Ramones heirs go to court against Netflix film

Ramones heirs go to court against Netflix film

Linda Ramonewidow of Johnny Ramoneguitarist of the band Ramonesfiled a lawsuit to stop the film I slept with Joey Ramone, which has been in production since Netflix.

According to Billboard, in the lawsuit filed January 21 in Manhattan court, Linda Ramone claims that Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh “secretly developed an unapproved and unauthorized biopic based on the Ramones.”




It’s worth mentioning that this isn’t the first time there’s been a legal conflict between Linda and Mickey, who have been exchanging barbs since the early 2000s, when they became administrators of Johnny and Joey’s estates.

In 2018, Leigh took legal action against Linda via private arbitration, claiming that she was misusing the band’s intellectual property and unfairly associating herself with the band’s name.Ramones” with projects like a ranch in Los Angeles.

Source: Terra

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