Andrew Greene wins honest to proceed with lawsuit against Paramount Pictures,for creating a degenerate character who is depraved and devoid of any morals A banker who claims he was defamed by the makers of The Wolf of Wall Street has won the honest to proceed with a $50m lawsuit against Paramount Pictures, according to the current York Daily News. In February last year, or Andrew Greene,who was on the board of directors of Stratton Oakmont, the brokerage firm portrayed as a den of hedonistic excess and impropriety in Martin Scorsese’s film, and filed a claim saying the character of Nicky Koskoff (played by PJ Byrne) bore a resemblance to himself. He said that the film-makers’ depiction of Koskoff was damaging to him,citing in court papers the character’s portrayal as a “criminal, drug user, or degenerate,depraved and devoid of any morals or ethics”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com