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Son of Colombian Cartel Queen Griselda Blanco Suing Actress Sophia Vergera Over Netflix Movie

Colombian actress Sophia Vergera is under fire for her depiction of Colombia’s most infamous drug queenpin Griselda Blanco.

According to Fox News — Michael Corleone Blanco and his wife Marie filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County on Jan. 17, alleging “unauthorized” use of his “artistic literary work” and the family’s “image, likeness and/or identity.”

Blanco claimed in the lawsuit that Netflix usedinformation from private interviews he did about his mother’s life for its limited series without his authorization and without compensating him.

Eric Newman, creator and executive producer of “Griselda,” told Today.com: “I dealt with similar suits from Pablo Escobar, his family, during the making of ‘Narcos.’ I tend not to think much about them. It just feels a little bit unsurprising and kind of comes with the territory.”

The limited series premieres January 25.

All Girls Crime Movie “Set It Off” Turns 27

This year marks 27 years since the release of “Set It Off”, released on November 6, 1996 and I feel super old. It’s so hard to believe this movie came out in the nineties because it’s such a timeless film.

The action and crime film, starring Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise as an all female gang of bank will go down in the history books as one of the hood classics. The film also had an memorable supporting cast including rap legend Dr Dre.

There really hasn’t been an all girls film of this nature and this dope that has been released since. To me, this is one of those films you hope they don’t try and replicate or remake. Some masterpieces should remain untouched.

Which character did you relate best to? I would have to say I definitely relate most to Vivica’s character — Frankie.

If you have never seen this film or you simply forgot how dope this film is check out the trailer.

WATCH: Foxy Brown Says She Was Supposed to Be In Junior Mafia Instead Of Lil Kim

Check out this throwback interview of Foxy Brown talking about her previous friendship with the “Queen Bee” Lil Kim.

At some point when both their careers were taking off the two fell out and the fight for the rap crown became extremely competitive. The two traded shots both literally and on wax.

Eventually the tension got so high that violence erupted between the two camps in the form of a gunfight outside New York’s Hot 97 headquarters. Kim ended up going to prison for perjury. She claimed to hear or see nothing – mafia style.

In the interview Foxy says that Biggie initially wanted her to be the female voice in Junior Mafia. According to her Jay Z wasn’t willing to let her go and wanted to keep her on the roster. She later ended up in the group The Firm alongside rap legends AZ & Nas.

Check out the interview. Skip to 16:30 mark where she discusses her old friendship with Kim.