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Alexandra Godino, a 26-year-old woman accepting affiliated in May, sued Say Yes to the Dress for planning to air her adventure afore her wedding, admitting what she claims was an oral agreement to authority it until afterwards the big day (and not ruin the abruptness of her dress). But in a Manhattan cloister cardinal Thursday, a adjudicator denied her request, and the adventure will air tonight as scheduled.
TheNew York Daily News reports that a Manhattan adjudicator banned to stop the adventure from airing. "I acknowledge that (airing the appearance Friday) could booty abroad from the beam of the wedding," Manhattan Supreme Cloister Justice Nancy Barron said. But she argued that Godino active a arrangement that gave the producers abounding ascendancy over her image, after any application of back they could use it. According to TMZ, the adjudicator asked Godino's advocate whether she could aloof ask her fiancé to not watch the episode, and he replied, "She could."
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In cloister on Thursday, attorneys for the assembly company, Half Yard Productions, said this affair has appear up with brides before, and they will not blur brides if they assert on dabbling their episode. They said that they told Godino that the adventure would air in the spring, but that they don't ascendancy TLC's programming schedule. TLC's attorneys said there was no way they could adjournment the episode, because addition helpmate in Godino's adventure appears on the actual abutting show, Say Yes to the Address.
Godino's advocate says she affairs on suing the appearance for damages. Representatives for TLC and Half Yard Productions did not anon acknowledge to requests for comment. The arrangement told Good Morning America that abounding brides accept had their episodes aired afore their wedding, and airdates are not promised or alike set in bean back episodes are filmed.
"It absolutely has affectionate of whirlwinded into this nightmare," Godino told Good Morning America. "I'm appealing abiding every woman who's anytime been affiliated or dreamt about accepting affiliated would understand."
Update 3/25, 11:35 a.m.: Half Yard Productions responded with the afterward statement: "We adulation bearing this appropriate appearance and are appreciative of its affection and bequest on TLC. Like all the brides we portray, we ambition Ms. Godino a blessed and acknowledged future."
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