CICCIOLINA SUES SKY FOR MOANA FILM

CICCIOLINA SUES SKY FOR MOANA FILM

(ANSA) - Rome, October 20 - Ex-porn star Ilona Staller is suing Sky Italia for breach of copyright in allegedly using her memoirs in its new TV film on the late porno diva Moana Pozzi.

Staller's lawyer and companion Luca Di Carlo claimed Tuesday Sky had used details from two autobiographical books by the Hungarian-born Staller, 47.

''What's more, they never contacted us to verify the parts of the film involving Cicciolina,'' Di Carlo said.

The suit also argues that Staller's stage name and 'cuddly doll' persona is protected by copyright at the Italian patents office.

At the beginning of the 1980s, established star Staller and up-and-coming Pozzi were friends and companions in porn impresario Riccardo Schicchi's stable and made several films together.

Cicciolina gained prominence outside the porn world with a foray into politics and a brief marriage to American artist Jeff Koons but despite her publicity stunts Pozzi supplanted her at the pinnacle of the porn world and in the wider public imagination.

The Sky film, entitled Moana, shows how Pozzi emerged from a strict Catholic background to become a porn legend, a reputed lover of politicians, actors and soccer players, and an icon to many before dying of cancer aged 33 in 1994. photo: Pozzi