GTA 6 maker Rockstar has as soon as once more been accused of utilizing somebody’s picture in its video games with out permission.
This time, it is Lawrence Sullivan. Generally known as the “Florida Joker” because of his facial tattoos, he referred to as out Rockstar on TikTok twice shortly after the GTA 6 trailer dropped, telling the event studio “You took my likeness, you took my life.” He goes on to say that Rockstar owes him “a mil or two.”
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Within the GTA 6 video, an individual with a facial tattoo harking back to Sullivan seems on the 1:04 mark sporting his distinctive orange jail clothes. Whereas the tattoos across the eyes look comparable, the remainder of the character’s facial ink is totally different. However not sufficient to fulfill Sullivan.
♬ authentic sound – Lawrence Sullivan
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Sullivan turned web well-known in 2017 when their picture in Miami-Dade County made headlines after she was arrested for pointing a gun at visitors.
The Sullivans made the information once more in 2018 after they had been arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida. The arrest stemmed from a warrant issued by Miami-Dade for violation of probation on the unique 2017 cost of carrying a hid firearm.
@lawrence.sullivan0 #florida #jokerchallenge #gta6 #gta6trailer #gta6new #facetattoo ♬ authentic audio – Lawrence Sullivan
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Rockstar has all the time been one to poke enjoyable at present occasions, counterculture, and notoriety with parodies or satire. So, it’s totally potential that the studio was impressed by Sullivan – however that has but to be decided.
This is not the primary time Rockstar has made somebody cry, because the studio was sued in 2014 by actor Lindsay Lohan, who claimed a personality in GTA 5 used his likeness. The lawsuit went to court docket in 2016 the place a Manhattan Court docket of Appeals panel dominated in favor of Rockstar.
The court docket said that the studio “doesn’t fall below the authorized definitions of ‘promoting’ or ‘commerce.’ This online game’s distinctive story, characters, dialogue, and surroundings, mixed with the participant’s potential to decide on find out how to proceed within the recreation, make it a piece of fiction and satire.”
Throughout this identical listening to, the lawsuit filed by Karen Gravano, the daughter of Mafia informant Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, was dismissed. On this case, the character Andrea Bottino in GTA 5 was stated to be based mostly on Karen Gravano.
