Mean Girl files suit against Red Dead Redemptiondeveloper over Lacey Jonas similarities.
It took six months, but the rumors are finally proving to be true. Lindsay Lohan has filed a lawsuit against Rockstar Games, in which she claims Grand Theft Auto Vcharacter Lacey Jonas is based on her likeness and behavior.
According to the complaint, "The portraits of [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."
Several GTA V missions are based around the Jonas character, and the objectives include celeb-cliche tasks, like assisting in paparazzi evasion.
This isn't the first time an actor/actress has been riled up by a game developer. Ellen Page was none too pleasedto see her likeness used for the character Ellie in The Last of Us.
Lacey Jonas could be based on any number of different Hollywood starlets -- Lohan might be the biggest train wreck, but there are plenty of fish in that pond -- but I think Rockstar and Take-Two will end this in a settlement before the year is out.
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