LOS ANGELES (January 29, 2007) — Tom Waits has settled a lawsuit witha German automaker and an ad agency for what he said was an imitator used without his permission.
Waits’ attorney Kevin Marks says the lawsuit against Adam Opel A-G and advertising firm McCann Erickson was settled in a state court in Frankfurt, Germany.
He says details of the settlement are confidential, but Waits will donate the net settlement proceeds to charity.
Waits does not do commercials. He claimed a singer imitating his voice and style appeared in Opel ads that ran in Scandinavia after he turned down several offers to do the commercials.
Waits says in a statement, “I’m glad to be out of the car sales business once and for all.”
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