Jerry West said HBO's ‘Winning Time’ is a “baseless and malicious assault” on his character
Publish date:Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
ESPN obtained a copy of the letter from West’s lawyers stating that the show allegedly characterized West as an uncontrollable, “intoxicated rage-aholic” which “bears no resemblance to the real man” he is.Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980sSkip Miller, one of West’s lawyers and a partner at Miller Barondess, LLP law firm, said the show is based on fabrication that attempts to create facts that have “caused great distress to West and his family.
West believes that he deserves an apology, a retraction and damages from the network as well as the producers of the series, saying the show “goes out of its way to denigrate” him “despite his accomplishments as an executive.”
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