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 advised.
Filed in Stockholm District Courtroom, the swimsuit claims the 2017 documentary misrepresents Pournouri’s position 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 stories.
Pournouri reportedly plans to pursue the case as a personal prosecution in opposition to Tsikurishvili. Whereas he had beforehand raised considerations concerning the movie’s portrayal of him, a latest Instagram submit from Tsikurishvili seems to have prompted the authorized motion.
Though he by no means particularly talked about Pournouri, Tsikurishvili said in his Swedish-language submit that the movie was about Tim—not anybody else—and claimed that if they’d gone deeper right into a “certain person’s” position, it might 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 external narrative which, out of respect for Tim’s memory and family, I have actively chosen not to engage in.”
“That courtesy has not been extended to me,” Pournouri wrote. “Lies and false accusations by certain individuals continue with the aim of causing me harm and to profit from a tragedy. Consequently, I have been left with no other choice but to file lawsuits with the main objective for the lies to stop and the facts to be known, once 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 approach 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.
