Documentary Footage Raises Questions About Lawsuit PARK CITY, Utah - David Siegel, a Florida time share mogul, is suing the Sundance Institute and Lauren Greenfield, the director of a documentary about his family, "The Queen of Versailles," for defamation. The plot twist: Mr. Siegel's lawsuit may turn out to be more embarrassing for him than Ms. Greenfield's film. Filed on Jan. 10, the suit turns on Sundance's initial description of "The Queen of Versailles," which looks at Mr. Siegel and his wife, Jackie, as they build a 90,000-square-foot home with 30 bathrooms. Sundance's initial summary of the film, which has since been revised, said the story unfolds as the Siegels" "time-share empire collapses and their house is foreclosed" and deemed it "a rags-to-riches-to-rags story." The suit calls those statements false and defamatory, reflecting a "reckless disregard for the truth." Yet "The Queen of Versailles" includes interview footage of Mr. Siegel, sitting on what can only be described as a throne, discussing the cratering of his business and how banks started foreclosure proceedings on his new home. "This is almost like a riches-to-rags story," he says into the camera. The Sundance audience was also puzzled by the attendance at the premiere of Mrs. Siegel, a mother of eight and a former Mrs. Florida. Wearing a tight leopard-print dress, she sat next to Ms. Greenfield in the audience. After the screening, Ms. Greenfield took the stage and, thanking Mrs. Siegel for her courage, asked her to stand. Mrs. Siegel waved and blew a kiss to the crowd. What did Mrs. Siegel think of the film? An audience member asked during a question-and-answer session and was stopped short by Ms. Greenfield. "Jackie is seeing it for the first time," she said. I'd like to give her a little space before we ask her questions. Ms. Greenfield also declined to comment on the lawsuit. "The Queen of Versailles," which the liberal Sundance audience watched with mouths agape and which critics compared (somewhat unfavorably) to reality television, takes an unvarnished look at extreme wealth. There's a special focus on Mrs. Siegel, who grew up poor in New York and who suffered domestic abuse in her first marriage. Now married to Mr. Siegel, the 74-year-old founder of the time-share goliath Westgate Resorts, Mrs. Siegel, 43, owns $17,000 crocodile boots, employs a household staff of 19, goes boating in a fur coat and eats caviar by the $2,000 tub load. But the fiscal crisis hits Westgate hard, Mr. Siegel scrambles to save his empire, and a severe cash shortage leaves the couple pinching pennies. Or at least their version of it. Mrs. Siegel has to fly commercial and drive her own car, the kids are sent to public school and live in filth after laying off 15 of their servants. Mr. Siegel frets over the electricity bill. And their 90,000-square-foot dream home, which they named Versailles, sits unfinished. "Just look on the bright side," Mrs. Siegel tells one of her remaining servants during a visit to the construction site. You may not have to clean this house.