South Park creators Matt
Stone and Trey Parker have been hit with a copyright infringement
lawsuit over the use of a character in a 2007 episode of the animated
show.
Exavier Wardlaw has filed suit against the pair for
including a character called The Lollipop King in a three-part
Emmy-winning installment, titled Imaginationland.
In
the documents filed in federal court in Pennsylvania, Wardlaw's lawyers
claim the character is a rip-off of his own creation, the Big Bad
Lollipop from a show he came up with called The Lollipop Forest.
He
goes on to allege the inclusion of the character in the controversial
comedy tarnishes the image of his creation due the show's "unwholesome
language and sexual innuendo."
Wardlaw is suing for copyright infringement, according to TMZ.com.
