Penthouse (magazine)

==Legal disputes==

===Editorial lawsuit===
In March 1975, ''Penthouse'' published an article headlined "La Costa: The Hundred-Million-Dollar Resort with Criminal Clientele", written by [[Jeff Gerth]] and [[Lowell Bergman]]. The article indicated that the [[La Costa Resort and Spa]] in [[Carlsbad, California]], was developed by [[Mervyn Adelson]] and [[Irwin Molasky]] using loans from the [[Teamsters]] Pension Fund and that the resort was a playground for organized crime figures. The owners, along with two officials of the resort, Morris B. [[Moe Dalitz]] and Allard Roen, filed a libel lawsuit for $522&nbsp;million against the magazine and the writers. In 1982, a jury absolved the magazine of any liability against the lawsuit from the owners. The plaintiffs appealed, but in December 1985, before a new trial could begin, the two sides settled. ''Penthouse'' issued a statement that they did not mean to imply that Adelson and Molaskey are or were members of organized crime. In turn the plaintiffs issued a statement lauding ''Penthouse'' publisher Guccione and his magazine for their "personal and professional awards". Total litigation costs were estimated to exceed $20 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-05-23/local/me-8091_1_la-costa |title=Court Revives La Costa Spa's Penthouse Suit |first=Myrna |last=Oliver |date=May 23, 1985 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-21/local/me-3043_1_la-costa-resort-owners |title=Penthouse, Resort End Legal Battle in a Draw |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Armando |last=Acuna |date=December 21, 1985 |access-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref>

===''Guccione v. Penthouse Media Group''===
In 2006, Guccione sued Penthouse Media Group for fraud, breach of contract, and conspiracy, among other charges. Some of the people named in the case included Marc Bell, Jason Galanis,  Dr. Fernando Molina, Charles Samel, and Daniel C. Stanton.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aIn.nEBnJZ_Y |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022120101/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aIn.nEBnJZ_Y |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |title=EBay, Lagardere, UBS, Penthouse, Countrywide in Court News|last=Amon|first=Elizabeth|date=August 12, 2008|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref>