Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated September 26, 1966 reads "Actress flanked by Robert Osborn [sic] (carrying tape recordings) and Jordan Wank." Hedy Lamarr can be seen at the Superior Court where she attempted to stop the publication of her autobiography "Ecstasy and Me" pending a suit she filed against publishers for $9.6 million in damages. She claimed that the book's account of her love life was "libelous and obscene."
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Lamarr, Hedy,--1913-2000 Lamarr, Hedy,--1913-2000--Trials, litigation, etc Osborne, Robert,--1932-2017 Wank, Jordan Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1958-) California.--Superior Court (Los Angeles County) Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Lawyers--United States Courthouses--California--Los Angeles Sound recordings Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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