Clint Eastwood sued several companies that sell CBD supplements today, alleging that they are falsely using his name and image to push products he would never agree to endorse.
Two lawsuits filed in federal court in Los Angeles include allegations that companies have spread phony articles reporting that the 90-year-old actor-director is quitting the movie business to focus on a CBD business.
The lawsuits say Eastwood has no part in the manufacture, sale or promotion of CBD, also called cannabidiol, a chemical derived from marijuana often sold as a dietary supplement or included in creams and ointments.
In the lawsuits that seek millions in damages, Eastwood names as defendants nearly 20 small companies, based in states including Arizona, California, Delaware and Florida, that sell CBD, along with up to 60 anonymous entities that may be named later.
One of the companies, Sera Labs, said in a statement that it "worked for a limited time with a publisher and gave them specific advertisements they could use which follow our very strict guidelines and shut down the ads immediately after learning that they used Eastwood's name and likeness."
