Don Imus Coming Back to Radio

Don Imus threatened a $120 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS. The disagreement was settled out of court, but neither side can talk about what was agreed to. Imus signed a five-year $40 million contract just before he made his nappy headed comments.

Just when it looked like the Imus controversy was over, one of those sweet girls from the Rutgers women’s basketball team, Kia Vaughn is suing Imus for slander and defamation of character. Imus apologized to the girls in person, and the public was behind the girls from the start, so it’s hard to imagine this suit going anywhere, which may be why a dollar amount was not listed. She said:

Vaughn, who was a center, had spoken out about Imus on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in April. "Our moment was stolen from us," Vaughn said then.

If it wasn’t for Imus shining a spotlight on the girls’ "moment" only Rutgers fans would have known about it. The fact that Vaughn is getting a lot of press gives away her intent. She wants to keep herself in the spotlight. She will probably write a book next, or the girls will sell their rights for a made for TV movie to be made, and they will all make money off the Imus comments. The only girls that aren’t getting any press are the 2 or 3 white girls that were on the team. No one ever cares about the white girls. Imagine how hard life must have been when everyone was saying "white girls can’t jump." If you ask me, they should make a show about the struggles of white girls on an all black female basketball team. Imus could play their coach, and keep referring to the white girls as nappy headed until finally at the end of the movie they dump gatorade all over him, and leave him hanging in the basketball hoop, while the crowd carries the girls out as heroes even though they lost all their games.