If you need a lawyer, stay far away from Debra Opri, even if you could afford her outrageous prices. Larry Birkhead is just trying to find out if he’s the father of baby Dannielynn and Opri wants him to pay for 2 thousand dollar dinners, limo rides, her husband’s dry cleaning, her personal publicist, and more ridiculous charges on top of her $475 an hour fee.
Opri’s own lawyer claims that Opri’s charges are “fair and reasonable”. Nobody knows if he was able to say that with a straight face or not. Maybe that lawyer should go out and run up a dinner bill for over 2 thousand dollars, charge it to Opri and see if she’s likes that. She actually has the nerve to run a $2,467.75 dinner bill for a “meeting” in which Birkhead wasn’t even there.
Opri was even willing to give Birkhead a generous discount on her ridiculous charges. She is willing to go from $620,492.84 all the way down to $511,365.09 of ridiculous charges, but only if he takes the offer immediately with no further discussions. Opri probably does not want to discuss WHY exactly she needs to ride in a LIMO to a COURTHOUSE and HOW she managed to rack of thousands of dollars for a dinner.
Birkhead has not paid the outrageous fees yet and with good reason. Would you? According to TMZ, some of the more ridiculous charges she billed to Birkhead are:
- A total of three $1,500 monthly charges for Luck Media & Marketing, Opri’s personal publicist.
- A total of three $1,500 monthly charges for Luck Media & Marketing, Opri’s personal publicist.
- On March 1, 2007, the day before Anna’s funeral, there is a charge of 10 hours for “preparation for and attendance in Bahamas re services and var. meetings re same.” On the day of Anna’s funeral, there is another 10 hour charge with the exact same language. Ironically, TMZ knows Birkhead asked Opri not to even attend the funeral, but she did anyway. On March 3, Opri charged yet another 10 hours for travel from Nassau back to L.A.
- On February 24, 2007, while Opri and Birkhead stayed at a private residence in Ft. Lauderdale during the Florida hearing, Opri billed $600 for Seafood World. We’re told she brought four trays of lobster to the house. The bill says, “Dinner gift/Ft. Lauderdale house stay.” But it was no gift to Larry. That same day, she billed $211 for items at Publix grocery store.
- March 8, 2007, Opri billed $161.65 for an Outback Steakhouse dinner. And get this — the bill was for $111.65. Opri left a $50 tip and billed Birkhead, who wasn’t even there! - Opri billed Birkhead $4,265 for Cingular roaming service while she was in the Bahamas. - Opri billed Birkhead 18 times for Diva Limos that took them to and from the Ft. Lauderdale courthouse to the private residence.
- October 22, 2006, Opri billed Birkhead $1,116.16 for a dinner at Graycliff, a restaurant in Nassau. The note next to the charge is “Alexiou atty mtg.” Alexiou is Birkhead’s lawyer in the Bahamas. Birkhead was not present.
- The next day, October 23, Opri billed $2,467.75 at Graycliff restaurant for another meal. The charge again was for “Alexiou atty mtg.” Again, Birkhead was not present. - Also on October 23, Birkhead was billed $25.75. The item — “laundry service Zawacki.” Zawacki is Opri’s husband, who was present on the trip. Ouch!
-Opri’s bill reveals that “20/20″ is more than a TV show — it’s the number of hours she bills for a “20/20″ interview with Larry Birkhead. Opri and Birkhead went from L.A. to New York City on December 9, 2006, did the interview and returned the next day. Opri billed 10 hours travel time each way.
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