New York Post - USA (2020-11-15)

New York Post, Sunday, November 15, 2020

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Billionaire SpaceX and

Tesla founder Elon Musk

said Saturday he probably

has COVID-19.

“Am getting wildly differ-

ent results from different

labs, but most likely I have a

moderate case of COVID,”

the 49-year-old entrepreneur

tweeted Saturday evening.

“My symptoms are that of

a minor cold, which is no

surprise, since a coronavi-

rus is a type of cold.”

The comment came days

after the fifth-wealthiest

man on the planet tweeted,

“Something extremely bo-

gus is going on” regarding

COVID-19 testing.

“Two tests came back

negative, two came back

positive. Same machine,

same test, same nurse,” he

griped.

After media outlets re-

ported he was positive for

the coronavirus, he com-

plained that a headline say-

ing he was negative would

be equally correct.

The news came as the

number of deaths from

COVID in the US neared

250,000.

Eileen AJ Connelly

Elon: I

‘Musk’

have COV

Several thousand protest-

ers gathered outside Prime

Minister Benjamin Netan-

yahu’s official residence in

Jerusalem on Saturday night

in what has become a weekly

demonstration calling for the

Israeli leader to resign.

The protesters have been

demonstrating for some

five months, saying Netan-

yahu is unfit to lead while

he is on trial for corruption

charges and because of his

handling of the coronavirus

crisis. The pandemic has hit

Israel’s economy hard, and

many of the protesters are

students and young. AP

Another Sat.

night at Bibi’s

By Kathianne Boniello

A former Mrs. New York

and a one-time Mrs. Mon-

tana are locked in an ugly

legal battle.

Alice Lee Giannetta, 37, a

stunning Manhattan attor-

ney with multiple titles un-

der her satin sash, claims

Mrs. World pageant official

Tana Johnson, 44, wrongly

accused her of being a “liar

and a thief ” and misappro-

priating pageant cash.

Giannetta was named Mrs.

New York in 2016, became

Mrs. Hong Kong in 2017, and

was crowned Mrs. World in

2018. The Chinese immi-
      grant to the United States
      was the first Asian woman
      to win Mrs. New York and
      the first Chinese woman to
      win the Mrs. World title.
      Johnson, a gorgeous phar-
      macist mother of four, won
      her Montana tiara in 2017
      and is now vice president of
      the Mrs. World organization.
      Calling Giannetta a “dis-
      graced ex Mrs. World”
      who’d been “sacked,” John-
      son claimed in a May press
      release and Facebook post
      that Giannetta refused to re-
      turn an unspecified amount
      of cash she took from spon-
      sors while working to set up
      the 2021 Mrs. World compe-
      tition in Sri Lanka.
      “If any of you paid monies
      to her for any purported
      Mrs. World related purpose
      — that’s money stolen!”
      Johnson wrote. “She had no
      authorization from Mrs.
      World to accept revenues
      for any reason.”
      The release also railed
      against Giannetta for ques-
      tioning the health of Mrs.
      World founder David Mar-
      mel and slammed her “lack
      of character.” Marmel, 84,
      died of cancer on Sept. 1.
      In reality, Giannetta claims
      in court papers, she was
      working closely with Mar-
      mel to bring the competition
      to Sri Lanka in 2021 via her
      business contacts in that
      country; had been “clearly
      authorized and licensed” to
      do work on Mrs. World’s be-

half, and was even offered

an “ownership percentage”

of the organization.

She sued Johnson, Mrs.

World and Marmel in Cali-

fornia in July, and filed a

new $3 million defamation

and libel case against John-

son in Manhattan last week.

She called herself “one of

the most prolific title hold-

ers in the history of the pag-

eant,” who “tirelessly” did

charity work and promoted

Mrs. World.

Giannetta asserts that it

was Marmel who asked her

to get more involved in the

Mrs. World organization

and said she’s been “irrepa-

rably” harmed by Johnson’s

“malicious” words.

“I would never file a fed-

eral lawsuit unless I was

confident of the truth,” Gi-

annetta told The Post.

“We believe that, at the

end of the day, the allega-

tions will be proved errone-

ous and that the case will be

dismissed,” said Johnson’s

lawyer, Leonard Steiner.

Hits and Mrs. in pageant court fight

catfight: Mrs. Montana

2017 Tana Johnson (above,

as seen on Instagram) says

Mrs. World 2018 Alice Lee Gi-

annetta (left) stole from the

Mrs. World organization. Gi-

annetta has sued in response.

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COVID-19 knocked the

Jersey native who penned

the megahit “Rhinestone

Cowboy” out of his saddle.

And now the family of

Newark-born singer-song-

writer Larry Weiss is hop-

ing friends, strangers and

those who’ve enjoyed his

work — including Jersey

icon Bruce Springsteen —

will ride to his rescue.

Weiss became seriously ill

in July after contracting co-

rona from his roommate,

who succumbed to the virus.

The 79-year-old Weiss spent

two months in and out of the

hospital battling high fevers,

low oxygen levels and two

bouts of pneumonia.

“It was a time of reflection,”

Weiss told The Post from

Nashville. “It was a time to

look back at my life and to

think about things that I had

done and could have done.”

Weiss admitted he was

“scared” when rushed to

the hospital on July 29.

Now on the road to well-

ness, Weiss faces mounting

medical bills and a lengthy

rehab. His daughter, Steph-

anie, launched a GoFundMe

campaign on Oct. 19.

Weiss’ Jersey cousin has

tried to enlist the help of

Springsteen — who covered

“Rhinestone Cowboy” last

year. Weiss said he’d “love to

hear” from The Boss, but

“that’s up to him. I’m not

asking him for anything.”

Dean Balsamini

COV-positive ‘Cowboy’ lyricist holds out his hat

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