Michael Corleone He is not just a character born from the imagination of writer Mario Puzzo and immortalized by Francis Ford Coppola in The Godfather film trilogy, but someone of flesh and blood who brought Sofia Vergara to the wall.
The Colombian actress spent a difficult few weeks after Corleone (we clarify that she has nothing to do with Al Pacino) filed a lawsuit against her and the streaming platform Netflix for the unauthorized use of her mother's image and name in the series “Griselda “had submitted.
Luckily for her, everything was resolved after an out-of-court settlement with the affected party.
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But who is this Michael? Well, he is the son of Griselda Blanco, a famous South American drug trafficker, also known as “The Black Widow”, on which the well-received production is based.
What problem did Sofía Vergara have with “Griselda”?
The man and Blanco's family believed that there was no authorization for this, which is why they took legal action and even demanded that the series be removed from the platform.
In addition to playing the woman murdered in 2012, Vergara is also an executive producer of the story, which, as creative executives have explained, is not a dramatized documentary but a loose adaptation of gangster life.
Still, Corleone filed the lawsuit in a Miami court on Jan. 17, claiming he did not consent to the use of his mother's image, likeness or identity in the production of “Griselda.”
They also requested that the six episodes that make up the series not be released. They couldn't stop it from being released by Netflix on January 25th, the day it was in the highest ratings.
Corleone admitted that he had been in contact with producers since 2009 to develop a book and show about his mother's life, for which he recorded testimonial videos and shared materials, but only learned about the creation of the series Who Has seen it in the media?
A month later, The Hollywood Reporter reported an out-of-court settlement between the two parties, although without providing further details.
Corleone's lawyers said the complaint was dismissed with prejudice, meaning they could not revisit the matter in the future.
Corleone, currently 45, is a partner in a clothing brand, has written a book of his memoirs and in 2019 took part in the reality show “Cartel Crew”, in which he claimed it was a way to show that someone from a similar world emerged, it can change your life.