Lindsay Lohan has filed suit against a
video game maker, alleging the company based
the likeness of a character on her.
The actress filed suit Wednesday in a Manhattan
court against Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
and its subsidiaries, Rockstar Games and
Rockstar North, over the character of Lacey
Jonas from the game "Grand Theft Auto V."
According to the suit, Lohan alleges the company
based the character on her and "incorporated her
image, likeness, clothing, outfits, Plaintiff's
clothing line products, ensemble in the form of
hats, hair style, sunglasses, jean shorts worn by
Plaintiff that were for sale to the public at least
two years before the Defendant's release of the
GTA V game."
The suit goes on to say that "the game also
features Hotel Chateau (Marmont) in West
Hollywood, a place where the Plaintiff once lived
and often frequents."
In the popular video game, the character is an
actress who complains of being pursued by
paparazzi and asks another character to help her
flee. The character utters such lines as, "They
cannot get a shot of me," and "How's my hair?
Do I look cute?"
In an e-mail, a spokeman for the company told
CNN, "It is our company policy to not comment
on legal matters."
It would not be the first time Lohan has taken to
the courts alleging others were trading on her and
her image.
In 2010 she sued E*Trade over a Super Bowl
commercial that made mention of "that milkaholic
Lindsay," which Lohan alleged was a reference to
her. In 2011 she sued rapper Pitbull for using her
name in a lyric of the song "Give Me Everything
Tonight."
The suit against E*Trade was reportedly settled,
and her suit against Pitbull was dismissed,
according to The Hollywood Reporter...
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