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Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner settles $5million lawsuit against Hasbro over toy hamster she says was named after her and looked like her

    Fox anchor Harris Faulkner sued the toy company in September 2015
    She claimed that a hamster toy Hasbro sold under the name Harris Faulkner was her name and likeness
    The company says the rodent was not named after her, nor does it look like her, but settled anyway for an undisclosed amount


By Associated Press and Kiri Blakeley For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:19 EST, 5 October 2016 | Updated: 07:07 EST, 6 October 2016

A Fox News anchor has settled a $5 million lawsuit against Hasbro over a plastic toy hamster that shared her name and that she said was designed to look like her.

Harris Faulkner, who hosts the show 'Outnumbered,' sued Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. in federal court in New Jersey last year.

She said a plastic hamster named Harris Faulkner that was part of the company's Littlest Pet Shop line wrongfully appropriated her name and persona, harmed her credibility as a journalist and was an insult.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3824042/Fox-anchor-Hasbro-end-suit-toy-hamster-names.html#ixzz4MJeuiNQG