‘Billions’ Portrayal of Cayuga Spurs Lawsuit Against Showtime

In the hit Showtime series “Billions,” it seems, everybody’s somebody. Ruthless hedge fund titan Bobby Axelrod evokes Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire founder of SAC Capital Advisors. U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades is a Preet Bharara type. And then there’s the Cayuga nation, cryptically standing in for ... the Cayuga nation.

It’s that last piece of the roman a clef that got a lawsuit going in which the Native American tribe and a member of its governing council claim Showtime Networks Inc. and the show’s creators trashed their reputation.