Adam Carolla Sued By Former Friend Donny Misraje … Again

Comedian Adam Carolla is being sued by a former friend yet again over photos published in his 2012 memoir.

TMZ reports that Carolla is being sued by Donny Misraje, who described himself in his earlier lawsuit as “a very close friend of Carolla’s for over 30 years.” This is the second time Misraje has sued the former Man Show host just this year.

The new lawsuit is over a couple of photos that Carolla used in his 2012 memoir Not Taco Bell Material. Misraje says that he owns the copyright to the photos, a couple shots of Carolla from the 1980s, and that they were published without Misraje’s “permission, consent or license to do so.”

“Plaintiff believes that he has suffered or is likely to suffer damages and will continue to suffer serious and substantial damages resulting from Defendants’ copyright infringement, including irreparable injury for which there is no adequate remedy at law,” the lawsuit reads.

The lawsuit also names Crown Publishing, which published Carolla’s memoir.

Misraje is seeking to prevent Carolla and Crown from apparently infringing on his copyrighted photos, and wants compensation for the previous alleged infringements. He also wants compensatory and punitive damages. An exact sum was not specified.

He also included a seemingly unreasonable request: That all remaining copies of Carolla’s memoir be destroyed.

Neither Crown nor Carolla have responded to queries about the lawsuit.

Misraje’s previous lawsuit against Carolla claimed that he encouraged the comic to turn his radio show to start his podcast, and that the two forged a partnership over the show.

Despite the success of Carolla’s podcast, Misraje claimed in January that he never received any payment for his work on the project. He also claimed that he left a lucrative position as a producer and editor in order to focus on the podcast.

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