Lindsay Lohan Sues 'Grand Theft Auto V' Maker
Last December we reported that actress and controversy magnet Lindsay Lohan had called her lawyers about the inclusion of a character with her likeness in the blockbuster video game Grand Theft Auto V.
Now Lohan has filed suit against Take-Two Interactive and subsidiary publisher and developer Rockstar Games, the maker of GTA V.
The suit claims that the character Lacey Jonas is an 'unequivocal' reference to Lohan, depicting everything from her likeness to her clothing line to the Chateau Marmont hotel where Lohan once lived.
'The portraits of the Plaintiff (Lohan) incorporated her image, likeness, clothing, outfits, Plaintiff's clothing line products, ensemble in the form of hats, hair style, sunglasses, jean shorts worn by the Plaintiff that were for sale to the public at least two years' the suit claims.
Suing over a parody strikes me as a bad idea, no matter how desperate one's situation. Whether Lohan is seeking extra publicity or a cash out on the best-selling video game of all time, it's more than a little sad that she'd acknowledge that the character Lacey Jonas is a portrayal of herself.
There may be a bit of the Streisand Effect going on here. Lohan will need to draw attention to her worst aspects in order to prove that Jonas is a portrayal of her.
Then again, maybe she hopes to use the cash to pay off the $46,000 tab she left at the hotel Chateau Marmont, an establishment which ultimately had to ban the actress from the premises.
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