EVIL KNIEVEL FORBIDDEN FROM SUING WEBSITE

Aging daredevil EVEL KNIEVEL has been prevented from suing a website that ran a photo of him with a caption reading "you're never too old to be a pimp".

The motorcycle maniac was furious when he saw the photo on extreme sports internet site EXPN.COM, which showed him with his arms around his wife and a second young woman.

But Montana appeals court ruled yesterday the term "pimp" could be taken as a compliment.

JUDGE WALLACE TASHIMA says, "Although the word 'pimp' may be reasonably capable of defamatory meaning when read in isolation, we agree with the district court's assessment that 'the term loses its meaning when considered in the context presented here'.

"The term 'pimp' as used on the EXPN.com Web site was not intended as a criminal accusation, nor was it reasonably susceptible to such a literal interpretation. Ironically, it was most likely intended as a compliment."