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| O'Neal Sues Ex-Fawcett Asssociate for Defamation |
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In this Aug. 29, 2004 file photo, actress Farrah Fawcett arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami. The University of Texas system sued Fawcett's longtime partner, Ryan O'Neal, asking that a federal judge order him to turn over an Andy Warhol painting of the model and actress that they claim he is keeping without permission. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara.
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LOS ANGELES (AP).- Ryan O'Neal has sued a former associate of longtime partner Farrah Fawcett and claims the man is responsible for a Texas university's attempts to reclaim an Andy Warhol portrait of the actress.
O'Neal's defamation lawsuit against Craig Nevius Thursday seeks more than $1 million in damages. The lawsuit claims Nevius' comments that the actor was improperly keeping the Warhol painting led the University of Texas system to sue O'Neal last week for control of the painting.
Fawcett, who died in 2009, granted all her artwork to the university system. O'Neal claims the disputed Warhol portrait was given to him by the artist and never belonged to Fawcett.
Nevius claims O'Neal's lawsuit is an attempt to silence him.
The case was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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