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Feb. 11, 2005

Unauthorized Use of Photo Nets Millions

LOS ANGELES - A picture is worth a thousand words - or, in Russell Christoff's case, $15.9 million. That's how much a Glendale Superior Court jury awarded the Northern California kindergarten teacher and former model last week for Nestl's unauthorized use of his image on the label of its Taster's Choice coffee.

By Blair Clarkson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - A picture is worth a thousand words - or, in Russell Christoff's case, $15.9 milli...

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