The short and very straight answer is no, Sophia Stewart did not win her lawsuit against the creators of The Matrix and Terminator. In June 2005, Sophia’s case was dismissed by Judge Margaret Morrow of the Central District Court of California in a 53-page ruling."
These aren't the sources I'd generally want to use, but this whole situation ended years ago. What most persuades me that the Billion Dollar Payoff never happened is that if it HAD, it would have been front-page news for months, with non-stop commentary and shilling about it. Then there'd be the immediate appeals which would likely drag on for a decade or more. Can't find a peep about any of that, thus: fake.
The results of the court case have been the stuff of viral legend and have been falsely reported on multiple occasions such as here and here. In reality, the case carried on for several years only to be dismissed by the court in 2005 when Stewart not only failed to show up to court but also "had not entered any evidence to bolster her key claims or demonstrated any striking similarity between her work and the accused directors' films," according to court documents. The claims that Stewart was awarded the largest sum in the history of Hollywood are indisputably false as the only funds awarded were a little more than $300,000 in attorney fees to the defendants but these were never collected.
Inside The Billion Dollar Matrix Lawsuit, One of the Internet’s Most Pervasive Legends
For 10 years, the story of Sophia Stewart winning a court case for basing "The Matrix" off of her copyrighted screen treatment has continuously cropped up on the web, but court documents show the story is little more than a viral legend.
Great analysis … here’s another one. If that woman had won the case, Warner Brothers would have dayumm sure let the whole world know, via press releases, they were paying this black woman what she was owed.
Plenty of news about that; on the other hand, you're completely right that I way overdid it with "it would have been front-page news for months, with non-stop commentary and shilling about it."
This for real?
edit: Looks false to me..
https://blackexcellence.com/sophia-stewart
"Did Sophia Stewart win?
The short and very straight answer is no, Sophia Stewart did not win her lawsuit against the creators of The Matrix and Terminator. In June 2005, Sophia’s case was dismissed by Judge Margaret Morrow of the Central District Court of California in a 53-page ruling."
Wtf is this garbage OP?
Tell you what, how about you provide some proof?
These aren't the sources I'd generally want to use, but this whole situation ended years ago. What most persuades me that the Billion Dollar Payoff never happened is that if it HAD, it would have been front-page news for months, with non-stop commentary and shilling about it. Then there'd be the immediate appeals which would likely drag on for a decade or more. Can't find a peep about any of that, thus: fake.
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/truth-billion-dollar-matrix-lawsuit
And from Time Magazine [who?]:
Great analysis … here’s another one. If that woman had won the case, Warner Brothers would have dayumm sure let the whole world know, via press releases, they were paying this black woman what she was owed.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=covington+lawsuit+win
Plenty of news about that; on the other hand, you're completely right that I way overdid it with "it would have been front-page news for months, with non-stop commentary and shilling about it."