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 instructed.
Filed in Stockholm District Courtroom, the go well with 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 considerations in regards to the movie’s portrayal of him, a latest Instagram put up from Tsikurishvili seems to have prompted the authorized motion.
Though he by no means particularly talked about Pournouri, Tsikurishvili acknowledged in his Swedish-language put up that the movie was about Tim—not anybody else—and claimed that if that they had gone deeper right into a “sure individual’s” function, it will have been “1000% worse” for him.
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Whereas he did not particularly point out Tsikurishvili, Pournouri addressed the scenario in a press release 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 have interaction in.”
“That courtesy has not been prolonged to me,” Pournouri wrote. “Lies and false accusations by sure people proceed with the purpose 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 principle goal for the lies to cease and the information to be recognized, as soon as and for all.”
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In courtroom paperwork reviewed by the Herald, Pournouri allegedly argues that Avicii: True Tales was selectively edited in a means that broken his status and profession. The quantity in damages he’s searching for has not been disclosed on the time of this writing.
Tsikurishvili has but to reply publicly to the lawsuit.
