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Lawsuit Could Be Filed Against "Pauper To Princess" Contestants

POSTED: 7:32 am EDT May 8, 2008
UPDATED: 8:57 am EDT May 8, 2008

The women who claimed a reality tv show director held them against their will could be facing a lawsuit. It comes after the State Attorney's Office dropped all charges against the creators of the reality show Pauper to Princess.


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The state said they dropped the case because there just wasn't enough evidence. The attorney for the show's producer says their stories about what happened inside this small home in Apopka just wasn't adding up.

The female contestants on the show convinced everyone, even police, that the producers of the show held them against their will inside the home. But when prosecutors took a closer look they couldn't find enough evidence to make the charges against Mark Brilleman stick.

"We have been saying from the beginning that this was a complete fabrication from these girls. None of it made sense," said Brilleman's attorney, Mark Nejame.

The girls were taping a proposed reality television show, Pauper to Princess, that promised a modeling contract. They told police the show's producer refused to let them leave one weekend and they feared Brilleman planned to use them to make a sex tape instead.

"How can you be held against your will when you are fighting, we've got letters from the girls, to stay in the competition," asked Nejame.

Nejame says it is that kind of evidence and all the media attention that helped prove the women's stories were bogus.

"They were on the national news, local news. Well it would help us because every time they'd say something it would be a different story than they previously stated," Nejame added.

Attorney Mark Nejame says the women won't get away with the lies they told. The lawsuit against the women could be filed in the next couple of weeks.



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