Judge tosses lawsuit over Jimmy Kimmel sketch

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Judge tosses lawsuit over Jimmy Kimmel sketch

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A New York court has dismissed a lawsuit against Jimmy Kimmel Live.

22 December,2011 11:03 am

The court has dismissed a lawsuit by a man dubbed the Flying Rabbi against TV network ABC and late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live over its use of the mans image in a parody involving basketball star LeBron James.At a taping for the ABC show on August 10, 2010, host Kimmel told audiences that James had met with Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto to seek business advice -- a meeting which had in fact occurred that month, according to the website TMZ.