NEW YORK (Reuters) - Victoria Gotti, a newspaper columnist
and the daughter of late Gambino crime family boss John Gotti,
was sued on Thursday by HarperCollins Publishers for the return
of a $70,000 advance on a memoir that was never written.
Gotti and HarperCollins signed a contract in 2005 for two
books, including an untitled memoir, according to the lawsuit
filed in New York state court, which accused Gotti of breach of
contract.
Gotti, who was once a columnist for the New York Post, has
written several books and was the star of the reality
television show "Growing up Gotti."
She was paid $70,000 for the memoir and promised to deliver
a complete manuscript by November 2005.
Gotti twice delivered an outline of the book but the
outlines were rejected as "unacceptable" by the publishing
house and she was advised that the outlines "were not capable
of producing a complete manuscript," the lawsuit said.
Gotti was asked to return the money but never complied, it
said.
Gotti was not immediately available for comment.
HarperCollins is a unit of News Corp.
(Reporting by Edith Honan, editing by Michelle Nichols)
