Woody takes $5M in publicity suit
19 May 2009
Eileen McDermott, Seattle
Actor Woody Allen has reached a $5 million settlement with American Apparel in his headline-grabbing right of publicity suit against the US clothing manufacturer
Allen sued American Apparel last year for using an image from the film Annie Hall of the actor dressed as a Hasidic rabbi in a 2007 billboard campaign. He claimed that the company had used his likeness without permission for advertising purposes and sought $10 million in compensatory and exemplary damages and attorney’s fees.
American Apparel chief executive Dov Charney argued that the billboards—which were taken down within a week of the complaint—were protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Charney said the billboards amounted to free speech and represented the right of “an individual or...
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