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Bicycle Racer Settles Suit against Glen Cove, N.Y., Video-Game Publisher.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2003
By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 28--Professional bicycle motocross racer Dave Mirra and Acclaim Entertainment settled the suit the rider filed six months ago against the Glen Cove video-game publisher when he charged that the company improperly used his image and name to promote a risque title, both sides said yesterday.
The suit, which had been filed in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, sought at least $21 million in damages for using Mirra's name and likeness alongside BMX XXX, a bike-riding stunt game that was controversial for its "mature" rating and real footage of topless dancers. Acclaim said that neither side would pay any monetary or other damages and that Mirra would continue to be...
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