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10-22-2014, 12:18 PM
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http://deadline.com/2014/10/simpsons-lawsuit-goodfellas-character-rip-off-fox-857282/
Here’s the deal: Frank Sivero (http://deadline.com/tag/frank-sivero/) says that The Simpsons (http://deadline.com/tag/the-simpsons/) ripped off the Frankie Carbone character he played in 1990’s Goodfellas (http://deadline.com/tag/goodfellas/) and he wants to be paid for it. In a lawsuit filed today, the actor says he wants to be paid a lot – $250 million and more for the Springfield Mafia’s Louie.
Sivero and his lawyers, had a lot to say in their 12-page complaint. For one, they want $50 million in damages for loss of his likeness, another $50 million in actual loss for “improper appropriation of Plaintiff’s confidential idea”, $50 million more in exemplary damages and $100 million for “improper interference.”Claiming a loss of “prospective economic advantage” and industry “type-casting,” Sivero says a “portion” of the profits from The Simpsons franchise should now end up in his pocket – especially because he was promised a film of his own, he alleges.
http://deadline.com/2014/10/simpsons-lawsuit-goodfellas-character-rip-off-fox-857282/
Here’s the deal: Frank Sivero (http://deadline.com/tag/frank-sivero/) says that The Simpsons (http://deadline.com/tag/the-simpsons/) ripped off the Frankie Carbone character he played in 1990’s Goodfellas (http://deadline.com/tag/goodfellas/) and he wants to be paid for it. In a lawsuit filed today, the actor says he wants to be paid a lot – $250 million and more for the Springfield Mafia’s Louie.
Sivero and his lawyers, had a lot to say in their 12-page complaint. For one, they want $50 million in damages for loss of his likeness, another $50 million in actual loss for “improper appropriation of Plaintiff’s confidential idea”, $50 million more in exemplary damages and $100 million for “improper interference.”Claiming a loss of “prospective economic advantage” and industry “type-casting,” Sivero says a “portion” of the profits from The Simpsons franchise should now end up in his pocket – especially because he was promised a film of his own, he alleges.