This is a copy of the press release sent to the wire services and local Atlanta media.

RAMSEY HOUSEKEEPER TO FILE $50 MILLION DOLLAR LIBEL SUIT

ATLANTA (3/3). Ramsey housekeeper Linda Hoffmann-Pugh will file a $50 million dollar libel lawsuit against her former employers John and Patsy Ramsey in Atlanta federal court on Monday, March 5, 2001.

Filing the complaint on Linda Hoffmann-Pugh’s behalf (who is a Colorado resident) is Atlanta attorney Evan M. Altman, a former FBI agent, and New York attorney Darnay Hoffman. This will be the second libel lawsuit filed against the Ramseys in Atlanta by people complaining that the Ramseys falsely named them as murder suspects in their book.

The libel complaint is being filed at 10:30 AM on Monday, March 5th at the Clerk of the Court’s Office in Room 221 on the 22nd Floor of the Atlanta Federal Courthouse at 75 Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta attorney Evan Altman will be available to answer press questions.