Actor Clint Eastwood and the company that owns the rights to his likeness won a $6.1 million in a lawsuit Friday against a company in Lithuania that allegedly used his image to imply he supports their products.
R. Gary Klausner of U.S. District Court for the Central District of California awarded Eastwood & the company Garrapata $6 million for unauthorized use of his name & likeness after Mediatonas UAB did not respond to a summons from March, & they also had to pay approximately $95,000 in attorneys’ fees.
The company is also blocked from ever using his name & likeness again.
Eastwood filed two lawsuits last year in federal court against three manufacturers and marketers of CBD, short for cannabidiol, which is a part of the cannabis plant that does not lead to a high. The first lawsuit claimed his likeness was used in an interview falsely designed to look like an episode of the "Today" show, which linked to a site where viewers could buy the CBD-related products.
"Mr. Eastwood has no connection of any kind whatsoever to any CBD products & never gave such an interview," according to the lawsuit.
Jordan Susman, Eastwood's lawyer, said in a statement: "In pursuing this case & obtaining this judgment, Mr. Eastwood has again demonstrated a willingness to confront wrongdoing & hold accountable those who try to illegally profit off his name, likeness & goodwill."
"It requires additional context to understand what CBD products are & why a person like Clint Eastwood would not endorse a marijuana-based product," wrote Klausner, who did not grant the lawsuit's full request for defamation because it was not "libelous on its face."
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