U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Locke ruled Thursday that the actor can be deposed in a lawsuit brought by lawyer and investment banker Andrew Greene against Paramount Pictures Corp. and others in 2014.
Greene, seeking more than $50 million, contends that the portrayal of a character who engaged in illegal and morally questionable acts in the 2013 film defames him.
Greene's lawsuit says the movie portrayed him as "a criminal and drug user with misogynistic tendencies."
