Jonah Hill, left, and Miles Teller, right, in the film “War Dogs,” directed by Todd Phillips, inspired by a book by defendant Guy Lawson, which the plaintiff claimed defamed him. Photo: Warner Bros Pictures.
A newly unsealed court document is shedding new light on a $60 million lawsuit by the son of a former Albanian prime minister over the Hollywood movie “War Dogs,” starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller.
U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke in the Southern District of Florida Friday unsealed a December 2018 ruling dismissing a defamation case against author Guy Lawson, whose book inspired the movie. Other defendants included the book’s publishers and former international arms dealers Alexander Podrizki and David Packouz.
