Nik Richie bragged on a radio show recently that his Web site is bringing in big bucks -- catching the attention of a Houston lawyer trying to collect on a $1.5 million judgment.
As we related last month, Richie lost an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit to a Texas woman after his Web site, thedirty.com, published a picture of the woman along with comments about her herpes infection.
Attorney Chris Bell, who represents the woman, says Richie used a "risky strategy" by not showing up to court last October. A judge entered a default judgment against him, ordering that he and his company, Dirty World, each pay the woman $750,000.
Richie (a.k.a. Hooman Karamian) should be showing up for a debtor exam, scheduled in Phoenix for May 14, Bell says, during which he'll be made to answer questions about his finances.
But as Bell points out, Richie told Los Angeles' KROQ radio on April 30 that his Web site pulls in about $130,000 a month.
"I do pretty well," Richie tells KROQ.
Richie bragged that the 6.5-carat diamond ring he bought his new wife, reality star Shayne Lamas (the marriage in Las Vegas appears to have been a publicity stunt), cost $130,000. And his Web site, he says, brings in enough to buy such a ring each month.
That's a cool $1.56 million a year.
Ironically, Richie also brags in the interview that he can publish scandalous items that others won't because, "I have the best lawyers -- I'm good at that stuff."
He may have good lawyers, but we're betting he didn't consult them before going on KROQ.
