Goodfellas actor Frank Sivero has lost his case against The Simpsons, having claimed that their gangster character Louie was based on him and demanding $250m for the character’s appearances on the show, movie and associated video-games.
The judge threw out the case, siding with 20th Century Fox, despite Sivero’s claims that there were many features of the character, including the curly hair and the sideburns, which were copied from his own likeness.
Having allegedly lived next door to some Simpsons writers in 1989 and previously discussed becoming involved in the show with James L. Brooks, Sivero’s case was that the character had been based completely on him.
The character of Louie has appeared in 15 episodes of the show so far.
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