Sally Spickard | Horse Nation
It’s a fact that adorkable actress Zooey Deschanel has a horse addiction, which we staged an imaginary intervention for earlier this year. But has Zooey taken her “addiction” a few steps (er, jumps) too far?
Yesterday the tenuously credible celebrity gossip site TMZ posted this shocking headline: Zooey Deschanel Sued – You Broke my Horse – Now Pony Up
Here’s the deal: In a lawsuit brought by owner Patty Parker the actress is now being sued for “ruining” a horse she had leased for $13,000 for the year to compete. According to TMZ, Zooey signed a lease with Patty in 2013, with stipulations contained within the contract that she would not jump the horse more than three times per week.
