Pablo Escobar's brother suing Netflix for $1 billion over 'Narcos'; threatens to "close their show"

 Pablo Escobar's seventy one-yr-old brother, Roberto de Jesus Escobar Gaviria, is suing Netflix for $1 billion over the famous collection "Narcos" which dramatised Pablos Escobar, the Colombian drug kingpin.


consistent with the Hollywood Reporter. Gaviria, who owns Escobar Inc., filed the in shape final year after taking trouble with Netflix’s use of Pablo Escobar’s call, and his story, with out permission. Escobar's surviving brother, Gaviria, suggested the display's producers aren't cut out for filming in such cartel-infested locales as Mexico and Colombia. He went directly to threaten them by means of including that they could enjoy the hiring of "hitmen as protection". He additionally threatened to "near their little display" if the streaming massive didn't provide a $1 billion fee to his organisation, Escobar Inc., for highbrow assets violations.

speaking to the Hollywood Reporter from his home in Colombia, Gaviria said: "I do not need Netflix or any other movie production employer to movie any movies in Medellin or Colombia that pertains to me or my brother Pablo without authorization from Escobar Inc. it's miles very dangerous. mainly without our blessing. this is my us of a."

Referencing his legal warfare towards the streaming platform, he stated: "Netflix are scared. They sent us a long letter to threaten us. proper now, we're in discussions… to reap our $1 billion fee. If we do not obtain it, we can close their little display."

Amidst the threats, Carlos Munoz Portal, a Narcos place scout,  become shot lifeless at the process inside the rural location north of Mexico metropolis on September 11. a whole lot of people agree with his demise might be related to the threats and the $1 billion lawsuit from Escobar Inc.

last July, Gaviria spoke approximately the $1 billion call for and doubted the show, which has already been renewed for a fourth season, would even have a 2nd season.

speaking approximately Netflix in July of 2016, Pablo's brother stated: "one thousand million is what we used to make in an excellent week inside the 1980s and Nineties. apparently cash is now growing on trees in favor of Netflix after my show became launched. They have to pay me right away.

"to begin with, this guy is Brazilian and not Colombian. inform me about this guy, what has he done? Does he have any real revel in in appearing? Does he have any real enjoy in making cocaine transactions? Has he laundered billions of dollars? Or is he sucking on his thumb and consuming his mom’s breast milk to this date? I agree with it's far the latter."

"I don't think that there could be any 2nd season in September of this year. My mom as soon as told me whilst i used to be young, to always listen to the older men in Medellin, Colombia. Now i'm antique, and in the event that they don’t listen to me, i'm able to make sure to be heard. no longer handiest will my voice be heard, I will be compensated fairly," he stated through Escobar Inc. COO Daniel D. Reitberg.

lawyers for Narcos Productions, LLC, the enterprise at the back of the Netflix series and the online game derivative "Narcos: Cartel Wars," wrote a letter claiming Gaviria tried to register emblems in August 2016 for "Narcos" and "Cartel Wars" for a number items and offerings.

inside the letter, Narcos Productions LLC attorney Jill M. Pietrini, wrote: "for example. Escobar (Inc.) claims that it has used 'Narcos' in connection with such things as 'operating a website' and 'sport offerings furnished on line from a laptop community' in view that Jan. 31, 1986. but, the internet had now not been evolved for tremendous client use in 1986, nor become the capability to provide audiovisual works nor game services available at that point."

still, Roberto de Jesus Escobar Gaviria means commercial enterprise. He instructed Hollywood Reporter: "I do not play around with those human beings in Silicon Valley. they have their telephones and excellent products. but they don't know lifestyles and might by no means dare to continue to exist inside the jungle of Medellin or Colombia. i have done that."