Lindsay Lohan’s ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Lawsuit Gets Dismissed by Supreme Court

Actress claimed that her right to privacy was violated by a lookalike character in the video game

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Game over, Lindsay Lohan.

Lohan’s lawsuit against the makers of the videogame “Grand Theft Auto V” was dismissed in the New York Supreme Court on Thursday, after the court found that her civil rights were not violated by a character in the game.

Lohan filed her suit in 2014, claiming that a character in the game, Lacey Jonas, misappropriated her likeness.

“The aforesaid ‘Lacey Jonas’ side mission tells a story in GTA V, which contains identical events to the Plaintiff’s life,” the suit claimed. “The game also features Hotel Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, a place where the Plaintiff once lived and often frequents.”

But the court found otherwise on Thursday.

“Defendants … never referred to Lohan by name or used her actial name in the video game, never used Lohan herself as an actor for the video game, and never used a photograph of Lohan,” the decision reads.

Even if Lohan could prove that the Jonas character was close enough to be a representation of her, the decision says, her claims “should be dismissed because this video game does not fall under the statutory definitions of ‘advertising’ or ‘trade.’”

Likewise, the court also dismissed Lohan’s claim that her image was used in advertising for the game because the “images ar not of Lohan herself, but merely the avatar in the game that Lohan claims is a depiction of her.”

Lohan had claimed that the character violated her right to privacy under New York Civil Rights Law.

Thursday’s decision also dismissed similar claims made by “Mob Wives” star Karen Gravano.

Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.

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