as being mired in a personal child custody battle and suggests that this aspect of his personal life was compromised by his dogged investigation of Lucas. This was entirely fabricated, as Roberts never had a child. Roberts also criticized the portrayal of Lucas as "almost noble". Comparatively, Sterling Johnson, Jr., a federal judge who served as a special narcotics prosecutor and assisted in the arrest and trial of Lucas, described the film as "one percent reality and ninety-nine percent Hollywood." In addition, Johnson described the real life Lucas as "illiterate, vicious, violent, and everything Denzel Washington was not." In 2008, former Drug Enforcement Administration agents filed a lawsuit against Universal Studios, alleging that the events depicted in the film defamed them and hundreds of other agents. References External links Interview by Charlie Rose of the stars, the director, and the producer of the movie American Gangster Unlikely friendship piques Hollywood interest A New Jersey Crime Story’s http://drblookupportal.judiciary.state.nj.us/SearchResults.aspx?type=docket_no&docket_no=14-345 1938 births Living people Jewish American military personnel American municipal police officers Criminal defense lawyers New Jersey lawyers Lawyers from Newark, New Jersey Rutgers University alumni Seton Hall University School of Law alumni United States Marines Upsala College alumni Weequahic High School alumni 21st-century American Jews