Lawyers for Miley Cyrus renewed their attack on a Los Angeles woman suing the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star on behalf of what the plaintiff says is the city's entire Asian-Pacific Islander population.
In her lawsuit filed Feb. 11 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Lucie J. Kim is asking for $4,000 in civil rights damages per potential claimant, because of an image that shows Miley and some friends slanting their eyes, supposedly trying to make themselves look Asian.
Kim claims that Disney television star "should have known that her image would be publicly disseminated via the media, which Cyrus knew focused on her private life."
In court documents filed Tuesday, lawyers for pop sensation are challenging the complaint, saying it relies on a civil rights act that has to do with access to public accommodations and "not to provide redress for racial insults."
The Cyrus lawyers also state Kim has admitted in previous court papers that the singer and her friends "did not intend to discriminate against Asian- Pacific Islander descent."
In addition, two apologies by Cyrus for the photo have been published in Us magazine, according to the Cyrus lawyers.
The defense attorneys brought a similar motion once before, then dropped it after Kim's lawyer filed an amended complaint. A hearing on the Cyrus motion is scheduled June 4 before Judge Robert L. Hess.
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