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Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation

Jan. 27, 2020

Inspiration for “The Wolf of Wall Street” claims filmmakers duped him

Jordan Belfort claims in a new Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint he was convinced to provide the rights to his likeness and story based on misrepresentations made to him by Red Granite Productions, a firm founded by Riza Aziz, the stepson of a former Malaysian prime minister, who was charged last year with embezzling funds from the Malaysian government to fund the 2013 hit film.

Inspiration for “The Wolf of Wall Street” claims filmmakers duped him
Jordan Belfort in New York in 2007 (New York Times News Service)

The convicted fraudster who inspired Martin Scorcese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" says the film's producers have swindled him in turn.

Jordan Belfort claims in a Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint filed Thursday that he was convinced to provide the rights to his likeness and story based on misrepresentations made to him by Red Granite Productions. The company's founder Riza Aziz, the stepson of a former Malaysian prime minis...

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