A pair of Jimmy Choo sandals will set you back about $430. That might seem pricey for a pair of glorified flip-flops. But it's peanuts compared with the millions of dollars at stake in the lawsuit that former London party girl and company president Tamara Mellon has filed against her ... mother. Mellon is claiming that her mom, Ann Yeardye of Beverly Hills, ended up with $8 million from the sale of a large portion of the chic shoemaker by mistake. Mellon wants that money back, plus at least another $2 million in punitive damages, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
"I tried every means possible to settle what should have remained a private family matter away from a courthouse and out of the public eye. But my mother left me with no choice," Mellon, Jimmy Choo's president, said in a statement.
Martin Zimmerman has the story. And about those punitive damages ... would that be a case of shoedenfreude?
No word yet if the judge allows sandals -- no matter the price -- in court.
-- Jesus Sanchez
Photo: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
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