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Grutman said the magazine has a release signed by Miss Williams, legally entitling them to reprint the pictures. 'I can say only that Miss Williams and her representatives are currently evaluating the situation,' Frankenheimer said. Miss Williams' attorney John Frankenheimer said in Los Angeles that a decision had not been made. 'They didn't say so explicitly, but everything they did made me suspect they would (sue,)' Grutman said.
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Roy Grutman, a lawyer for Guccione said he met Monday with lawyers for Miss Williams and he expected them to sue the magazine. 'She left with class,' Miss Charles said. But I will call her and we will talk before the week is out.' 'It's hard to be happy and sad at the same time. The new Miss America, runnerup Suzette Charles, said she had taken over the title with 'mixed emotions.' 'She elected not to disclose that information and in a certain sense you might say that she knowingly deprived another, perhaps more deserving, girl of the title. Guccione said Miss Williams, as part of her participation in the 1983 Miss America Pageant, agreed to reveal anything that could affect her reign. 'I'm getting tired of being the heavy in this,' Guccione said on the CBS 'Morning News.' Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione said today he feels sorry for Miss Williams but insisted she has no one to blame but herself. 'I'm more talented than I was when I started in September and that will help me in entertainment business.' 'I'm looking forward to doing something,' she said. This is rock bottom and there's nowhere else to go but up. It was rough,' she said of the controversy. Miss Williams said she enjoyed her 10-month reign and felt she did a 'great job.' Now, she said, she wants to get on with her entertainment career. Her words of support, courage and pride have made it worthwhile.' 'A lot of people said to me, 'Don't give it up.' But I think it was a better thing to do. but there are sacrifices you have to make,' she said.