DEA agents sue over American Gangster

Submitted by Dustin on January 18, 2008 - 12:37pm.

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1630144220080117?f…

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Pretty interesting.

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 18, 2008 - 7:03pm.

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Three former Drug Enforcement Administration agents filed a $55 million defamation lawsuit against the movie studio that made “American Gangster” on Wednesday, claiming it tarnished hundreds of reputations.

Former DEA agents Louis Diaz, Gregory Korniloff and Jack Toal said NBC Universal, the owner of Universal Studios, falsely claimed the movie was based on a true story and misrepresented the events surrounding Lucas and New Jersey Detective Richard Roberts, depicted by Russell Crowe.

The movie hurt the agents’ reputations by falsely claiming in text at the end that a collaboration between Lucas and Roberts “led to the convictions of three-quarters of New York City’s Drug Enforcement Agency” agents between 1973 and 1985, according to the suit, which seeks class action status.

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