“Empire” fans are eagerly awaiting a second season, but today the Fox hit is coming under attack. Both Terrence Howard and the show’s creator and executive producer Lee Daniels are being sued by Ron Newt, a self-confessed “gangster, pimp, and drug dealer,” for allegedly stealing the idea for the hit show.
Newt says the fictitious character Lucious Lyon, played by Howard, is too similar to his own — claiming he met with the actor some time ago at a Four Seasons hotel to discuss his documentary, “Bigger Than Big.” The self-proclaimed former kingpin claims that he wanted the 46-year-old to play him in a feature-film version. Now, in the lawsuit, Newt is asking for $1 billion in damages.
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