EMERIL LAGASSE RECORDS SUBPOENAED

A television producer for one of Emeril Lagasse’s cooking shows is fighting a subpoena to turn over financial records to the Florida House of Representatives. Legislators are asking for years of records detailing how the show “Emeril’s Florida,” spent millions of dollars it received from the state’s tourism agency. The producer – Pat Roberts – filed a lawsuit in federal court contending his constitutional rights are being violated by the Republican-controlled House. Visit Florida paid at least 10 million-dollar over a five-year period for the show that aired on The Cooking Channel.