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Jackson Angered Over Jesus Juice
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead a répondu le Wed 9 Nov, 2005 @ 11:39am |
 Coolness: 685665 | Michael Jackson will attempt to block a move to patent a wine called Jesus Juice - the name he gave to the wine he served the boy who accused him of sexual assault.
Jackson's spokesman said he expected the singer to launch an objection. The wine is being produced by the producer who headed an American cable network's coverage of Jackson's sex abuse trial. CBS Evening News producer Bruce Rheins has given patent officials the controversial logo for the wine. It features a near-naked man wearing a sequinned glove, loafers and a black fedora that covers his face - a clear reference to Jackson. Jackson is not the only one to be outraged by the wine and logo. Christian groups are demanding the patent be refused. "This is offensive on many levels. Not only are they ripping off Jesus to make a cheap political point, but a man who is a senior producer at CBS is doing it," Catholic League President, William Donohue, told the New York Daily News. "This seriously compromises his integrity on all matters religious." Mr Rheins said the wine was a private joke and apologised to those who were offended. "My wife and I are hobby winemakers. We made a few bottles for friends. We never wanted to sell it. We only trademarked it because we didn't want other people to try to make money off it," he said. "I want to apologise to anybody who is offended by this. It was an irreverent idea that, in hindsight, I would discard, just like I'll probably discard those labels." |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead a répondu le Wed 9 Nov, 2005 @ 11:42am |
| Coolness: 685665 | The CBS News producer who attempted to start a wine label called Jesus Juice while he was covering the Michael Jackson trial is beginning to backtrack after his activities were exposed.
After NewsBusters broke the story Sunday, other media outlets picked up our scoop including the Associated Press, [ TheSmokingGun.com ] and MSNBC's "Countdown." Since that time, the producer, Bruce Rheins, and his wife, Dawn Westlake, have removed all Jesus Juice material from their respective web sites. The New York Daily News spoke to Rheins yesterday, he disingenuously told the paper he never intended to make money from the offensive wine label: "My wife and I are hobby winemakers. We made a few bottles for friends. We never wanted to sell it. We only trademarked it because we didn't want other people to try to make money off it. "I apologize to anybody who is offended by this. It was an irreverent idea that, in hindsight, I would discard." That explanation rings a little hollow, however, considering that the Los Angeles-based duo were selling merchandise bearing the wine's logo, a hybrid picture of a Christ figure sporting Jackson-esque clothing, through the web site [ CafePress.com ] Some of the proffered items included wall clocks, mugs, and t-shirts. Since we broke the story, Westlake (who operates the [ CafePress.com ] virtual store) has removed all Jesus Juice items from her online offerings. NewsBusters has preserved two of the pages, however. Click here to see the JJ clock, here to see the JJ t-shirt and here to see Rheins posing with a JJ mug and t-shirt. Rheins's spin also is contradicted by a diary entry his wife posted on her personal site this past July: "We continued with our chores…canning 10 quarts of peach preserves from our overly productive peach tree, making merlot (from scratch…since, yes, we bought the Jesus Juice trademark…you think I’m joking? I’m not!)" Later in the same entry, Westlake describes a trip to Solvang, California, a small town with a number of wineries. After a little description, she regrets having to leave: "All too soon, it was time to leave. But, I'll be back! Maybe if Jesus Juice takes off, to buy property!! [sic]" Aside from the above, however, Rheins's statement makes absolutely no sense. He and Westlake spent the money and time to file a trademark for Jesus Juice, a label which ridicules both Jackson and Christianity, all because they didn't want someone else to make money? Far more likely of an outcome is that Rheins and Westlake tried to get a buyer for the trademark (which he registered while covering the Jackson trial) and were unsuccessful. Source: News Busters |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Wed 9 Nov, 2005 @ 4:52pm |
 Coolness: 339740 | Can i have a sip of that shit?? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead a répondu le Wed 9 Nov, 2005 @ 4:59pm |
| Coolness: 685665 | Only if I get to molest you after! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope a répondu le Wed 9 Nov, 2005 @ 8:01pm |
 Coolness: 201300 | It doesn't matter if you are black or some kind of mutant unnatural albino white |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» elka a répondu le Thu 10 Nov, 2005 @ 10:45am |
 Coolness: 52505 | hahhahahhaha thats so funny. I'll buy a bottle |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn a répondu le Fri 11 Nov, 2005 @ 11:31am |
| Coolness: 178720 | Jesus Juice.. Funny name :) |
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