Blazing Saddles - Deluise Given Go-Ahead To Sue Daughter-In-Law

A judge has given actor DOM DeLUISE the go-ahead to continue legal action against his former daughter-in-law BRIGITTE DeLUISE after she sued him for $2 million (GBP1.05 million). The BLAZING SADDLES star is suing both Brigitte and her lawyer STEVEN ZELIG for emotional and financial distress. Brigitte sued Dom following her divorce from his son in August 2003, claiming the actor, his wife and their advisors tried to cut her off financially. Zelig tried to argue that Dom's legal action was in violation of state law that prevented the silencing of critics by forcing them to pay legal costs, but at a Los Angeles hearing on Friday (22SEP06) Judge JUDITH CHIRLIN disagreed. Chirlin said, "I find that there were sufficient grounds for the lawsuit to have been filed. There is a likelihood of it prevailing on the merits."