Hollywood acteurs en actrices lijken per dag triester en triester te worden. Zo wil Frank Sivero nu 250 miljoen van FOX hebben omdat hij van mening is dat
Fat Tony's mafioso sidekick Louie gebaseerd is op zijn karakter Frankie Carbone uit Goodfellas. Dan denk ik heeft hij 25 jaar onder een steen gelegen?? of wil hij nu één miljoen dollar per seizoen incasseren. Kansloze rechtszaak waarbij deze treurtoeter hoopt op een schikking buiten de rechtbank. Hoe dan ook dit krijgt vast en zeker nog een vervolg.

Claiming that the long-long-running animated series has made $12 billion over the decades from TV, the big screen, video games, and other revenue streams, Sivero alleges in his very detailed 5-claim complaint that Simpsons producer James L. Brooks was "highly aware of who Sivero was, the fact that he created the role of Frankie Carbone, and that The Simpsons character Louie would be based on this character."

Sivero and his lawyers, on the other hand, had a lot to say in their 12-page complaint. For one, they want $50 million in damages for loss of his likeness, another $50 million in actual loss for "improper appropriation of Plaintiff's confidential idea," $50 million more in exemplary damages, and $100 million for "improper interference." Claiming a loss of "prospective economic advantage" and industry "type-casting," Sivero says a "portion" of the profits from The Simpsons franchise should now end up in his pocket...he was promised a film of his own, he alleges. (