Talk about an Oscar buzz kill. Just four days before the Academy Awards, Oscar-nominated movie “The Hurt Locker” is the basis of a lawsuit from an Army sergeant who claims the film’s main character is based on him, but he hasn’t been offered a dime for his exploits.
In a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed March 3 in federal court in New Jersey, Master Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver alleges that Hollywood producers cheated him out of a share of the profits, even though the film is largely about him. He is suing for a cut of the film’s profits and for his name to be added to the credits.
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