Uh oh. Post Malone is potentially on the line for a large sum of moeny after allegedly not paying a limo driver who appeared in a 2020 music video. According to TMZ, Post Malone and Tyla Yaweh are being sued by Larry Deuel, a teacher and limousine driver, who claims that he was never paid for his services after appearing in the “Tommy Lee” music video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TMZ (@tmz_tv) The incident occurred years before Malone made his crossover in the country music world and the lawsuit was filed in Utah‘s Fourth District Court on Friday, October 17, noting that Deuel was a high school teacher who also worked as a limousine driver at the time he was approached to assist in the video shoot. Deuel claims that he was approached by Malone and Yaweh’s team, hiring him to drive the artists to Malone’s ranch for the video shoot. Deuel says that when he arrived on the property after transporting the two men, they begged him to be in the music video and assured him that he would be “taken care of.” The Daily Mail reports that per court documents, Deuel’s role was “crucial” in conveying the themes of wealth and privilege. Without his supporting role in the music video, that imagery would not have been conveyed. “Absent Mr. Deuel’s presence in ‘Tommy Lee,’ the theme of wealth, power, fame, privilege, and success would have been visually underwhelming, supported only by two unkempt musicians smoking blunts riding ATVs in a dirt field.” Seems like a highly subjective argument, but fair enough… Deuel thought that the two men saying that they would “take care of him” meant that he would be compensated for his time and participation in the music video, but alleges that the two men or their management never paid him for this. Deuel is very clearly seen in the “Tommy Lee” music video unrolling a carpet in the clip, opening doors and standing next to his limo in many parts of the video. Post Malone and Tyla Yaweh are being sued for for fraudulent inducement, misappropriation of name and likeness, breach of contract and more, as Deuel claims he never signed away his name, image and likeness rights. According to TMZ’s report, Larry Deuel is suing Malone and Yaweh for $2.5 million in principal damages and at least $7.5 million in punitive damages… that’s a lot of dough for a cameo in a music video. I mean, what are the real damages here? It sounds like he got paid for taking them to the video, but wants to be paid more for appearing in it. Should they have given him a little extra? Yeah probably. Did he consent to being in the video when the cameras were rolling? Yeah. Does this also sound like a money grab? Absolutely. Deuel also shares in court documents that he approached the musicians many time to find a solution and hoped to not go into litigation, but after numerous failed attempts, he was led to take legal action. The document also point out how many views that the video has gained since it’s release, further backing that Deuel was not fairly compensated for his time. “‘The official music video of Tommy Lee, including remixes, featuring Mr. Deuel’s artistic performance and his name, image, and likeness has contributed to the overwhelming commercial success of the song Tommy Lee, resulting in hundreds of millions of streams and downloads. Mr. Deuel’s commercial rights contributed to Tommy Lee was not authorized, and was not transferred to any of the Defendants, and thus he retains full legal rights to his name, image, and likeness, and artistic and commercial presence in Tommy Lee, which Defendants have misappropriated and exploited in the hundreds of millions of times.” I imagine we’ll see it settle for an undisclosed amount… If you’re curious to see the music video Larry Deuel was featured in, you can check that out while you’re here: The post Limo Driver Sues Post Malone For Millions, Claims He Was Never Compensated For Cameo In 2020 Music Video first appeared on Whiskey Riff.