Fashion designer Oleg Cassini’s widow, Marianne Nestor-Cassini, alleges that Vanity Fair defamed her in a September article and is asking $10 million in damages from Conde Nast Publications.
The complaint read that Nestor-Cassini tried to correct the record even before the article was published , “Upon becoming aware of the innuendos being made to plaintiff’s contacts and reporting statements being made that were slanderous, libelous and inaccurate. Marianne personally called the office of Vanity Fair to report this improper and damaging ‘reporting’.” Nestor-Cassini said her calls were ignored. -db
From the Courthouse News Service, August 8, 2011, by Liz Potocsnak.