DiCaprio Instigates Beating of Screenwriter?
July 17th, 2004
Here’s an interesting if not humorous tidbit. According to a The New York Daily News report today, a $45 million lawsuit against GANGS OF NEW YORK star Leonardo DiCaprio may be unfolding. According to the report, the “bar-hopping heartthrob” instigated a fight by encouraging his friends to beat up a lowly screenwriter. Roger Wilson, the screenwriter, apparently become upset when DiCaprio invited the screenwriter's girlfriend, SHOWGIRLS star Elizabeth Berkley, to his table. (You know how far an actress has fallen when she’s dating a screenwriter.)
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice was reported as saying that she found parts of Wilson's version of events “troubling,” but she would not issue a ruling in the case for a couple of months. Wilson reportedly became angry at DiCaprio during dinner at a midtown restaurant Asia de Cuba in 1998. Wilson claims DiCaprio incited his friends to attack Wilson outside the Madison Ave. eatery when the screenwriter showed up to confront the star.
- Chris
http://www.nydailynews.com/07-17-2004/news/story/212906p-183347c.html
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