Rockstar being sued over GTA likeness, again
If you grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s, you should be familiar with Miss Cleo, who was an on-air personality best known for her paid TV advertisements and her catchphrase, “Call me now for a free tarot card reading!”
The fictional Jamaican-born Miss Cleo was played by actual Los Angeles-born actress Youree Dell Davis, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 53. Davis also lent her voice Auntie Poulet in Vice City, who was the leader of the Haitian (not Jamaican) gang and used mind-controlling tea (not tarot cards) to control Tommy Vercetti like a puppet.
In other words, Auntie Poulet has literally nothing in common with Miss Cleo other than the fact that they were played by the same actor. It should be no surprise, then, that Rockstar claims the lawsuit is “entirely meritless and completely ridiculous.”
The amount that the Psychic Readers Network is suing Rockstar for has not been disclosed, though the psychics claim to have invested over $100 million in the Miss Cleo brand since the character premiered in 1998. Auntie Poulet premiered in October 2002, when Vice City was released. That’s almost fifteen whole years. We have to say, for psychics they seem pretty unobservant.
We see a counter-suit in their future.
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Source: http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rockstar-being-sued-over-gta-likeness-again/
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MajPosted:
This is ridiculous. Just money grabbing low lives diving at the smallest little opportunity - if you can even call it that
uwuPosted:
"Psychic Readers Network", the joke writes itself. A bunch of fake people trying to make some money over a character that SEEMS like a person.
9ntyPosted:
Damn, this is something not to look forward to watch. Making Over $100 Million over a character.
DecyPosted:
Seems someone else is trying to get some money outta that Rockstar $$$$$$$$ Machine.... it clearly states the same actor did both of the jobs obviously there's gonna be something similar about it...
kamilcaPosted:
Just some more people trying to milk everything they can before they burnout there fame
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