[Baldwin:] Producers of the Oscar-nominated "Wolf of Wall Street" are getting hit with a $25 million lawsuit. The lawsuit takes issue with a character named Nicky Rugrat Koskof and jokes about his toupee. Rugrat is played by this actor. This is PJ Burn, former employee and he believes his life inspired the Rugrat character and he said he was wrongly portrayed as a criminal, a drug user and a toupee wearer. So Drew Findling, let me bring you in, criminal defense attorney to talk about whether this has legs as we say. I think particularly this guy is irked because the movie mocks the fact that he is wearing this toupee. Not the fact that he had a toupee, but it's mocking this toupee.
[Drew Findling, Criminal Defense Attorney:] What's interesting is they have to be able to show that this was actually a portrayal of him and what he is saying is that they did have a nickname for him, I believe, "Wig Wam," because he wore a wig and that ties it in. But you know my question is, no one would even know it's this guy, but for this lawsuit and all of the stories like your own that are now going to tie him into the story. That's the movie itself.
[Baldwin:] So you're saying he is now calling attention to it therefore we now know who he is. Does that even have merit? Can toupee mocking be a legal thing?
[Findling:] Well, I do not think so, and find this very questionable. He was an investment banker. He lived in California. Not practicing law. He is apparently moving his law practice or what law practice they didn't have to New York, waiting to get sworn in and now files the suit in New York. He is going to get all this publicity. He is not going to go anywhere with this suit. We all know that. They are not going to hand over the film like they want him he wants him to do. But he is going to sure get a lot of publicity when he hangs out of his door outside of his office, his name outside of his door.
[Baldwin:] What about just in general, Drew, when films are based upon I believe this is based upon Jordan Belfort memoire. Whose permission do they really need to get to tell stories like these? Jordan Belfort and all characters involved. I imagine not.
[Findling:] No, they do not. You have to think that with a company of this magnitude, making this film, they are consulting lawyers. When they watch that, you actually see the lawyers' names now. So they are making sure that they are dotting their I's and crossing their T's. They made sure they didn't use his name. They didn't have his likeness. They did everything they needed to do and he is doing what he needs to do right now, which is promote himself.
[Baldwin:] Lawyers' names in the credit top. Drew Findling, thank you very much. Coming up next, some rare remarks from George W. Bush today, he is speaking out about PTSD and our veterans who are suffering from that. You'll hear his candid comments. How he would like to help. Plus, some special guests joining me in studio to tell their stories, some cute girls here, do not miss this family. Also ahead, President Obama as we mentioned just spoke out about this really out of control violence in the capital city in Ukraine. He is placing blame directly on the government there. We will share that sound with you, next.