A&P Fires and Sues Brothers Over Vegetable Rap Video

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:33 PM EDT

Article Source: FOXNews.com

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Seeded by Chris Casciano

Two brothers sacked from their grocery jobs for filming a gangster rap parody at the store now face a defamation lawsuit from their former employer.

A&P claims the video by Mark and Matthew D'Avella motivated at least one "disgusted and distressed" customer to boycott the supermarket because of the video's "repulsive acts."

The Montvale-based chain seeks at least $1 million in compensation and demands that the D'Avellas remove "Produce Paradise" from the Internet, where it was on their Web site, www.fakelaugh.com, and YouTube.