Senna sued his daughter, claiming she defamed him in a memoir.   In his complaint, Carl Senna lists 27 allegedly defamatory statements from the book

In his complaint, the father lists 27 allegedly defamatory statements from the book

He claims: "Nothing of the kind ever happened." He also objects to a paragraph on page 181 of the book: "my father blames his every misdeed and failing on society - racism, poverty - never on himself. His problems were largely social and political issues.

Carl Senna claims: "The statement is untrue." He adds: "Had plaintiff known of the true subject matter of the book, plaintiff would never have shared his research and documents with defendant Senna."

He claims that he told Farrar, Straus and Giroux that the book defamed him, but it published it anyway.

In the complaint, Carl Senna says he wrote the books, "The Black Press and the Struggle for Civil Rights," "Colin Powell: A Man of War and Peace" and "The Fallacy of I.Q." He says he also taught classes at Harvard, Tufts and Xavier University.

He seeks punitive damages for libel, privacy invasion, fraud, and misappropriation of his name and likeness.

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