Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio has been ordered to testify in a case against his 2013 film Wolf of Wall Street — after Andrew Greene filed a lawsuit claiming he was defamed in the movie — according to reports on Monday.
Greene, former executive of the stock brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, is seeking $25 million in damages from Paramount Pictures.
The lawsuit says the film wrongfully portrayed him as a “criminal, a drug user and a degenerate,” using the character, Nicky Koskoff.
DiCaprio’s lawyers have argued that his knowledge of screenwriting and the improvisation by other actors in the film is “too limited to justify the burden of deposition.”
However, Greene’s attorneys believe DiCaprio’s perspective is needed, because the actor met with director and producer Martin Scorsese, and screenwriter Terence Winter in the script development process. Court documents note that Scorsese and Winter have already given their depositions for the case.
Greene’s attorneys offered to meet DiCaprio in Los Angeles to work around the actor’s schedule. In a letter to the judge, Greene’s lawyers asked that DiCaprio have the ability to travel easily — based on his frequent trips between California and New York.
New York Eastern District Magistrate Judge Steven Locke granted the motion to the prosecution in court on June 16.
Aaron Goldsmith, one of Greene’s attorneys, said they look forward to bringing justice on behalf of their client.
A representative for DiCaprio did not comment on the matter.
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