
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 2, 1990                   TAG: 9003023173
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

OFFICER SLAPS ZSA ZSA WITH $10 MILLION SUIT

The motorcycle patrolman who was slapped by Zsa Zsa Gabor countered with a legal punch Thursday, suing the former beauty queen for $10 million for slander, emotional distress and assault and battery.

In what became known as the slap heard around the world, Gabor smacked Beverly Hills police Officer Paul Kramer on a Beverly Hills street June 14, 1989, after he pulled over her Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible for a traffic violation.

After a trial that received immense media coverage, Gabor was sentenced to 72 hours in the Los Angeles County jail of her choice and fined $10,000. The case is on appeal.

- Associated Press

by CNB