Sylvester Stallone sues company over stolen 'Cobra' car
News
ani-Staff
Washington
(ANI):
Sylvester
Stallone
has
filed
a
lawsuit
against
the
owner
of
a
car
company
over
a
vehicle
the
movie
star
insists
was
stolen
from
him
15
years
ago.
The
Rocky
star
has
claimed
that
the
custom-built
1950
Mercury,
which
featured
in
his
movie
Cobra,
was
stolen
from
a
storage
garage
in
1994
and
Stallone
never
saw
the
car
again
-
until
recently.
However,
the
Cobra
car
is
now
in
the
possession
of
a
collector
who
rents
out
vehicles
for
movies,
reports
Contactmusic.
According
to
legal
papers,
filed
in
Los
Angeles,
Stallone
has
claimed
that
he
asked
the
car's
current
owner
to
hand
over
the
keys
-
but
he
has
refused.
In
the
suit,
obtained
by
TMZ.com,
the
actor-cum-director
has
claimed
that
he
came
across
his
stolen
car
while
looking
at
vehicles
up
for
auction
on
the
Internet.
He
has
insisted
that
the
one-off
vehicle
is
worth
more
than
250,000
dollars.
Apart
from
getting
the
car
in
return,
Stallone
is
demanding
3
million
dollars
because
the
car
company's
website
allegedly
used
his
name
and
image
to
promote
the
auction
without
proper
permission.