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W.Va. man sues over use of mugshot [photoshop]
PhillyBurbs.com ^ | Nov 30 2009 | staff reporter

Posted on 11/30/2009 10:14:01 AM PST by Daffynition

A McMechen man whose mugshot won a measure of Internet fame is planning to sue companies he says are profiting from the image.

Patrick Tribett was arrested in Bellaire, Ohio, in 2005. Police say he had been huffing the fumes from gold spraypaint, and the lower half of his face was golden in his mugshot.

New Martinsville lawyer H. John Rogers says the image has appeared on T-shirts, coffee mugs and even a billboard in Europe.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; mugshot; photoshop; spraypaint
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