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By SIMON ROTHSTEIN
Published: Today
AN Asian woman in Los Angeles is suing MILEY CYRUS for $4billion <span style="font-weight: bold">over the now infamous photo of the Disney star slanting her eyes.</span>
Lucie J Kim has filed a class action lawsuit, <span style="font-weight: bold">claiming to represent the one million Asian Pacific Islanders living in LA. </span>
In court documents she says: “Miley intentionally puts her hands to either side of her face and pulls the sides of her eyes to slant them in mockery of the stereotypical physical features of persons of Asian Pacific Island descent and national origin.
“It was clearly an act of racism, prejudice and pure ignorance.”
Lucie adds that: “She knew or should have known that her image would be publicly disseminated via the media, which Cyrus knew focused on her private life.”
<span style="font-weight: bold">The lawsuit says that each Asian Pacific Islander is entitled to $4,000</span> which adds up the $4billion figure.
In the picture, Miley, 16, boyfriend JUSTIN GASTON and a group of friends all pull their eyes into a slanted position. One of the pals in the snap is an Asian-American.
The Hannah Montana star has twice apologised for the pic.
This week she posted a message on her website reading: “I really wanted to stress how sorry I am if the photo of me with my friends offended anyone.
“I have learned a valuable lesson from this and know that sometimes my actions can be unintentionally hurtful.”
Miley has not commented on the lawsuit.
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