Last updated: Thursday, January 17, 2008
BARKER SUES OVER ENERGY DRINK CAMPAIGN
Punk rocker TRAVIS BARKER is suing the bosses of a U.S. energy drink for using his name and image without his permission.
TRAVIS BARKER
The former BLINK-182 drummer insists he gave marketing chiefs at RockStar "no authorization" to use a photo of himself in a 2007 Internet campaign.
RockStar bosses have now pulled the advert, but Barker still wants unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, according to TMZ.com.
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Source: WENN
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