'Lauren tells the story straight, without much moralizing, but the corruption of the aristocrats, the powerlessness of the women and the destitution of life outside the harem speaks for itself.'

Lauren recounts her life from fledgling acting career to sex worker to searching for her birth mother, all with a keen reporter's eye and brutal doses of honesty in this well-written and straightforward account of her life. Jillian Lauren's memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem is much more than the simple chronicling of her time in the harem of Brunei prince (as the title would suggest). She is represented by Thomas Ferlauto with King & Ferlauto.In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Strouse-Johnson says the video is still posted on the Internet, on more than one site. She recognized her daughter and was shocked and distressed to learn that her daughter was supposedly was (sic) a prostitute in a harem in Brunei.' Strouse-Johnson says she learned about this from her mother, 'who saw the GMA interview segment live on television. Plaintiff was not aware of defendants' intent to use this photograph and did not authorize its use for any purpose.'

'At approximately 3 minutes and 54 seconds into the GMA segment, a still photograph of Lauren and plaintiff appears with the caption: 'Life in a Harem, Window into Forbidden World.' The photograph is on screen for an extended period of time and plaintiff is 'readily identifiable' as the blonde woman standing next to Lauren.

Lauren sat for an interview with GMA's staff and assisted in the production of a taped piece, which included Lauren and PGI providing GMA with photographs from that time period in Lauren's life,' the complaint states. Lauren appeared on 'Good Morning America' on July 14 as part of her promotional campaign for the book, Strouse-Johnson says. Neither 'Good Morning America' nor ABC TV are named as parties to the complaint.Ĭiting a description from, Strouse-Johnson claims that Lauren's book describes her life 'as a stripper and call girl,' including a year in which Lauren allegedly worked as 'part of the harem of the Sultan of Brunei's youngest brother, Prince Jefri'. She seeks damages for defamation, privacy invasion, and misappropriation of her name and likeness.

Strouse-Johnson sued Jillian Shriner aka Jillian Lauren and the Penguin Group in Superior Court. is that plaintiff was herself a member of a harem, and just like Lauren, acted as a high-priced prostitute for the Prince of Brunei.' LOS ANGELES (CN) - A woman claims that former prostitute turned-bestselling author Jillian Lauren defamed her on 'Good Morning America,' by showing a photo of the two women together to promote Lauren's book, 'Some Girls: My Life in a Harem.' Stacy Strouse-Johnson claims that 'the clear implication.

Some Girls by Jillian Lauren