Is Being Jamie Lynn Spears Worth 2 Million Dollars?

Adessa Eskeridge thinks so. The young woman was leaving her September 11th flight when she was approached by LAX’s police department and used as a decoy for the Zoey 101 star.  Eskeridge was approached by officers and only told, “You’re going to help us with something.”

Apparently, the young woman was on the same flight as new mother Jamie Lynn Spears. She was escorted to baggage claim and was led through the throngs of paparazzi that were waiting for Jamie Lynn.

Legal papers filed by Eskeridge’s attorney R.J. Molligan are stating that:

“[Eskeridge] was not given any details as to the nature of the task or the potential danger involved. She simply followed the instructions of the police as most good citizens would do…
[The LAX police] did not want to subject Ms. Spears to the pushing, shoving, humiliation and possible physical injury that come with the paparazzi, but instead decided that Ms. Eskeridge was not important enough to give the same protections too….
[Eskeridge was] never informed that upon deplaning, she would be mobbed by the paparazzi, that she would be in fear of her well-being, that her picture would be taken and that video of her would be all over the Internet.”

Sounds horrible. It also smells like a misuse of police power. The problem is that this is LAX’s police department. Eskeridge is seeking $2 million dollars in damages, which the suit claims is a “fair and reasonable settlement.”

We predict that Eskeridge will at least get some sort of settlement but maybe not as much as her lawyer is anticipating. Maybe Eskeridge can be tapped to star in a Lifetime movie about Britney Spears’ younger sister.

We hope that the young woman gets some money. After all, regular people get none of the benefits that warrant an attack by paparazzi. Plus, who wants to be associated with the other Spears sister?