IT House reported on February 10 that some time ago, the trailer of R-star's new work "GTA 6" appeared a "clown" character with tattoos on his face, which has a corresponding character in reality - Lawrence Sullivan (Lawrence Sullivan), that is, "Florida Joker".
IT House previously reported that Lawrence Sullivan claimed that R Star violated portrait rights by using a character based on his image in "GTA 6", and demanded compensation of 2 million US dollars (currently about 14.42 million yuan), which was later increased to 5 million US dollars (currently about 36.05 million yuan), and finally increased to 10 million US dollars (currently about 72.1 million yuan), but R Xing has not paid attention to the related claims "ultimatum".
Now, Sullivan has dropped all legal threats in his latest release of TikTok** and instead asked R Star to work with him:
GTA, Rockstar, Take-Two, we have to talk. I'm not going to sue you anymore, but you're going to get the damn nuggets out of the way.It's been two whole months, two months. You guys still haven't contacted me, still haven't messaged me. Let's do the right thing. Give me $50,000, $100,000 for me to voice the characters, for me to meet and greet and for me to promote the game.
IT House with a synopsis:
At the beginning of December 2023, Lawrence Sullivan shouted to R Star: We have to talk!
In mid-December 2023, Lawrence Sullivan shouted again and demanded $2 million in damages. “gta！R Star! Please answer me! ”
Subsequently, Lawrence Sullivan increased the claim to $3 million, stating that "if R Star does not provide $3 million in compensation within three days and cannot find another person in Florida who is similar to the one in the trailer, then R Star will be sued." ”
At the end of December 2023, Lawrence Sullivan claimed to have hired a team of lawyers and at the same time increased the compensation to $5 million.
In early January 2024, Lawrence Sullivan issued an "ultimatum" claiming $10 million from R-Star and claiming that he would join forces with hackers to hack the studio.