Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Andrew Greene

Paramount Pictures Corp.: Greene contends that the portrayal of a character who engaged in illegal and morally questionable acts in the 2013 film defames him, according to The Toronto Star. He is seeking over $50 million . Paramount says the character is a fictional composite. By Associated Press Fri., June 17, 2016 CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.—A federal judge says actor Leonardo DiCaprio can be questioned for litigation stemming from The Wolf of Wall Street.U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Locke, in Central Islip, New York, issued the ruling Thursday in a lawsuit brought by Andrew Greene against Paramount Pictures Corp. and others in 2014. Lawyers for the 41-year-old DiCaprio opposed the deposition request, saying DiCaprio did not write the screenplay or direct the film. Article Continued Below The Morning Headlines Newsletter Delivered daily to your inbox. In the movie, DiCaprio portrayed Jordan Belfort, a notorious stock swindler who cost investors millions of dollars in the 1990s. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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