Paula Deen could have another PR debacle on her hands.
According to RadarOnline, U.S. Magistrate Judge G.R Smith has found the TV cook and her codefendants in their $1.2 million lawsuit “in contempt of court” for allegedly failing to turn in outtakes of Deen “cussing up a storm” and “performing a sex act on a chocolate éclair,” the site writes.
Lisa Jackson, the woman suing Deen and her brother Bubba Hiers, asked the court to rule that Deen violated an order to turn over a tape of “obscene and vulgar video outtakes,” according to documents filed in a Savannah, Ga., court obtained by the gossip site.
That video is said to include the 66-year-old TV chef swearing and using profane language, including a description of meal that’s “just a syrup that’s gonna stick our balls together.”
She allegedly even performs a sex act on a pastry.
The site claims that Deen initially appealed the court’s decision and would not hand over the footage until her appeal was heard.
The Georgia judge allegedly ordered Deen and her codefendants on May 8 to “promptly deliver a copy of the blooper reel to plaintiff’s counsel, who are entrusted with its confidentiality.”
Jackson, a former manager at Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House in Savannah, allegedly wants to use the footage during litigations.
The judge, however, warned Jackson and her attorney Matthew Billips that they were “directed to return and destroy any copy left in their possession after the conclusion of appeals” in the case.
Jackson’s lawyer had argued that he “repeatedly requested Defendants to produce the instant video, including advising them that a Motion for Contempt would be filed if not produced by Monday, May 6, 2013.
“Defendants simply ignored those requests, often not even responding.
“As such, there can be no conclusion that can be reached other than the Defendants are in willful Contempt,” he pleaded.
Deen and her codefendants have since complied, a source told Radar, but not until after being found in contempt.
Deen and Hiers are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in the lawsuit. Deen has since admitted to using racially insensitive jokes in a court deposition conducted on May 17 but insists she and her brother are not racist.