MONBO v. NATHAN

18-CV-5930 (MKB).

623 F.Supp.3d 56 (2022)

Taje MONBO and Deafueh Monbo, Plaintiffs, v. Lotfy NATHAN, Red Gap Film Group, LLC, Vertical Entertainment, LLC, Oscilloscope Pictures, Inc., Oscilloscope, Inc., Daniel Berger, Thomas Sladek, Overbrook Entertainment, Inc., Overbrook Entertainment, LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Eric Blair, Willard Carroll Smith, Jr., Mission Film, Inc., and Maria Mochin individually and doing business as Mission Film Productions, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

Signed August 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taje Monbo, Owings Mills, MD, Pro Se.

Deafueh Monbo, Bel Air, MD, Pro Se.

Alan R. Friedman , Philip Langer , Fox Rothschild LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Lotfy Nathan, Red Gap Film Group, LLC, Vertical Entertainment, LLC.

Robert S. Meloni , Meloni & McCaffrey, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendants Oscilloscope Pictures, Inc., Oscilloscope, Inc., Daniel Berger, Thomas Sladek.

Joel W. Sternman , Sean Akchin , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY, Joel R. Weiner , Pro Hac Vice, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants Overbrook Entertainment, Inc., Overbrook Entertainment, LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

Maria Mochin, Annapolis, MD, Pro Se.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

I. Background 78

a. 2001 and 2003 Documentaries 78

b. The 2013 Documentary 79

c. The Feature Film 80

d. Plaintiffs' claims 81

e. The Court's review of the 2001 and 2003 Documentaries 82

i. The 2001...

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