As Bart Simpson would say, "Eat my shorts, Frank!" Almost 10 months after Frank Sivero sued Fox for $250 million over claims that The Simpsons stole the Frankie Carbone character he portrayed in Goodfellas, the case was dismissed. In a hearing Thursday morning in L.A. Superior Court, Judge Rita Miller issued a tentative ruling to toss the actor's complaint, first filed last October. "I think the tentative relied on some inaccuracies," said Sivero's lawyer Alex H. Herrera…...
- 8/6/2015
- Deadline TV
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