LeBron James and Drake sued over 'Black Ice' hockey documentary
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LeBron James and Drake stole movie rights to a segregated hockey league...this according to a new lawsuit.
The NBA star and rapper are being sued for $10 million by Billy Hunter, the former head of the NBA Players Union, who claims to have exclusive legal rights to produce any film about the old League Canada's colorful hockey team.
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According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Hunter claims LeBron and Drake used their production companies to go behind his back and sign a deal with the authors of a book their hockey documentary 'Black Ice' is about based on... Hunter glaze in the process.
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The problem is...Hunter claims he had a deal with the guys who wrote "Black Ice: The Lost History of the Maritime Colored Hockey League, 1895-1925", where Hunter would hold the exclusive rights to produce a film.
Hunter says he paid writers George and Darril Fosty a total of $265,000 to lock the film rights to the story of a Canadian hockey league for black players...but says that they have a side deal with LeBron and Drake.
Composition Getty
LeBron James and Drake stole movie rights to a segregated hockey league...this according to a new lawsuit.
The NBA star and rapper are being sued for $10 million by Billy Hunter, the former head of the NBA Players Union, who claims to have exclusive legal rights to produce any film about the old League Canada's colorful hockey team.
Uninterrupted Canada
According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Hunter claims LeBron and Drake used their production companies to go behind his back and sign a deal with the authors of a book their hockey documentary 'Black Ice' is about based on... Hunter glaze in the process.
Getty
The problem is...Hunter claims he had a deal with the guys who wrote "Black Ice: The Lost History of the Maritime Colored Hockey League, 1895-1925", where Hunter would hold the exclusive rights to produce a film.
Hunter says he paid writers George and Darril Fosty a total of $265,000 to lock the film rights to the story of a Canadian hockey league for black players...but says that they have a side deal with LeBron and Drake.
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