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Show A-5 The Park Record Sat/Sun/MorvTue, October 1 - 4, 2005 COUNTY SEAT COUNTY EDITOR: Patrick Parkinson 649-9OI4ext.ll2 FREE countynews@parkrecord.com Park City resident settles out of court L Y' Computerized Analysis of Your Home's V Approximate Value Emailed to Your Inbox ->v explaining that he hadfiredher because she gained weight. "Bob Barker and the show were bombarded with angry hate mail from fans and overweight people all cossful countersuit, court documents By ANNA BLOOM over America," Hallstrom claims. report. It was only when she "Bob had never received negative Of [he Record staff appealed to a higher court of appeals Former Price Is Right model and did the court grant her the ability to feedback and so he then made a Park City Resident Holly Hallstrom sue for a violation of the Fair public statement to say, 'Holly is refuses to share the exact amount Employment and Housing Act and lying. Weight was never mentioned.' And he sued me for defamation of she walked away with after a settle- violation of the Labor Code. character." ment with Price Is Right host Bob The court ruled in favor of Barker Later, once attorney fees began Barker, his production company, on some claims - Hallstrom was to take their toll. Hallstrom sold her TPIR, LLC, and others this week. denied the right to sue for breach of "Just say millions with lost of s V contract, defamation, emotional dis- home in Los Angeles and moved into her ski condo in Park City, she she demures. The tabloids will prob- tress or abuse of process. says. ably say $5 million, she says during a "It was a choice to fight Bob Receive an insightful market analysis During her seven years in Park telephone interview. Barker. They were offering me a lot City, Hallstrom continued to fight Hallslrom took matters to court more money to go away and shut up. with recent comparable sales in your Bob Barker and his production comPark City Resident Holly for a second pany in court, and also began to time after The neighborhood. Simply fill out a brief Hallstrom was a model for the write. Last week, she sold the pilot California They were offering a lot more Price Is Right for 19 years. script for a television series, she said. survey about your property at Court of "That's the problem with bringmoney to go away and shut up, but I "Everyone thinks it's about The Appeal ruled Price Is Right, but it's not," she ing lawsuits against Bob. All of us she had a right chose to actually fight the lawsuit " explains. "There is a movie that's women who have had to file suit to claim Barker, to be made about 'the truth against Bob Barker, have had to et al.. "trimmed - Holly Hallstrom going behind the scandal' of the show, but deal with an army of lawyers and zilher from the and you will recieve a free report quickly, by lions of dollars. What he does is he Former Price Is Right model that's a different project." show because CBS will be airing The Price Is just drags you through the system email and without having to speak to an agent. she had a dis- ^ ^ ability, which caused her to gain but I chose to actually fight the law- Right's 34th season this year with until he breaks you. No one's ever succeeded in bringing him to trial," weight or inretaliation for her suit," she said. "I had to sell my Barker as its host. she claims. "More than anything, Though Hallstrom never made it Courtesy of ( ® Prudential -•'MaeQ.yoid & Green refusal to back the shows host when home, cash out my portfolio, my savanother model sued him for sexual ings and everything, but I fought all to court, she insists she won as much really, I'm so glad this legal battle as she could. nightmare is over. " harassment." the way to the end." None of the money she won, In the 19 years Hallstrom worked however, came out of Barker s pock- on The Price Is Right, she says et book, according to Barker's attor- women on the set were always treatney Patricia L. Glaser. ed poorly, always treated with great "The case was dismissed with disregard, underpaid and undervalprejudice." she told The Park ued. She estimates there are seven Record. "Mr. Barker did not pay a lawsuits that have been filed by penny and my best judgment is that women on the show for sexual the company paid, because it related harassment and racial discriminato a closing of an estate. From Mr. tion. Uinnur (.. niree Barker's standpoint, he paid nothing Parkinson filed the first sexual and believes that was more than harassment complaint (Nrii .n.nl.iblr lur Surulay Brunch) brought appropriate." against Barker in 1993, according to Yet Hallstrom says she's thrilled. Hallstrom. Reservations: 645-6455 It's been a decade since she was fired "He's not a nice man," Hallstrom www.steLnlodge.com from the Price Is Right for reported- says. "What he asked me to do was ly "gaining weight" after taking to lie for him when Dian sued him. medication in 1995, and a decade Mr. Barker had interviews set up for since she refused to speak on me and talk shows and he told me he Barker's behalf on charges that he wanted to me to say specific things, sexually harassed another model on and I would not and that's essentialthe show, Dian Parkinson. ly why I believe he fired me. But The Court of Appeal says Barker because he couldn't use that as a reaSTEIN ERIKSEN LODGE sued Hallstrom first in 1996, for son to terminate me, he used a MID-MOUNTAIN DEER VALLEY "defamation of character" after recent weight gain I was experiencHallstrom reportedly had made false ing as a result of a prescription medl'jr "Au.iriJ nf E\cclk-ncv." Sti/t I^iit Magazine "Best WincUst," statements to the media "with mal- ication." Serving Brc«kJa?t, Lunch ..v Dinnrr flnily. ice." 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