‘Top Gun: Maverick’ slapped

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ slapped with lawsuit by family of pilot who inspired original film

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The widow and son of the man who wrote the 1983 article that inspired the original “Top Gun”

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suing Paramount Pictures over its sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.”

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In a complaint filed in California federal court Monday, Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay claim

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that the rights to Ehud Yonay’s story reverted back to them on Jan. 24, 2020

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The lawsuit contends that Paramount, which produced and distributed the sequel,

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did not reacquire those rights before releasing the film in May.

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Paramount Pictures said in a statement that the claims “are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously.”

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