Revenge on Skirt-Chasing NBA Retiree Gives Ad Firm a Boost

Company profits from NBA star's embarrassment
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 13, 2009 10:44 AM CDT
Revenge on Skirt-Chasing NBA Retiree Gives Ad Firm a Boost
Diane von Furstenberg and her son, Alex von Furstenberg, talk as they arrive at the annual Allen and Co.'s media conference Friday, July 13, 2007, in Sun Valley, Idaho.   (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Reggie Miller probably did not love the “Reggie Miller Stop Pursuing Married Women” banner that flew over California beaches this past weekend, but the company that operates the aircraft is getting some free publicity out of the incident, TMZ reports. The attack on the former NBA star, commissioned by Alex von Furstenberg as payback for Miller's flirting with his fiancée—or possibly the other way around—is now featured in ads for Arnold Aerial Advertising. (More Reggie Miller stories.)

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