A US clothing chain is fighting a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by Woody Allen by claiming it cannot have damaged his reputation as the director has already ruined it himself.

Executives at clothing company American Apparel have hit back at Woody Allen's claims they used his image in their advertising without permission, insisting the campaign was meant as a parody.

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