N.W.A's former manager Jerry Heller is suing the producers and stars behind the Straight Outta Compton movie for defamation and irreversible damage to Heller's reputation, The Verge reports. The lawsuit calls for $110 million USD in compensation and claims that producers not only never obtained permission of his likeness or to portray the middle-aged, Jewish manager as a "bad guy" who took advantage of the hip-hop group, but also "blatantly lifted" source material for the movie from his own book...
N.W.A's Ex-Manager Jerry Heller Is Suing Everyone Behind 'Straight Outta Compton' for $110 Million USD
Hypebeast - 1 Nov 2015 16:03
N.W.A's former manager Jerry Heller is suing the producers and stars behind the Straight Outta Compton movie for defamation and irreversible damage to Heller's reputation, The Verge reports. The lawsuit calls for $110 million USD in compensation and claims that producers not only never obtained permission of his likeness or to portray the middle-aged, Jewish manager as a "bad guy" who took advantage of the hip-hop group, but also "blatantly lifted" source material for the movie from his own book...
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