It looks like Angelina Jolie might need to brush up on her copyright knowledge. The actress is being sued by a Croatian journalist who claims the 36-year-old stole the storyline behind her upcoming movie and screenwriting debut, "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
In documents filed in federal court and obtained by RadarOnline.com, journalist and author James J. Braddock is accusing the Oscar winner of swiping the film's plot from an article he wrote in 2007. The movie, written and directed by Jolie, tells the fictionalized love story between a Serbian soldier and a Muslim woman who become separated by the 1992 Bosnian War.
It's a story that sounds all too familiar to Braddock, who is asking for a jury trial to award him damages. "The Subject Work's main female character is subject to continuous abuse and rape by soldiers and officers in the camp," the lawsuit states. "In addition to being raped continuously by soldiers and officers, she is forced to become a servant at the camp headquarters, a duty assumed by very few of the captives."
"The Motion Picture’s main female character is also subject to continuous rape by soldiers and officers in the camp and subsequently becomes a servant at camp headquarters," the lawsuit continues. The journalist also named GK Films, the Los Angeles-based production company that financed the film, in the suit. Jolie's film opens in theaters December 23.