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Lennon tapes spark federal court battle

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Yoko Ono arrives for the 50th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10, 2008. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) 
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Published: April 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM

BOSTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Yoko Ono is fighting in Boston federal court to keep tapes of John Lennon joking about drugging Richard M. Nixon private, a video company says.

Attorneys for Ono and World Wide Video of Lawrence, Mass., will be in court next week arguing ownership of 10 hours of never-seen films, the Boston Herald reported Thursday.

Both parties claim sole ownership of the footage, the Herald said.

World Wide Video President Ray Thomas told the Herald the tapes are "educational, historical and revealing."

"You see Lennon sitting around in front of a teapot saying, 'We should put LSD in a teapot for Richard Nixon,'" he said.

Topics: John Lennon, Richard M. Nixon, The Herald, Yoko Ono
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