The estate of late country legend Johnny Cash has filed a lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company, claiming they "unlawfully exploited" the singer's voice in a television commercial released this fall.
Fox 11 reports that the complaint was filed in Tennessee on Nov. 25, and centers around the use of a singer and original song that bears remarkable resemblance to Cash's own voice and musical sound.
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Cash's estate claims that Coca-Cola did not ask permission before publishing its ad campaign, and that the company knowingly tricked viewers into believing that the song in the ad was sung by Cash himself.
The estate is seeking to remove the ad from the air, as well as $75,000 in damages.
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