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Music Producer Files Lawsuit Over ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E and Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller in "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON" a film directed by F. Gary Gray.
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Jerry Heller, the former manager of N.W.A., filed a defamation lawsuit on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 against rappers Ice Cube and Dr. Dre and NBCUniversal, alleging the film "Straight Outta Compton" portrayed him as a villain and has done lasting damage to his reputation.
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