Boustany files suit over book's prostitution claims

LAFAYETTE - Congressman Charles Boustany filed a lawsuit Monday against the author of a new book and the book's publishers.Boustany's attorney, Jimmy Faircloth, said a newly-published book about the murder of eight prostitutes in Jennings, Louisiana, falsely accuses Boustany of having a relationship with the women. The suit said the book is defamation.The book, Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?, is written by Ethan Brown and was published by Simon & Schuste