Casey Johnson Dating Courtenay Semel: Did Semel Turn Lindsay Lohan Lesbian?

Posted on July 20, 2008

$Casey Johnson dating Courtenay Semel: Was Semel Lindsay Lohan\'s first lesbian relationship?$

Casey Johnson and Courtenay Semel, are said to be dating. Both daughters of affluent families, have they found love in their lesbian relationship? Also interesting, Courtenay Semel was Lindsay Lohan’s former bff, could she have been Lohan’s first lesbian lover?

Courtenay Semel, the daughter of former Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel, and Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson family fortune, are “very much dating,” says a friend. Casey Johnson, who had recently announced she would be moving to New York, “decided to ditch Manhattan for good and stay in Los Angeles” to be with Semel.

It seems this relationship comes as quite a surprise to friends. One source said, “People are shocked they are together. Nobody realized Casey was interested in women.”

Some people think it could have been Casey Johnson’s failed relationship with former boyfriend, John Dee, that opened Casey up to a relationship with Courtenay Semel. Rumors circulated that Casey’s own aunt, Libet Johnson, took John Dee away from Casey. Friends say that Casey Johnson and Semel “are legitimately happy.”

Casey Johnson and Courtenay Semel were recently spotted holding hands at an event in LA and very friendly at Paris Hilton’s housewarming party. The couple was also spotted in New York and enjoyed a romantic dinner at Nello Wednesday night, where spies say “they were staring into each other’s eyes and left holding hands.”

“Their families don’t yet know they’re together,” said the source. “But the clans have known each other for years and will surely be thrilled with the billionaire merger.”

Casey Johnson has an adopted Kazhakstani daughter,Ava, and one friend told Page Six, “Courtenay loves the child. The relationship is very fresh, but Court really does love them both.”

Courtenay Semel was previously rumored to be dating and living with Lindsay Lohan, who is now said to be romantically dating dj, Samantha Ronson. Could it be that Courtenay Semel turned Lindsay Lohan on to the “lezzie side”?