Washington
(ANI):
Former
Miss
California
Carrie
Prejean
has
slapped
the
state
organization
with
a
lawsuit,
alleging
it
discriminated
against
her
religious
beliefs
and
caused
her
emotional
distress,
her
lawyer
has
said.
The
22-year-old,
who
was
controversially
stripped
off
her
crown
due
to
her
anti-gay
marriage
activism,
turned
to
Los
Angeles
Superior
Court
against
K2
Productions,
co-executive
directors
Keith
Lewis
and
Shanna
Moakler
and
publicist
Roger
Neal.
The
former
Miss
USA
runner-up
was
accused
of
"breach
of
contract" and
failure
to
attend
scheduled
appearances
by
state
pageant
officials
-
a
claim
denied
by
the
beauty's
lawyer.
"If
Carrie
had
not
answered
the
question
in
support
of
traditional
marriage
...
she
would
most
certainly
still
be
Miss
California,"
Fox
News
quoted
Prejean's
attorney
Charles
S
Limandri
as
saying.
"Over
the
past
two
months
we
have
worked
hard
to
provide
overwhelming
evidence
that
Carrie
Prejean
did
not
violate
her
contract
with
Miss
California
USA
and
did
not
deserve
to
have
her
title
revoked
by
Keith
Lewis.
We
will
make
the
case
that
her
title
was
taken
from
her
solely
because
of
her
support
of
traditional
marriage.
She
did
not
want
to
sue,
but
people
need
to
know
the
truth," Limandri
added.
Responding
to
the
court
case,
Lewis
said
he
would
file
a
counter
lawsuit,
adding:
"It
appears
that
suits
from
both
sides
are
now
inevitable
against
the
other." Prejean
has
not
taken
Donald
Trump,
the
owner
of
the
Miss
USA
pageant,
to
court.