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Jonathan Lee Riches is a famous man. But he is on a very short list of men who became famous while imprisoned. At the top, I’d say. Jonathan is currently at a federal medical center in Kentucky, serving the remainder of his 125-month sentence for a charge of wire fraud. Why is he famous? Jonathan claims to have filed over 4,000 lawsuits worldwide. He said this in, of all things, a case against the Guinness Book of World Records, who he sued in response to their intentions of glamorizing and falsely representing his achievements as a record-setting plaintiff.1 I really don’t know how many suits he has filed — Justia.com2 coughs up 1,993. He once sued Bruce Willis for causing the deterioration of his teeth while in prison. I sympathize with anyone who stresses about their teeth. I myself suffer from recurring, abrasive, teeth-destroying nightmares. I’m going to set aside my appreciation for Mr. Willis — it would be challenging to think of names and entities within the collective awareness to which Riches hasn’t devoted an hour or more of carefully phrased handwriting in his cell — and get to appreciating Jonathan. As an admirer of his…style, I decided to reach out. The following is his response to my first letter:
Owen,
You see I responded.
You will find some humor in these suits, just Google them.
“Riches v. Jon & Kate plus 8″3
“Riches v. Convicted Child Molesters”4
“Riches v. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy”5
“Riches v. Michael Jackson”
“Riches v. Swine Flu”
“Riches v. Ghostbusters”6
“Riches v. Beavis and Butt-head”7
“Riches v. The Twilight Zine”8
Or if you Google “cases tagged with Jonathan Lee Riches” you will get the newer cases.
If you go to “Riches v. Hurricane Ike” my picture* is posted at the end of this lawsuit.
Justia.com – put my name in and it will list every suit I filed.
I’m very interested in what you have to offer. I actually have less than a year left until I go to [the] halfway house.
I will talk to you more in detail soon. This is just a quick response. Please let me know you received this.
Respectfully,
Jonathan Lee Riches
8-26-09
- Riches told ABC News earlier this year that Guinness' distinction caused him "iminent (sic) danger and bodily harm..." to say nothing of the nicknames he wanted to bar them from using: “The litigator crusader,” “Johnny Sue-nami,” “Sue-per-man,” the “Patrick Ewing of suing,” etc. It remains to be seen if the lawsuit surprised anyone at Guinness, or if the resultant publicity earned someone a raise.
- The peerless legal search site. More about it.
- A five-season deep reality show on TLC about a couple raising sextuplets and pair of twins (2 x 2). Could not find the full document on this one.
- Among the defendants named: Childwit, Unknown child prostitutes, Peeping Tom
- I think we all would have co-signed this one.
- Refers to himself "a/k/a Jonathathan Lee Riches, d/b/a Bernard Madoff, Investment Securities LLC."
- Prison must be so dark, that even the bright, healing light cast from "Beavis and Butt-Head" reruns cannot penetrate its murk.
- Went to Montana District Court?
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