Last updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
BASKETBALL STAR SUES OVER SPEED RACER DEAL
U.S. basketball star SAMUEL DALEMBERT is suing a design studio he claims conned him out of more than $1 million (GBP500,000) he thought he was investing into comic book movie SPEED RACER.
The Philadelphia 76ers player claims he handed the money over to a design studio in New York in 2006, in the belief it was using his investment to license Speed Racer products and merchandise.
According to TMZ.com, Dalembert has filed a lawsuit, seeking more than $50,000 (GBP25,000) from Art Asylum, claiming they never had the rights to Speed Racer in the first place.
Source: WENN
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