Celebrity | Oprah Winfrey Oprah Sued for $180M in Extortion Case Louisiana man claims false charges and FBI arrest damaged his reputation By Rebecca Smith Hurd Posted Oct 23, 2008 8:37 AM CDT Copied In this Aug. 30, 2008, file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks in Whitesboro, NJ. (AP Photo/MJ Schear, file) A Louisiana man is suing Oprah Winfrey and the FBI for $180 million for falsely accusing him of extortion and damaging his reputation, Access Hollywood reports. Keifer Bonvillian was arrested in 2006 after recording conversations with—and accepting money from—a Harpo Productions employee. The extortion charges were dismissed after Bonvillian agreed to community service, drug testing, and restitution. A Winfrey lawyer denies the allegations. Read These Next A banquet hall shooting left 4 dead in Stockton, California. Is $136K the new poverty line? An essay goes viral. New York explores how women are 'quietly quitting' marriages. Trump frees fraudster days into prison sentence. Report an error