Our long national nightmare is finally over

Carrie Prejean and the Miss California USA organization have settled their dueling lawsuits.

The legal war between former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant organizers is over.

A joint statement released Tuesday says Prejean and the organizers of the pageant reached a confidential settlement on dueling lawsuits.

Prejean sued Miss California USA organizers in August for libel, slander and religious discrimination. She accused them of telling her to stop mentioning God even before her controversial remarks against gay marriage.

Funny, that’s not how CNN described the suits:

The pageant has dropped its lawsuit filed last month demanding Prejean repay $5,200 given her for breast implants, publicist Kenn Henman said.

Prejean, in exchange, withdrew her suit accusing the pageant of violating her privacy by confirming to reporters that her breasts were fake, he said.

I wonder why they chose to focus on that?

UPDATE - well crap, this may just ruin my faith in human nature.

Prejean Sex Tape Triggers Settlement

Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials — that is, until the lawyer for the Pageant showed Carrie an XXX home video of her handiwork.

That would certainly do it. Something had to make her drop her side of the suit – I assumed she simply realized it wasn’t going to go anywhere.

One thing makes me a little bit skeptical:

The video the lawyer showed Carrie is extremely graphic and has never been released publicly. We know that, because TMZ obtained the video months ago but decided not to post it because it was so racy.

TMZ decided not to post it…because it was too racy? TMZ…don’t they make money on TMZ? Isn’t it a for-profit website?

They don’t have to post the whole video – just a screencap or two. Just a description. Imagine the traffic they could generate just by reporting that they have it. But they didn’t, because it was too racy, even though they didn’t have to show the racy parts?

Might be true. I just have trouble with it.

More at American Power, Jammie Wearing Fool, and Memeorandum.

UPDATE II - Is her book still being released this month?