(EXCLUSIVE) Empire & Fox Blast Self Proclaimed “Gangster” Suing Them For $1 Billion Dollars Over Hit Show

theJasmineBRAND.com exclusively reports, Fox Network is blasting the $1 billion dollar lawsuit filed by a self proclaimed “gangster” who accused them of stealing his life story for their hit show, “Empire” — and are demanding the entire legal battle be dismissed.

Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson

A man named Ron Newt filed a federal lawsuit against Terrence Howard, Lee Daniels and Fox Network accusing them of ripping off his life story for the hit show “Empire”.

Ron- a family friend of the Jackson family – claimed that the show was a carbon copy of his life as a “gangster, pimp and drug dealer” … and even called himself a known “ghetto player” in his world.

The man even said he met with Terrence in LA to talk about Ron’s documentary entitled, “Bigger than Big” … which Terrence saw and wanted to play Ron in the feature film adaptation.

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