Designer slaps Courtney Love with libel suit

Some of Courtney Love’s online rants are now in a Los Angeles court.

A fashion designer’s libel and breach-of-contract lawsuit against the singer includes what she calls several “menacing and disturbing” statements posted on the Internet.

Dawn Simorangkir, also known as Boudoir Queen, based in Austin, Texas, says Love never paid her for work done. She filed the lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The suit cites remarks from Love’s Twitter and MySpace pages and in the feedback section of Etsy.com. It said that Love called Simorangkir a “nasty lying hosebag thief” and accused her of being a drug addict and a prostitute.

Phone messages left for Love’s publicist Thursday and Friday were not immediately returned.

It seems 8 not enough

Cash-strapped former “Eight is Enough” and “Charles in Charge” star Willie Aames is selling off his belongings in suburban Kansas City.

Dozens showed up Thursday at a garage sale at his Olathe home, where Aames made deals with bargain-hunters and signed autographs.

A production crew filmed the sale for a TV show.

The 48-year-old Aames has fallen upon hard times. He filed for bankruptcy last year and his home is in foreclosure.

Items on sale included antiques, artwork, a piano, deer head mounts, and TV and movie memorabilia.

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� Associated Press

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