‘the Help’ Lawsuit: Hearing To Be Held Days After Movie’s Release

Jen Chaney, Washington Post
Tue, 08/09/2011 - 8:46am

The movie adaptation of the novel “The Help” arrives in theaters tomorrow. Less than a week later, the lawsuit against Kathryn Stockett, the author of “The Help,” will return to a courthouse in Mississippi. A hearing will be held Aug. 16 in the case of Ablene Cooper — an African American nanny and housekeeper who works for Stockett’s brother and sister-in-law — vs.

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