As Jay Leno was joking on “The Tonight Show”about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s wealth, a picture of the Sikh’s Golden Temple Holy Shrine appeared on a screen.
A Sikh religious leader filed a lawsuit against Leno and NBC claiming the Leno joke was false and brought Sikhs into public hatred, contempt and ridicule. -db
From a commentary in the Hollywood Reporter, January 25, 2012, by Eriq Gardner.