Imus' Crack About Advertiser Leads To New Legal Trouble

Posted by Eriq Gardner

Don Imus' mouth is getting him into trouble again. In a $4 million lawsuit filed in New York County Court, Flatsigned Press accuses the radio talk show host of breaching a contract by failing to properly read its advertisement for Gerald Ford hand-signed books. Instead, Imus called the advertising copy "cheesy" and said, "These bastards have been waiting for [Ford] to croak so that they can unload [these books]."

Here's an audio clip of Imus' read-through.