Richard Dreyfuss, who some of you will remember from the Jaws movies, as well as Poseidon, is taking the American penchant for litigation to a whole new level, suing not just his uncle, but also his father, Norman Dreyfuss.
Announcing his retirement from films in 2004, apparently thats not going well. The actor filed suit against his uncle and father last Friday, claiming that they took a loan from him to help save a failing family business and have never repaid the loan.
Way back in 1984 Richard claims he loaned his relatives some money( about 870,000 dollars it is claimed) to shore up a failing business. They apparently owned interest in a Los Angeles office building.
He loaned them the funds but so far has seen no return of that kind investment.
After waiting almost 25 years, he decided to ask for it back. The actor says that his uncle, Gilbert Dreyfuss has been asked repeatedly for documentation of the financial status of the building but has refused to turn it over to him.
The Jaw’s star says that his family members have acted with both “fraud” and “malice” and he wants the loan repaid, with interest and damages.
Apparently not only the shark from that movie has a few teeth.