Post Malone is facing a lawsuit.
A limousine driver who appeared in one of the music videos from Sunflower hitmaker is suing him over claims he wasn’t paid for his appearance.
Larry Deuel is the one filing the case against Malone, the subject of which is the 2020 Tommy Lee video shoot with collaborator Tyla Yaweh.
Deuel claims he has not received the monetary compensation he is owed for his appearance in the video, according to legal documents obtained by Daily Mail.
He is suing for compensatory damages “in an amount not less than $2.5 million,” punitive damages “in an amount not less than $7.5 million” and attorney’s fees “in an amount not less than $25,000.”
The lawsuit reveals that Deuel was a high school teacher who also worked as a limousine driver at the time of the music video filming.
He claims he was hired to drive Malone and Yaweh to the rapper’s ranch for the shoot, and when they arrived, he was asked by the two musicians to appear in the video.
Deuel appeared several times in the video, standing next to the limousine while Yaweh sings and dances.
“Absent Mr. Deuel’s presence in Tommy Lee, the theme of wealth, power, fame, privilege and success would have been visually underwhelming, supported only by two unkempt musicians smoking weed and riding ATVs in a dirt field,” the documents state.
