Woman Suing Over 'Oprah's Big Give'

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Posted: 2008-03-20 15:22:56
Filed Under: TV News
(March 20) - Media queen Oprah Winfrey is not immune to lawsuits, and now she faces another one.

A woman named Darlene Tracy is suing Oprah over her new reality series 'Oprah's Big Give,' claiming she gave Winfrey the idea, the New York Daily News reports.

Tracy, a mother of four from Boston with no TV experience, contends she pitched a show called 'The Philanthropist,' where people would compete by helping others, to the executive producer of Winfrey's talk show in 2005.

On the 'Big Give,' contestants are provided with money and told to give it away to strangers.

Tracy took her lawsuit to court in Boston, Mass. but a judge dismissed the complaint. She now plans to appeal the ruling.

A spokesperson for Winfrey says, "[Tracy's] claims against Harpo Productions, Inc. are without merit."

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