EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Pageant Official Considering Legal Action Over Carrie Prejean Book
Nov. 10 2009, Published 10:08 a.m. ET
Carrie Prejean's book Still Standing contained explosive revelations about the inner workings of the Miss California organization and its executive director Keith Lewis is fighting back at her claims in an exclusive statement to RadarOnline.com.
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“I work in pageants and I love a good fairy tale like anyone else. Unfortunately this is not one. This one doesn’t have a message. Carrie’s claims about me in her book are absolutely false, categorically incorrect, derogatory and untrue. She uniformly disparages me. I thought this was over, but the fight isn’t finished," Lewis proclaimed.
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He went so far as to threaten taking further action against the former Miss California: "By printing her lies I am considering whether to take legal action against her defamatory remarks.”
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In the book, Prejean does not hold back with her critcism of Lewis, citing specific instances of his disorganization and mismanagement of the pageant which included the hiring of Shanna Moakler- a move Prejean did not see consistent with the pageant's goal of rehabilitating its image.
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