The passenger in Morgan Freeman's car crash last year sued the actor Wednesday for negligence and disputed media portrayals of her as the "other woman" in the breakup of his marriage.
Former executive assistant Demaris Meyer's lawsuit claims that Freeman failed to properly operate the car, and she is seeking damages to cover medical expenses and permanent disability, among other things, according to Reuters.
Meyer said she met the Oscar winner for the first time on the night of the crash, Aug. 3, by dining with him, a mutual friend and the friend's wife. She said the Dark Knight and Driving Miss Daisy star offered to let her stay at his Charleston, Miss., estate because she had to go to work in the morning and it would make her commute more convenient.
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Morgan Freeman has left a Memphis hospital following a Sunday-night car crash.The office of Freeman’s publicist, Ken Sunshine, confirmed to TVGuide.com that the actor was released around noon Thursday.Freeman had surgery late Monday. He suffered a broken arm and elbow, as well as minor shoulder damage. Freeman, 71, and his passenger, Demaris Meyer, were traveling eastbound on Highway 32, in Mississippi’s Tallahatchie County, when the actor's Nissan Maxima veered off the road. As Freeman overcorrected, the vehicle flipped several times before coming to a rest. Police say that is no indication that either alcohol or drugs were involved.The actor’s attorney disclosed this week that Freeman and Myrna Colley-Lee, his wife of 24 years, were divorcing. Freeman won the Oscar for best supporting actor in 2005 (for his role in Million Dollar Baby), and has been nominated three other times. — Tim Molloy
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Morgan Freeman and his wife of the past 24 years, costumer Myrna Colley-Lee, "are involved in a divorce action," the actor's attorney, Bill Luckett, tells Access Hollywood. This news of course comes just days after Freeman and female friend Demaris Meyer were involved in a late-night car accident on Mississippi Highway 32.Freeman's attorney goes on to note that "for legal and practical purposes, [Freeman and his wife] have been separated since December of 2007." When contacted by TVGuide.com, Freeman's publicist, Donna Lee, said she was unable to confirm or deny the report. A call into Luckett's office has yet to be returned.Freeman, 71, and Meyer, 48, were reportedly en route to the actor's home in Charleston, Miss., when the car Freeman was driving veered off the road, went airborne and ultimately flipped. The driver and passenger were airlifted to Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., where Freeman — whose injuries included a broken arm and elbow — underwent surger...
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Morgan Freeman is recovering from the injuries suffered in a car accident Sunday and looks forward to going home from the hospital soon, his publicist said Tuesday.The Academy Award-winning actor was still listed in serious condition Tuesday, said Kathy Stringer, a spokeswoman for the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. Publicist Donna Lee said Freeman had successfully completed surgery on his shoulder, arm, hand and elbow. "He's good. He's in good spirits. He's trying to get out of there," Lee told TVGuide.com. She also said in a statement that Freeman spent time with his family Tuesday morning and was up, walking around, and looking forward to leaving the hospital in the next few days.Freeman, 71, and his passenger, Demaris Meyer, were traveling eastbound on Highway 32, in Tallahatchie County, when the actor's Nissan Maxima veered off the road. Freeman overcorrected and the vehicle flipped several times before coming to a rest. Police say there is no indication that drugs or...
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The Dark Knight is a bleak and jittery bad dream of a summer blockbuster but the movie has nothing on real life Morgan Freemans car accident which left the Oscar-winning actor with serious injuries was only the latest stroke of bad luck to make audiences wonder if there was a curse of The Dark Knight similar to the tragic aura surrounding the films Poltergeist and Rosemarys Baby Talk of a curse started with the deaths of Heath Ledger and Conway Wickliffe a special effects technician who was killed while performing a stunt on set in London The film is dedicated to both The arrest of Christian Bale a few days after the films opening and Freemans accident on a Mississippi highway only added to the conjectureFreeman was reported to be in good spirits Monday A business partner told Entertainment Tonight he needed surgery for a fractured left elbow Bale who was arrested in relation to accusations of assault from his mother and siste
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