Goodfellas actor sues Fox for $250m

Frank Sivero, the actor who played a mobster in the Martin Scorsese classic Goodfellas is suing Fox television show The Simpson for $250m (€197m), alleging that his likeness has been used for more than a decade without him being paid.

Goodfellas actor sues Fox for $250m

Now, he’s put a hit on the show that’s bigger than the infamous “Lufthansa heist” that was focus of the gangster movie. Sivero, now 62, is seeking the damages, according to gossip site TMZ, which obtained a copy of the court papers.

That blows away the Goodfellas heist.

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