Sean Penn files $10 million suit against 'Empire' co-creator - Washington Post

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2015 file photo, actor Sean Penn arrives for the World Premiere of “The Gunman” at the BFI south bank cinema, in London. Penn has filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, against the producer of the hit Fox television show “Empire” Lee Daniels after comments Daniels’ made in the press that suggested Penn was a domestic abuser. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File) (Associated Press)

NEW YORK — Sean Penn has filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit in New York against “Empire” co-creator Lee Daniels over comments Daniels made about him in an entertainment publication.

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