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BARBRA STREISANDS HOUSE - AERIAL PHOTO - LAWSUIT
MAY 30--Claiming an invasion of her privacy, Barbra Streisand is suing a California man for disseminating aerial pictures of her Malibu home. In a May 20 lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Streisand seeks an order barring photographer Kenneth Adelman from continuing to distribute images of her swanky spread. Adelman operates the California Coastal Records Project, which specializes in aerial photographs of the California coast, images intended for use by scientists and researchers. Streisand's lawsuit contends that the photos, one of which you'll find below, provide a "road map into her residence" and "clearly identify those routes that could be used to enter her property." UPDATE 12-3-03 Streisand Fails in Effort to Crush the First Amendment Barbra Streisand cried "censorship" when CBS lobbed its stinkbomb "The Reagans" over to Showtime, but she's the would-be censor. The Democrat fat cat tried to keep fellow millionaire California "environmentalists" from posting a photo of her mammoth Malibu estate on their Web site, but now a judge has thrown out her $10 million nuisance lawsuit. Not even babbling Babs "is above the First Amendment," the San Jose Mercury News noted today. L.A. Superior Court Judge Allan J. Goodman ruled Wednesday that Silicon Valley big shot Ken Adelman did not violate Malibu Barbie's privacy when he photographed her energy-guzzling mansion as part of a project to post aerial photos of California's coast. "Aerial views are a common part of daily living," wrote Goodman. "There is nothing offensive about the manner in which they occur, nor in the manner in which this particular view was obtained." He pointed out how the former movie star was being especially hypocritical because she and hubby James Brolin had People magazine publish photos of the interior and exterior of her plush digs in 1998. Compounding the slap at Streisand, the judge indicated he was ready to award legal fees to Adelman and his California Coastal Records Project. Streisand's fellow libs hooted in derision at her failed attempt at censorship. "This is a big victory," gloated Mark Massara, coastal director for Sierra Club, aka Club Sierra. "In the end, her lawsuit amounted to nothing more than a routine effort by yet another millionaire to prevent public beach access," Massara said. "The court was right to repudiate it." What? Babs doesn't own the sky? We can hear her shrieking now as she absorbs this news flash. Submitted by Randy T. 
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