Straight Outta Compton has legal trouble! Uh ohhh!!

Posted on November 1, 2015

N.W.A’s manager filed a $110 million lawsuit against the movie hours ago for the alleged defamation of his character in the biopic.
Jerry Heller claims the movie falsely portrayed him as a negative driving force that split the Hip-Hop group up and took advantage of its members by withholding their money and spending it on lobster brunches.
Unfortunately, the movie’s creators aren’t the only ones Heller has taken aim at. For, the suit also forces NBC Universal, Legendary Pictures, Comptown Records, the artists who were portrayed in the movie and its director F. Gary Gray.
Read more: http://thatgrapejuice.net/2015/10/straight-outta-compton-hit-with-110-million-defamation-lawsuit/#ixzz3qHmvsT88

 

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