Manuel Noriega Suing Call of Duty For Including Him as a Character

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Noriega was featured as a character in Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and now he's suing the video game makers from his Panamanian jail cell.


According to Courthouse News Service, the suit filed in Los Angeles claims that "In an effort to increase the popularity and revenue generated by BLACK OPS II, defendants used, without authorization or consent, the image and likeness of plaintiff in BLACK OPS II."

A digital replica of Noriega appears in an episode of the video game entitled "Suffer with Me." Players are tasked with capturing Noriega, and as per Kotaku he's called a "a piece of shit," "asshole" and "old pineapple face himself" in the game.

Noriega's suit claims that he's portrayed as a "as a kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state."