Verne Troyer's Ex: Abuse Claims "Riddled With Lie Upon Lie"

Us Magazine - August 1, 2008 5:38 PM PDT
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Verne Troyer's ex is firing back at the 2'8" actor after he accused her of abuse in a new lawsuit.

"This lawsuit is ridiculous and riddled with lie upon lie from Verne
Troyer and his camp," Holly Bannon, a rep for aspiring actress Ranae Shrider, tells Usmagazine.com in a statement. "It is in our opinion a transparent attempt to secure as much publicity as he can from his less than average career in the wake of his most recent failure in The Love Guru."

On Thursday, lawyers for Troyer, 39 who is seeking $20 million in damages said the actor feared for his safety after Shrider once held him against his will. Troyer's lawyer told TMZ: "When you pick up a 2'8" human being and throw him to the floor, it hurts."

But Bannon tells Us, "the only abuse that ever occurred in their household was that of emotional abuse inflicted upon Ranae and her dog Lacy on the occasions when he hit Ranae and her dog with his 'reaching sticks' or kicked them when having one of his drunken rages.

"This alleged abuse certainly has not seemed to affect his recent round of interviews or his golf swing over the weekend. Is this not the same man who is renown as a professional stuntman in all his movies?"

The suit comes after Shrider admitted she had leaked a clip of a sex tape she made with Troyer. (The actor settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker that will prevent distribution of the tape.)

Troyer recently opened up to Us Weekly about the humiliation he experienced after the footage surfaced.

"I put all the trust in her," Troyer told Us. "She kept the tape in her camera on top of the closet where I couldn't even reach it!"

Asked how he feels about Shrider, he told Us: "Hate is a good word."



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  • Matt
    mini-me you complete me
    report abuseposted July 30, 2009 5:25 PM PDT
  • Chica
    Leave mini-me alone you golddigger!
    report abuseposted January 15, 2009 4:03 PM PST
  • lobri
    This is the funniest sh*t I've read in a long, long time! She kept the sex tape on a high shelf where he couldn't reach it! Then she picked him up and threw him down! Oh my goodness! This is positively ludicrous. If his claims are valid, she should be horse whipped for being mean to a little person!
    report abuseposted December 16, 2008 2:05 PM PST
  • felicia
    She look like a horse and he looks like a Jockey. Too Funny!
    report abuseposted August 3, 2008 5:45 PM PDT
  • KJ
    Man, he beat her with his reaching stick? That's low.
    report abuseposted August 1, 2008 11:20 PM PDT
  • Aimee
    WOW!
    report abuseposted August 1, 2008 10:53 PM PDT
  • BaileyBlue
    PLEASE REPORT ABUSE BY Ruskin K BELOW AS PROHIBITED CONTENT! These people have taken over the OMG postings for advertisements. Let's put a stop to it! Go to his comment and under his box on the right side in pink says report abuse - click that and turn him in as PROHIBITED CONTENT!
    report abuseposted August 1, 2008 9:07 PM PDT
  • dubonnet
    They should release a video of his drunken rages....now that I would pay to see, LOL!
    report abuseposted August 1, 2008 6:58 PM PDT
  • LOL! Oh my gosh, these money hungry celebrities will do anything for fame, won't they? I don't think she beat him, but I do think he needs some common sense beat into him. Any volunteers?
    report abuseposted August 1, 2008 6:40 PM PDT
  • Kris B
    HAHAHA - I needed that to lighten up my mood today.
    report abuseposted August 1, 2008 6:40 PM PDT
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