Post Malone & Tyla Yaweh Sued For $10M By Limo Driver Who Appeared In Music Video

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The suit claims a limo operator who made a cameo played a "crucial role" successful the video and that the stars promised he'd beryllium "taken attraction of" for his contributions.

In this surface drawback released connected October 16th 2020, Post Malone and Tyla Yaweh execute astatine the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast connected October 14th, 2020.

Post Malone and Tyla Yaweh are facing a suit from a limo operator who appeared successful their 2020 euphony video for the opus “Tommy Lee,” claiming he’s owed millions from the stars implicit the shoot.

In a ailment filed precocious Friday successful a Utah court, Larry Deuel says that aft helium was hired to thrust the vocalist and to Malone’s ranch, the stars asked him to instrumentality portion successful the sprout – allegedly promising he’d beryllium “taken attraction of” afterward.

But Deuel says helium was ne'er paid for the cameo, and that helium ne'er gave Malone the close to usage his likeness successful the video. He claims he’s owed a whopping $10 million, accusing Malone and others of fraudulent inducement, misappropriation, breach of declaration and different forms of wrongdoing.

“Defendants exploited and appropriated Mr. Deuel’s name, image, oregon likeness for their commercialized summation without his consent oregon approval,” the driver’s lawyers constitute successful the lawsuit, obtained by Billboard.

Released successful June 2020 by Yaweh with Malone arsenic a featured artist, “Tommy Lee” was the debut azygous disconnected Yaweh’s 2nd workplace medium Rager Boy. It was besides his archetypal connected the Hot 100, peaking astatine No. 65 and spending respective weeks connected the chart.

The euphony video, filmed connected Malone’s Utah Ranch, shows the 2 riding ATVs and performing with mountains down them. Near the beginning, a limo arrives successful that antithetic setting, with a operator – seemingly portrayed by Deuel – unrolling a reddish carpet arsenic the Yaweh exits. The operator and the limo are repeatedly seen passim the video.

In his ailment connected Friday, Deuel says his relation successful the video was “crucial” but that helium had not fixed consent for the quality and “was ne'er compensated” for his contributions.

“Absent Mr. Deuel’s beingness successful Tommy Lee, the taxable of wealth, power, fame, privilege, and occurrence would person been visually underwhelming, supported lone by 2 unkempt musicians smoking blunts riding ATVs successful a ungraded field,” his lawyers write.

Reps for some Malone and Yaweh could not instantly beryllium reached for remark connected Monday.