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Settlement Possible in Lawsuit Against Porn Star Jenna Jameson

Actress was sued for breach of contract after failing to make appearances in March at Hollywood Blvd. and Hollywood Palms in Naperville.

An out-of-court settlement could be possible between adult film star Jenna Jameson and the owner of and Hollywood Palms, the Naperville Sun reported Thursday. 

According to the report, on Thursday, Associate DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. Leston vacated a default judgment

Ted Bulthaup, owner of and Hollywood Palms, sued Jameson after she skipped out on two heavily promoted meet-and-greet appearances at the theaters in March that coincided with special screenings of her 2008 movie Zombie Strippers!

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The Naperville Sun reported Jameson's agent sent a vague doctor's note stating a medical emergency shortly before her expected arrival. Photos of her at Perez Hilton's birthday party that weekend were posted online. 

Jameson was served with the lawsuit May 24 at her Huntington Beach, Calif., residence, but neither she, nor any attorney on her behalf, formally responded within 30 days. That prompted Bulthaup's attorney

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Jameson recruited Naperville attorney Paul D. Nordini to defend her, the Naperville Sun reported. Nordini said in the report he's working with Bulthaup’s attorneys to try to "somehow resolve the case” before it goes to trial.

But the Naperville Sun also reported Nordini "asked Leston to disqualify Bulthaup’s legal team because of their alleged attempts to 'extort and blackmail' Jameson." 

Those attempts were made in an e-mail, the Naperville Sun reported, in which Bulthaup's lawyers said they were "disinterested in following the terms of her contract with Bulthaup’s theaters or rescheduling her personal appearances there" and warned Jameson would be sued if she did not pay $50,000 by May 4. 

“This was an attempt to extort and blackmail money from her,” Nordini said of his client in the Naperville Sun article. “Her position is that she was never in breach of an agreement, and was engaged in trying to reschedule” her appearances, he said.

"Nordini added he has informed DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan of the alleged extortion attempt," the Naperville Sun reported

Both Jameson and the theaters would have made tens of thousands in revenue from the event, the litigation said. 

Patch reporter Dan Campana contributed to this report. 


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