THE VIEW - HASSELBECK ACCUSED OF DIET BOOK PLAGIARISM

HASSELBECK ACCUSED OF DIET BOOK PLAGIARISM

THE VIEW co-host ELISABETH HASSELBECK has been targeted in a lawsuit over claims she copied her diet book from another author's work.
The TV personality's The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide release has been a huge hit, hanging around America's best-sellers list over the recent months.
But the diet guide hasn't been a hit with one person - fellow author Susan Hassett has filed a lawsuit claiming Hasselbeck plagiarised her book, Living With Celiac Disease.
In documents filed at a Massachusetts' federal court, Hassett claims the star copied her book "word for word" and "includes dozens of paraphrased as well as word for word regurgitation's of phrases".
The suit adds that the organisation of the Hasselbeck's release is also similar to the working of Hassett's.