Leonardo DiCaprio will have to find time in his busy schedule of dating models and making movies to be questioned under oath in a lawsuit filed by a lawyer who claims he was defamed by a character in the film “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
Long Island Magistrate Judge Steven Locke ruled on Thursday that the actor “will be produced” for his deposition “at a reasonable time and place agreed to by the parties.”
The Academy Award-winning actor will be grilled by lawyers for Andrew Greene, a former associate of fraudster Jordan Belfort, who was played by DiCaprio in the 2013 film about the infamous brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont.
A toupee-wearing character named “Rugrat” in the movie closely resembles Greene and portrayed him as a “criminal” and a “degenerate,” according to the lawsuit.
Andrew Greene claims that a character based on him in the movie, Nicky (Rugrat) Koskoff, is offensive, and has slapped Paramount with a $25 million defamation lawsuit.
Greene’s lawyer told the judge that DiCaprio’s people claimed he was too busy to be deposed — and that his testimony was unnecessary because he did not write or direct the film.
“I’m pleased that Judge Locke saw through his (DiCaprio’s) behavior as evasive,” Greene’s lawyer Aaron Goldsmith said of the actor.
The film was directed by Martin Scorsese.
“The Wolf of Wall Street” character, Nicky (Rugrat) Koskoff, played by P.J. Byrne, is based on the real-life head of corporate finance at Stratton Oakmont, Andrew Greene.
“The Wolf of Wall Street” character, Nicky (Rugrat) Koskoff, played by P.J. Byrne, is based on the real-life head of corporate finance at Stratton Oakmont, Andrew Greene.
DiCaprio not only has the time, he was also close to New York. He was hanging out in the Hamptons with model Nina Agdal only last weekend, according to TMZ.
Source: www.nydailynews.com
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