her plastic surgeons
01/03/2012 | By Truman Lewis
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A jury in Phoenix has ordered popular jazz stylist Sherry Petta to pay her plastic surgeons $12 million after she posted derogatory comments about them on a Web site she created.
Petta complained about the treatment provided by Albert Carlotti and Michelle Cabret-Carlotti, a husband-and-wife plastic surgery team and also alleged that the doctors were not licensed in Arizona.
That, unfortunately for her, is not true and the jury found Petta guilty of libel per se -- basically meaning that she made damaging statements that were demonstrably false.
The jury also heard testimony that Petta was a notoriously difficult patient and that the doctors had to file an injunction to keep her away from their offices after she "repeatedly screamed at the ... staff, refused to follow instructions for medical care, and obtained contra-indicated care by others without first disclosing the care to plaintiffs."
Petta, twice named Jazz Artist of the Year by the Los Angeles Music Awards, said she plans to appeal the verdict, the Arizona Republic reported.
Roger Bradley (Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:49:21 +0000): Sounds like a spoiled brat to me.
Jacqueline Folwell (Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:18:38 +0000): Looks like all that fame Went to her head and out her mouth. Spoiled rotten brat. Reminds me of a few other stars that think they can do and say what they please.
Faye Bircheat (Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:18:38 +0000): You should never attempt to play a Diva unless you are one.
Rick Barnett (Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:53:21 +0000): The woman evidently has psychological problems. If the plastic surgeons made a serious mistake, it was in failing to determine, prior to surgery, that she was not a good candidate.
Lois Lanzetta Bleicher (Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:55:14 +0000): She apparently has more problems than plastic surgery can fix. There are times when our legal system works the way it should.