Socialite Kim Kardashian is embroiled in a legal battle with a diet cookie manufacturer, after branding its sweet weight loss treats "unhealthy".
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star kicked off the row with bosses at Dr Siegel's Cookie Diet Company, accusing them of falsely claiming she was endorsing their brand.
CEO Matthew Siegel, son of the celebrity doctor behind the weight loss program, countered by filing his own lawsuit in Miami Dade County, Florida on Tuesday morning - after discovering the star used her Twitter.com blog to claim Dr Siegel's cookies are unhealthy.
Siegel claims Kardashian had "commercial motive" for the attack because she is a spokesperson for a rival weight loss program QuickTrim.
He tells RadarOnline.com: "We received a letter a week ago asking us to remove a link to a news story (that we did not write) on our website that implied she was using and endorsing our product. And although we did this we discovered that more than a month before she had made her comments on Twitter claiming our product was 'unhealthy' while somebody also leaked a letter from her lawyers to our company to a celebrity website."
Siegel is seeking unspecified damages against Kardashian.
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