Arash “Ash” Pournouri, the previous supervisor of Avicii, has filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to Avicii: True Tales director Levan Tsikurishvili, reigniting long-standing tensions over how the late EDM icon’s story has been informed.
Filed in Stockholm District Court docket, the swimsuit claims the 2017 documentary misrepresents Pournouri’s function in Avicii’s profession, particularly accusing the movie of portraying him as somebody who pressured the legendary DJ to carry out in opposition to medical recommendation, the Sweden Herald experiences.
Pournouri reportedly plans to pursue the case as a personal prosecution in opposition to Tsikurishvili. Whereas he had beforehand raised issues concerning the movie’s portrayal of him, a current Instagram put up from Tsikurishvili seems to have prompted the authorized motion.
Though he by no means particularly talked about Pournouri, Tsikurishvili said in his Swedish-language put up that the movie was about Tim—not anybody else—and claimed that if they’d gone deeper right into a “sure individual’s” function, it could have been “1000% worse” for him.
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Whereas he did not particularly point out Tsikurishvili, Pournouri addressed the state of affairs in an announcement launched on his Instagram and LinkedIn pages, citing “a false exterior narrative which, out of respect for Tim’s reminiscence and household, I’ve actively chosen to not interact in.”
“That courtesy has not been prolonged to me,” Pournouri wrote. “Lies and false accusations by sure people proceed with the intention of inflicting me hurt and to revenue from a tragedy. Consequently, I’ve been left with no different selection however to file lawsuits with the primary goal for the lies to cease and the info to be identified, as soon as and for all.”
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In court docket paperwork reviewed by the Herald, Pournouri allegedly argues that Avicii: True Tales was selectively edited in a means that broken his fame and profession. The quantity in damages he’s in search of has not been disclosed on the time of this writing.
Tsikurishvili has but to reply publicly to the lawsuit.
