Lakey’s ‘Making Waves’

International surfer Lakey Peterson is coming to the big screen in 805 Beer’s Making Waves documenting her rise to fame and focus on mental wellness, including how narrowly missing the Olympic roster became her catalyst for deeper discovery.

“You don’t remember the wins or the losses,” she reflects. You remember the in-between moments – being with the people you love, the places you go, the experiences that shape you. That’s what surfing is to me.”

As she continues her run on the 2025 tour, her story remains in action.

With International Women’s Day coming up, Lakey’s journey and the new film offer a current perspective on resilience in women’s sports.

The film premieres on World Surf League and YouTube on March 1 and will no doubt make quite a splash.

Local Startup Faces Legal Challenges

Meghan Markle seems to be having significant trademarking problems with her lifestyle brand.

Having dumped her first version American Riviera Orchard in favor of As Ever, the Duchess of Sussex now faces trademark infringement suits from a variety of sources, including a 12-year-old photo company in Arizona, a New Jersey clothing company, and a Chinese manufacturer, ASEVER in Shenzhen.

Civic bosses in the Mallorca town of Porreres are also reportedly considering legal action for using the community’s very similar coat of arms with birds and palm trees.

Stay tuned…

DC Foundation Investigating Local Immigrant

Prince Harry’s visa problems seem to be mounting with the Department of Homeland Security agreeing to release most of his immigration papers.

Attorneys for the DHS says three items will be released with redactions after Washington’s Heritage Foundation claimed HRH may have lied about his drug use, having admitted in his bestselling autobiography Spare he used drugs including magic mushrooms, cocaine, and cannabis.

The foundation sued the DHS last year after it denied a Freedom of Information request for Harry’s visa application.

Watch this space…

Lawyer Fees Continue

Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry has been branded “entitled” and “unforgivable” after she launched a lawsuit against the dying 85-year-old she evicted from his $15 million Montecito estate.

Carl Westcott agreed to sell his 1930s home to Perry in 2020 for $11.25 million. Within days he tried to cancel the deal claiming he was under the influence of painkillers when he signed.

Perry, 40, and her British actor fiancé Orlando Bloom, 48, won a court battle to keep the property on 2.5 acres in December, 2023.

She then filed a lawsuit seeking $6 million in back rent and damages.

The Westcott family say they are outraged by her “greed” and has claimed she is part of the “Hollywood elite system” which allows people like her “to trash ordinary people like dirt.”

“She has no sense of fair play,” says Westcott’s son, Chart, 39. “She has no sense of empathy.”

Exactly the opposite.”

Stay tuned…

Sightings

Actor Ryan Gosling at the Granada for the Santa Barbara Symphony’s Gold Rush… Kevin Costner at the 50th anniversary New York bash for Saturday Night Live… Josh Brolin and family lunching at Olio Bottega.

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