LOS ANGELES - The Canadian reporter known as the Scud Stud has the makers "Charlie Wilson's War'' in his crosshairs over footage used in the Tom Hanks-Julia Roberts film.
Arthur Kent, who earned his nickname for his TV coverage of the 1991 Gulf War, claims in a U.S. federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles that the film's makers violated his intellectual property rights.
The lawsuit claims Universal Studios and other companies named in the suit used segments of a 1986 news program he made about the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan without his consent.
The suit seeks an injunction against distributing the film, in addition to unspecified damages.
A Universal spokesman did not immediately return a call early Friday seeking comment.
