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Fugees star Pras Michel files lawsuit over documentary footage
Written by . Published: December 02 2012
Former Fugees star Pras Michel is suing the director of his 2009 documentary for allegedly failing to hand over the footage after the project wrapped.
The rapper hired Marshall Tyler to help him shoot Paper Dreams, about Somali pirates off the East African coast, but alleges the filmmaker has not turned over the scenes they shot.
He has filed a lawsuit demanding Tyler return the footage, or hand
back the $70,000 Michel invested to cover filming and travel
expenses.
However, a spokesperson for Tyler insists his client is the
rightful owner, telling TMZ.com, "Pras is trying to assert
ownership on material that Marshall owns the copyright to."