The ‘Mean girls’ actress – who
turned 28 today, Wednesday, July 2, 2014, has finally hit the video game makers
with a civil lawsuit after they allegedly used her image for a character named
Lacey Jonas without her permission.
The star’s lookalike alter-ego parties at
infamous celebrity haunt, the Hotel Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, ‘a place
where the plaintiff once lived and often frequents’, according to the case
documents.
According to the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column, the
troubled actress is coming after game creators Take-Two Interactive for an
unspecified sum of money. Lindsay Lohan has been threatening legal action since
December, shortly after the fifth installment of the video game was released,
and is annoyed because companies usually pay to copy her likeness.
The legal
papers claim the ‘game features a mission where the plaintiff’s look-alike asks
another character to take her home and escape the paparazzi’ and features a
character sporting the same ‘ likeness, clothing, outfits, clothing line
products, ensemble in the form of hats, hair style, sunglasses, jean shorts worn
by [Lohan]…before the release of the GTA V video game.’
The video game cover
also strikingly resembles a famous picture of Lindsay in a swimsuit taking a
selfie and making a peace sign.
The gaming company has declined to comment.
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