Longtime Howard Stern Show personality “Stuttering John" Melendez is suing SiriusXM Radio for using his archived hot-button interviews with the likes of the Dalai Lama, Ringo Starr and Mike Tyson without compensation and in violation of his publicity rights.
Melendez was a performer on the radio show from 1988 until 2004 — right before the program moved from terrestrial radio to the satellite giant in a $500 million deal, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in New York federal court.
During that time, Melendez says he turned his cult following into a fan base of millions — which resulted in movie roles, landing his own radio show and a gig as an announcer, writer and performer on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. “Plaintiff has spent.
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