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NBA star LeBron James and Drake have been legally slammed into the boards amid allegations the pair stole the story about Canada’s pioneering segregated hockey league.
The new $10 million lawsuit targeting Drake and James was launched by former NBA players union chief Billy Hunter.
The one-time union boss claims he has the exclusive legal rights to produce any movie about the long-defunct Colored Hockey League.
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However, author Darril Fosty who co-wrote a book on the league called Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925, told TMZ Sports the lawsuit is “unwarranted and frivolous.” He added that he and his brother will respond through their legal team at a later date.
In the lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Hunter is claiming the hoops legend and Toronto rapper used their own production companies to go behind his back to ink a deal with the authors of Black Ice.
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According to the lawsuit, Hunter allegedly already had a deal with author Fosty and his brother/co-author George. He claims he already paid the authors $265,000 to lock up the rights and was shafted in the alleged side hustle.
Hunter said he confronted the Fosty brothers when he realized he had been benched.
Apparently, the brothers argued that Hunter’s project was slated to be a documentary while LeBron and Drake were planning to make an actual movie. Hence, no dispute.
Hunter called the claims “absurd and made in bad faith.”
Besides the $10 million, Hunter — who was head of the player’s union when LeBron broke into the NBA — is also seeking a cut of the Drake documentary.
A Drake flack had no comment on the allegations when contacted by TMZ.
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