Man suing charity for not getting to meet Angelina Jolie
March 25, 2009 by Sherry
Wow. This is possibly one of the Angelina Jolie news stories that I’ve heard in a long time. A man – unnamed at this time – gave a $30,000 donation on his credit card to the Lili Claire Foundation two years ago during a charity auction. Apparently the man made this bid under some sort of impression that he would then get to meet Angelina Jolie.
Two years later and the charitable foundation still has not produced a meeting between Angie and the donor so he’s suing the Lili Claire Foundation for a full refund of his 30 grand plus damages.
Damages? What on earth kind of damages could he have possibly accrued by not getting to meet Angelina?!
The story is still somewhat confusing because I don’t know if this was a simple mix-up where the man misunderstood what the commitment was or if the foundation honestly offered up a meeting with a massive celebrity without clearing it first. I think that if he didn’t get what he was offered he should get a refund, but not damages. And if he just didn’t understand what the auction was for, well, what kind of a creep would take his money back from a charity?
Meanwhile, Lili Claire’s reps have said:
“The Lili Claire Foundation has a 100% track record of honoring its commitment to donors and recipients with respect to every single auction item sold to support its charitable services. In the rare event that a sold auction item cannot be satisfactorily delivered to the winning bidder through no fault of our own, The Lili Claire Foundation works faithfully for an appropriate resolution with our bidder.”
If she hears of this news, I wonder if Angelina would take the initiative to meet this man if she found out he made a donation of such a substantial amount. Of course that might depend on what kind of “meeting” he had in mind.
Lili Claire Foundation raises money for children with neurogenetic disorders.
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Image used with permission: Newscom
I could actually see the guy being awarded damages, if they dragged out giving the guy a refund for two years for no good reason. 30 grand could have produced a lot of interest or return on investments in two years! Plus, having to go through the hassle.
If this was true, I think this was a scam from the Charitable organization. Angelina has no ties to this organization yet they made false promises attaching her name to them in hopes of getting more money.