Hollywood | Posted on Dec 05, 2011 at 03:28pm IST

Jolie's directorial debut named in a copyright lawsuit

Press Trust of India

Los Angeles: The first directorial project by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is named in legal documents filed in federal court by Croatian journalist and author James J Braddock.

The journalist claimed that he published an article about a woman raped by soldiers before Jolie wrote similar storyline for 'In the Land of Blood and Honey', reported Ace Showbiz.

Three weeks before the premiere of the film premiere date, a lawsuit threatens to prevent it from ever seeing the light.

Jolie's directorial debut named in a copyright lawsuit

The film, which was written by Jolie, tells the lovestory between a Serbian soldier and a Muslim woman during the Bosnian war. Braddock found similarities in his work and Jolie's.

"The Subject Work's main female character is subject to continuous abuse and rape by soldiers and officers in the camp. In addition to being raped continuously by soldiers and officers, she is forced to become a servant at the camp headquarters, a duty assumed by very few of the captives," the lawsuit stated.

"The Motion Picture's main female character is also subject to continuous rape by soldiers and officers in the camp and subsequently becomes a servant at camp headquarters," it continued.

Braddock is requesting the court to award him damages, naming GK Films and several other entities as the defendants as well.

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