Tom Waits Settles Lawsuit Over Alleged Imitator

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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