An ex-blonde walks into a court room...

Blonde sues over brunette hair-dye

(AP) October 9, 2008

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.

A US judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman's lawsuit claiming L'Oreal ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products.

Charlotte Feeney says she can never return to her natural blonde hue, a shock that left her so traumatised she needed anti-depressants.

She says she suffered headaches and anxiety, missed the attention that blondes receive and had to stay home and wear hats most of the time.

A Superior Court judge dismissed Feeney's 2005 lawsuit today, saying she never proved her allegation that L'Oreal put brown hair dye in a box labelled as blonde. The company also had disputed the claim.

Feeney's attorney, David Laudano, declined to comment and she could not be reached after the judge's decision.