{"id":54220,"date":"2025-12-19T20:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/aviciis-manager-files-suit-over-netflix-doc-i-have-suffered-harm\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:19:11","slug":"aviciis-manager-files-suit-over-netflix-doc-i-have-suffered-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/aviciis-manager-files-suit-over-netflix-doc-i-have-suffered-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"Avicii\u2019s Manager Files Suit Over Netflix Doc: &#8216;I Have Suffered Harm&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/avicii\/\" id=\"auto-tag_avicii\" data-tag=\"avicii\">Avicii<\/a>\u2019s former manager, Ash Pournouri, has filed a lawsuit against the estate of the late Swedish DJ, claiming that he was defamed in the 2016 Netflix documentary<em> Avicii: True Stories<\/em>, the 2021 book <em>Tim: The Official Biography of Avicii<\/em>, and the 2024 book <em>Avicii: The Life and Music of Tim Bergling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPournouri parted ways with Avicii in 2016, and a deal was allegedly inked that prohibited the DJ or his heirs from speaking about their partnership or the details of the separation. But the documentary and the books delve deep into the manner, and creates what Pournouri sees as a highly distorted picture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThis has mainly been done by misrepresenting Arash Pournouri, among other things, as a person who ruthlessly pushed Tim Bergling [Avicii] to the limit and exploited his career for personal gain,\u201d reads the filing from Stockholm District Court, which was translated into English by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/avicii-estate-lawsuit-dj-manager-netflix-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard.<\/a><\/em> \u201cThe image of Ash Pournouri portrayed in the documentary and books is completely inaccurate and amounts to character assassination.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Avicii \u2013 I&#039;m Tim | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X8LHNaCHYsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAvicii stepped away from touring in 2016, just two years before he died by suicide. According to the lawsuit, the documentary implies that Pournouri urged him to keep touring despite the mental health challenges he faced at the time. \u201cTim [Avicii] is going to die,\u201d Pournouri says at one point in the film. \u201cWith all the interviews, radio tours and everything, he\u2019s going to fall down dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPournouri concedes that he did use that phrasing, but it doesn\u2019t translate properly into English. In Swedish, he claims, \u201che will die\u201d merely means that a person is extremely excited.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSUq4MEiDnf\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a post on his official Instagram page,<\/a> Pournouri explains why he felt he had no choice but to file a lawsuit. \u201cIt\u2019s the final resort,\u201d he wrote. \u201cCourt creates disclosure, sworn testimony, and an official record. It prevents PR spin, prohibits editing for story or profit, forces documents into daylight, and results in outcomes grounded in factual reality, not mere narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe insists the legal battle has nothing to do with money. \u201cSwedish court procedure requires a nominal damages figure to process a declaratory case,\u201d Pournouri writes. \u201cLegal costs are\u00a0sought. Although I have suffered considerable harm, any damages awarded go directly to real charitable causes. I take nothing personally. This is about the record, no profit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/aviciis-manager-lawsuit-netflix-doc-1235488032\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avicii\u2019s former manager, Ash Pournouri, has filed a lawsuit against the estate of the late Swedish DJ, claiming that he was defamed in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":54221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}