‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Producer Settles U.S. Forfeiture Suit
- Settlement also covers ‘Daddy’s Home,’ ‘Dumb and Dumber To’
- The lawsuit is among more than two dozen 1MDB-linked cases
Leonardo DiCaprio filming on location for 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' in New York on Aug. 25, 2012.
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The producer of “The Wolf of Wall Street” settled a forfeiture lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department alleging the movie was funded by money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.
Lawyers for Red Granite Pictures Inc., which was co-founded by Riza Aziz, a stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, said in a filing Friday in federal court in Los Angeles that they have reached a “settlement in principle” with the government.