Lisa Guerrero is proud to show off her 41-year-old curves in the
January issue of Playboy. But the sportscaster-turned-actress doesn't
want you to see some nude pics she did 18 years ago.
Phoenix-based agent David Hans Schmidt says that back when she was 23,
Guerrero arranged for photographer Lloyd Wainscott to shoot the
alluring images shortly after she got breast implants. Then sporting
blond hair, she posed in a lacy white gown with matching garter and
G-string.
When Wainscott read that Guerrero had posed for Playboy, he asked
Schmidt to see if the mag wanted to see pictures of her before she
became an obsession of male fans of Fox's "The Best Damn Sports Show
Period" and ABC's "Monday Night Football.
Schmidt says he sought Guerrero's blessing by approaching her agent,
Ken Lindner. Her spokesman, Marcel Pariseau, confirms that Lindner's
office told Schmidt "to approach Playboy. They felt it was the right
thing to do."
However, when Playboy's editors decided they'd spent enough on the
pictorial, Guerrero's handlers "agreed I should seek other offers,"
Schmidt says.
But after we called Guerrero's camp, her lawyer Kristin Allen said her
client wanted no part of the deal. "Those were personal pictures Lisa
took for her then-boyfriend," says Allen, a lawyer for Guerrero, who is
now married to veteran major-league pitcher Scott Erickson. "They were
never intended for publication. She never gave a release.
"We tried to control the situation, however, we now realize that it is impossible to maintain control."
Both sides are now threatening legal action. Schmidt says, "They gave
me the green light. Then they shut it off. Playboy has pictures coming
out in her 40s. I have pictures of her in her 20s. Which would you
rather see?"