Published: 3:25PM Thursday October 23, 2014 Source: ONE News
Watch Video RelatedThe Simpsons creators are being sued for more than $300 million by an actor who claims one of the show's characters is based on him.
Goodfellas actor Frank Sivero says that the character Louie in The Simpsons is based off his character in the original Goodfellas, Frankie Carbone. The lawsuit alleges the Carbone character was created and developed by Sivero.
Louie is a minor mobster on The Simpsons who works as a henchman for Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia. He first appeared in October 1991 and has featured in 15 of the show's 556 episodes.
The lawsuit alleges that 'in or around 1989' Sivero lived in the same apartment complex as the writers of The Simpsons, and that both writers knew who he was, saw him most days and were aware of the Frankie Carbone character he was playing.
Sivero's lawsuit claims the series has made $US12 billion ($15b) since its pilot, from both the TV show as well as movies and games.
Fox is yet to comment on the lawsuit.
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