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UPDATE
2:16 PM PT — One of many authors of the ‘Black Ice’ e book named within the lawsuit, Darril Fosty, tells TMZ … he and his brother imagine the go well with is unwarranted and frivolous and they may formally reply by way of their authorized group.
LeBron James and Drake stole the rights to a film a couple of segregated hockey league … this based on a brand new lawsuit.
The NBA star and rapper are being sued for $10 million by Billy Hunter, the previous head of the NBA gamers union, who claims he holds the unique authorized rights to provide any film about Canada’s outdated Coloured Hockey League.
In line with the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Hunter claims LeBron and Drake used their manufacturing firms to go behind his again and signal a cope with the authors of a e book their “Black Ice” hockey documentary relies on … icing out Hunter within the course of.
Downside is … Hunter claims he had a cope with the fellows who wrote, “Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925,” the place Hunter would maintain the unique rights to provide a film.
Hunter says he paid the authors, George and Darril Fosty, a mixed $265,000 to lock up the film rights to the story of a Canadian hockey league for Black gamers … however says they labored out a aspect cope with LeBron and Drake.
Within the go well with, Hunter claims he confronted the Fosty brothers after listening to about their cope with LeBron and Drake and says the authors claimed the documentary didn’t violate their settlement with Hunter as a result of a documentary is totally different than a film … a declare Hunter says is “absurd and made in bad faith.”
Hunter, who was the top of the NBA gamers union when LeBron got here into the league, goes after LBJ and Drake for a minimize of the documentary’s earnings … plus $10 million in damages.
A rep for Drake had no touch upon the allegations.
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