Omarosa 'to sue La Toya Jackson over claims she caused fiance Michael Clarke Duncan's death'

PUBLISHED: 22:21 EST, 18 March 2013 | UPDATED: 22:26 EST, 18 March 2013

Omarosa is to sue La Toya Jackson over her claims she 'probably' caused her fiance Michael Clarke Duncan's death.

The reality television personality was outraged when the failed singer said she had 'probably pulled the chord' on the Green Mile actor, who died after suffering a heart attack last September.

Jackson made the comment after she was fired by Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday, because she opted AGAINST selecting her rival as a candidate for the sack despite giving her a boardroom roasting.

After she was given the bullet she said: '(Omarosa)’s a conniving, scheming, cut-throat, probably pulled the cord on Michael Duncan Clarke … and I thought Mr. Trump was falling for that fake cry. Such a lie!'

Lawsuit: Omarosa is set to sue La Toya Jackson after she claimed she caused her fiance Michael Clarke Duncan's death on Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday

In fact it is rumoured the former political consultant, whose full name is Omaroseonee Manigault, kept him ALIVE by performing CPR after discovering him in cardiac arrest last July, though he passed away later in the year.

And in a statement to Radar , her attorney said: 'La Toya Jackson’s statement on the March 17, 2013 episode of All-Star Celebrity Apprentice, that the Reverend Omarosa Manigault caused her fiancé Michael Clarke Duncan to die, is false, vicious and defamatory.

'Rev. Manigault has been heralded as a life saver for her actions on the evening that her fiancé suffered a life-ending heart attack.

'It is because of her bravery that Mr. Duncan — the love of Rev. Manigault’s life — was able to live for months beyond that tragic night. Mr. Duncan passed away from natural causes.

'Ms. Jackson made the statement immediately after having been “fired” off the show, and blames Rev. Manigault for her loss.

Heart attack: It is rumoured Omarosa, here with Michael Clarke Duncan in 2012, saved his life by performing CPR

'It is repulsive and of the lowest level of class for Ms. Jackson, who showed herself to be a “sore loser” in making these disgusting statements in the wake of Rev. Manigault’s tragic loss.

'As her counsel, we have been directed to pursue these defamatory statements to the fullest extent of the law with La Toya Jackson and any other participating publications or media outlets who repeat or repost these statements.'

La Toya shocked magnate Trump and her fellow contestants when she opted to save Omoroso just moments after begging to fire her.

The pair argued throughout, had a stand-up row and La Toya even called her an 'evil witch,' as well as making her shocking claims about her fiance's passing.

Omarosa, who previously served as an aide to Al Gore, seemed destined to be fired after walking out on the latest challenge after being told a TV show planned to air the 911 call from Mr Clarke Duncan's death, an excuse none of her teammates bought. Her teammates weren't buying it: They were tasked with performing a soap opera to promote a product, but Omarosa opted out in order to handle a PR emergency after her beau Michael Clark Duncan's death

Not buying it: The team made it clear they did not believe Omarosa story about a PR emergency

La Toya made her feelings clear to Donald Trump in the boardroom when she begged: 'I am the project manager - can you give me the liberty and the opportunity for the first time to fire somebody on my team?'

'I will take you down - I will take you down if you disrespect me,'

Omarosa had previously warned Jackson when they came to blows during the challenge, with both women having stood up to confront one another, 'I am not your staff - get that straight. Next time you fix your mouth.'

After the row, La Toya was heard saying: 'That evil witch better not step foot in my house.

Fake tears? Omarosa broke down over the death of her beloved partner, actor Michael Clarke Duncan, and said she'd 'never, ever choose Apprentice over Michael'

Crying: Omarosa broke down over the death of her beloved partner, actor Michael Clarke Duncan, and said she'd 'never, ever choose Apprentice over Michael'

'Omarosa's fiance passed away not long ago. He had a heart attack - I'm sure she gave it to him.'

Trump repeatedly asked if she understood what she was doing when she instead chose Dennis Rodman and Brande Roderick to join her in the boardroom for decision time, leaving Omarosa free

And after she claimed it was because she thought he was falling for her 'sympathy cry,' she simply put the final nail in her own coffin.

He said: ''It is a pretty easy choice. I hate to do it La Toya, but you made a terrible choice when you didn't bring back Omarosa - because probably would have fired Omarosa. La Toya, you're fired.'

'La Toya, you're fired': Donald Trump couldn't believe that Jackson didn't have Omarosa come to the board room since he would've fired her instead

Omarosa Suing La Toya Jackson For ¿False, Vicious & Defamatory¿ Comments About Fiance¿s Death!

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Reverend of what exactly? Pitiful person. I quit watching this show.

- Kevin , Milwaukee, 19/3/2013 21:44

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You've got to hand it to Donald Trump. He is a genius at finding people more annoying than himself.

- Sametoyou , Conway, 19/3/2013 21:03

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LaToya said "probably"...seems fair to me.

- Chickie , Washington DC, United States, 19/3/2013 20:54

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She probably did. He was pretty healthy before he met her then bam! A heart attack. Pretty tasteless coming from Latoya who just lost her atm machine...I mean brother. She should know better and have some compassion-this lawsuit is frivolous though.

- EastBroadway , NYC, United States, 19/3/2013 20:46

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Dear sylvia041, I cannot seem to find confirmation anywhere regarding Michael Clarke Duncan's (R.I.P.) apparent engagement to Omarosa. Would you kindly advise which website that stated before he died as I only see statements AFTER Mr. Duncan (R.I.P.) died only. Regarding your comment that Omarosa never worked for a magazine - well, it's nice that we agree on that (as I couldn't find anything after she said that). Why did Omarosa say that on television during the All-Star Celebrity Apprentice show which aired last night and you advised "And she has never worked for a magazine she has been in school". It makes me wonder about the rest of Omarosa's comments and makes me want to confirm everything.

- Daisy Taylor , Edmonton, Canada, 19/3/2013 20:09

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Nice to see that Latoya did the same stupid thing with her nose that her brother did.

- georgescoresby , hitchin, 19/3/2013 20:03

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Can't watch that woman, Omarosa. All she does is flap her jaw, talk over everyone, repeats herself over and over and then asks if whomever she is addressing knows what she means, then starts all over. I watched the show because I was interested in the reputation she had from the first Apprentice show. Now that I have, I have an extra 2 hours on Sunday to do something else.

- MsMT , Missoula, 19/3/2013 19:58

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Ok...so, LaToya's comment was in poor taste, but for Omarosa to clog up our already clogged legal system to sue her for saying something ridiculous and potentially defamatory on a reality television show is ridiculous. And reverend? Puh-ease.

- sdj , the emerald city, United States, 19/3/2013 19:10

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The "Reverend?" There is nothing reverend about her and never will be. She is not a theologian

- chris , USA, 19/3/2013 17:01

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This Omarosa woman is a piece of work and how the heck she ever got to be "Reverend" is beyond me, probably bought the title on the internet. But if she is as righteous as she claims to be what on Earth is she doing back on Trumps pathetic show, we had all hoped that Piers Morgan had buried here forever. If Trump thinks that her being controversial will improve ratings he is sadly mistaken, more people change the channel because of this dreadful woman. It wasn't the right thing for her to say & I am no fan of the crazy Jackson family, but in this case I do have to declare Team LaToya.

- kommitt , Hamilton, Bermuda, 19/3/2013 16:52

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