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Feb 22, 2011 · Ablene Cooper, the longtime nanny for Stockett's brother, has filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the author, claiming she was upset by the book that characterizes black maids working for white families in the family's hometown of Jackson, Miss., during the 1960s.
Jun 4, 2020 · Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling novel, was sued by her brother's former housekeeper who claimed that a character was based on her without her knowledge.
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Ablene Cooper, a housekeeper who once worked for Stockett's brother, criticized the author for stealing her life story without her knowledge and basing the character Aibileen on her likeness. Cooper sued Stockett for $75,000 in damages.
Feb 17, 2011 · Ablene Cooper, a 60-year-old woman who has long worked as a maid here, has filed a lawsuit against Kathryn Stockett, the author of the best-selling novel “The Help,” about black maids working...
Feb 24, 2011 · Kathryn Stockett, author of the massive best-seller The Help, is being sued by her brother's family's longtime nanny, who says Stockett borrowed her likeness and her story without permission...
Aug 16, 2011 · The lawsuit was filed in February by Ablene Cooper, a longtime maid for Ms. Stockett’s brother’s family in Jackson. In the suit, Ms. Cooper argued that the book’s protagonist, Aibileen Clark,...
Aug 10, 2011 · Worse, earlier this year, a woman named Ablene Cooper who has worked for Kathryn Stockett for more than a decade sued Stockett, claiming that she had lifted Cooper’s life story in a way that...
