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Arrival of baby upends model's endorsement contract.


GABRIELLE Reece Gabrielle Reece (born January 6, 1970) is an American professional volleyball player, sports presenter and former fashion model.

Reece stands at 6 ft 3 inches (190.5 cm).
, the 33-year-old former professional volleyball player-turned-model, has sued two nutritional supplement companies for ending her endorsement contract a month after discovering she was pregnant.

Reece, now the mother of a daughter, sued Consac Industries Inc. and Tea Tree Solutions LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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 in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  Superior Court, alleging various civil rights violations, unfair business practices and emotional distress emotional distress n. an increasingly popular basis for a claim of damages in lawsuits for injury due to the negligence or intentional acts of another. Originally damages for emotional distress were only awardable in conjunction with damages for actual physical harm. .

The relationship between the two entities, both housed in the same Hauppauge, N.Y., offices, was not clear. The suit also named Ryan Drexler and Jodi Billet, identified as principal executives of both companies, and Daron Watts, a partner in the L.A. office of Sidley Austin Sidley Austin LLP, formerly known as Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in the world. It is the sixth-largest U.S.-based corporate law firm with over 1,700 lawyers, annual revenues of more than one billion dollars, and offices in 16  Brown & Woods, who represented the companies in their effort to terminate the contract.

Watts did not return calls seeking comment. Calls to Consac and Tea Tree were not returned.

The suit says Reece signed a two-year deal in which she allowed the companies to use her name and likeness and agreed to appear on behalf of two nutritional supplement products, GlucoLean and Lean Results, beginning Aug. 1, 2002.

Her lawyer, Gregory Helmer, a partner at Helmer & Friedman LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , said the companies terminated the contract in June, just weeks after her manager informed them of her pregnancy.

According to the suit, Watts said Reece's pregnancy prevented her from making personal appearances, traveling and "appearing in model physical condition at health and beauty shows."

No damage amount was cited in the suit, but Helmer said Reece has suffered "substantial" monetary damages in lost royalties and other work she gave up during the contract period.

Staff reporter Amanda Bronstad can be reached at (323) 549-5225 ext. 225, or at abronstad@labusinessjournal.com.
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Title Annotation:Law; Gabrielle Reece
Author:Bronstad, Amanda
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 10, 2003
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