Author Jordan Belfort sues Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

Leonardo DiCaprio played role of Jordan Belfort in Oscar-minated, Wolf of Wall Street. It was a massive box office success. Belfort, on whom film was based, claims that Red Granite Productions lied about it being legitimately funded when he sold rights to his life story, as per reports. However, company’s lawyer called his lawsuit to be desperate and ironic.

Jordan Belfort sues Wolf of Wall Street

previous year, co-founder of Red Granite Productions, Riza Aziz was arrested as he was suspected of money laundering. refore, Jordan Belfort claimed that Aziz hid his criminal acts and funding sources from him. As per reports, he added that he was blindsided over true source of Red Granite Productions’ funding. Hollywood producer Riza Aziz is stepson of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. According to reports, latter was accused of transferring $700 million into his accounts. money was a part of government-owned 1MDB, who funded movie.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Wolf of Wall Street is filmmaker’s biggest film success to date. It is based on Jordan Belfort’s vel. book told his life story from being a young New York Broker in 1980s and his downfall because of drugs, women, corruption, and fraud.

Jordan Belfort spent about 22 months in prison for crimes he committed. According to reports, he wanted to make his rights deal void. He claimed that he would have never made film if he knew where were funds channelling from. Reportedly, Belfort sued $300, which is amount Wolf of Wall Street earned at box office. According to a report, Red Granite Productions’ lawyer, Matw Schwartz said that Jordan Belfort’s lawsuit was thing more than a ‘desperate and supremely ironic attempt’. He added that Belfort wanted to get out of an agreement that made him rich and famous for first time through ‘lawful and legitimate means’.

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Leonardo DiCaprio garnered immense appreciation for his portrayal of Belfort. It earned him numerous awards, accolades and an Oscar mination. As per reports, movie was adapted again previous year. 

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