Page Six reports that Olivia de Havilland's lawsuit against FX is moving full steam ahead. FX recently tried to strike down the suit, and de Havilland is not having any of it! Here's what the lawyers for both sides had to say on the matter:
For FX: “By alleging that ‘Feud’ casts her in a false light and violates her right of publicity, Olivia de Havilland’s meritless lawsuit seeks to impinge on Defendants’ First Amendment right to create expressive works about matters of public interest. The Court should grant Defendants’ motion to strike in its entirety and award fees...In dramatizing the infamous rivalry between iconic actors Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and how that rivalry played out during the shooting of their 1962 film ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?’ (“Baby Jane”), ‘Feud’ is a social commentary on Hollywood’s history of sexism, misogyny, and media manipulation, issues that still plague Hollywood today.”
For de Havilland: “If Defendants’ view of the law were to prevail, then the California statute giving a celebrity the exclusive right to control and profit from her name and identity, and protect her reputation, would be meaningless...Defendants’ own Motion establishes the legal elements of falsity, reckless disregard for the truth, and a conscious decision not to obtain Miss de Havilland’s consent while financially benefitting from her name and reputation.”
The next court date is set for September 29th, 12 days after the Emmys.
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