Posted on 12/12/2006 10:14:03 AM PST by 300magnum
51 minutes ago
TAMPA, Fla. - Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West, taking issue with a video in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and jumps a motorcycle over a canyon.
Knievel, whose real name is Robert Craig Knievel, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday claiming infringement on his trademark name and likeness. He also claims the "vulgar and offensive" images depicted in the video damage his reputation.
"That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever seen in my life, and he uses my image to catapult himself on the public," the 68-year-old daredevil said Tuesday.
West, 28, couldn't immediately be reached for comment Tuesday. The lawsuit asks for damages and seeks to halt distribution of the video.
In the video for the song "Touch the Sky," West dons the familiar Knievel star-studded jumpsuit and jumps a canyon in a vehicle "visually indistinguishable" from the Skycycle that Knievel used when he attempted to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon in 1974, the lawsuit said.
Knievel, who lives in Clearwater, has been in poor health in recent years.
Agreed. It seems that Mr. Evel Knievel wants his final 15 minutes. This lawsuit doesn't give him much dignity for his final years.
Well, they also have to pay for the increased bandwidth...
Well they dont mind when I post the pics on other forums, only this one.
LOL!!!!!
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