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Missouri Woman wins $5.8 in 'Girls gone wild' suit

The company that makes Girls Gone Wild DVDs is seeking to overturn a verdict awarding $5.4 million to a US woman who claims her bare breasts were recorded without permission. St Louis Circuit Judge John Garvey last month sided with Tamara Favazza in her suit against Mantra Films Inc and MRA Holdings LLC, awarding her $5.4 million. She was a 20-year-old college student in 2005 when someone lifted her tank top during a party at a St Louis bar, exposing her breasts. Another person filmed it. She later discovered the recording was part of the Girls Gone Wild Sorority Orgy DVD series. Favazza claimed in the suit originally filed in 2008 that she did not give consent and the resulting DVD damaged her reputation. A St Louis jury sided with the DVD makers in 2010, but a retrial was granted. Garvey issued his ruling on March 5. On Wednesday, the defendants filed motions asking that the judgment be set aside and a new trial granted. Jeffrey Medler, a lawyer for Favazza, said he will ...