Jane Bronstein

Jane Bronstein

Jane Bronstein (born 1941) is an American professional bridge player from New York who will forever be known for her title as "The Peach Lady" from the Late Show with David Letterman.

While attending the US Open tennis tournament in New York in September 1995, Mrs. Bronstein, who is rather large and disfigured from childhood polio and a thyroid condition, was pictured in CBS file footage from the tournament. Although the footage was never intended to be shown to the public, a few seconds of it was shown during a segment on David Letterman's show. The footage showed Mrs. Bronstein devouring a peach in a matter of seconds and then handing the peach pit to a man seated beside her with a horrified look on his face. Although the audience and Letterman's fans found the clip hilarious, Mrs. Bronstein and her attorney Harvey Rothberg were not amused and sued for damages in February 1996. [ [http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/rights/letterman.html Court TV Library] ] The case was settled in March 1997 for undisclosed terms. [ [http://members.tripod.com/daveletterman/newspeach.htm Letterman Settles with Peach Lady] ]

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