| DaVinci Code Author Faces Second Lawsuit |
Jesus Christ Character May Have Been Taken Directly From The Bible
Brown, whose widely popular novel The DaVinci Code has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, is scheduled to be in court to defend his book against allegations that central theories were lifted directly from "The Good Book." Although Brown was cleared of accusations of plagiarism by the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, he is now being accused of stealing plot elements from the biggest book of them all, and that his references to Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were lifted from the sacred texts of the Bible. The suit claims that Brown took most of his ideas straight from the holy Bible, which some say was published before The Davinci Code. The DaVinci Code, a controversial religious murder mystery, still remains high on best-seller lists three years after publication, and the film version starring Tom Hanks is slated for a May 19 release. Brown has acknowledged that he read chapters of the Bible while researching The DaVinci Code, but said he also used many other books and hundreds of documents, and that the Bible was not crucial to his work. "Not crucial my Sweet Sunday ass," replied one lawyer for the Christian Publishers. "If you read the Bible, which I suggest you do, and then you read The DaVinci Code, you will realize that all of the religious references are taken directly from the Lord's book. In fact, without the Bible, there could be no The DaVinci Code." Brown's written response to the public was too cryptic to understand, but a team of scholars suggests that it might be a clue to the whereabouts of Leonardo DaVinci's long lost pencil sharpener. 
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