Lawrence Sullivan, a.k.a. "The Florida Joker" or the "GTA Joker", recently went back to threatening to taking legal action against GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, for seemingly using his likeness in the first Grand Theft Auto VI trailer released in December 2023.
Just last month, the Miami-based tattoo model released a video in which he asks Rockstar to give him the opportunity to voice the character seemingly inspired by his appearance while clarifying that he's no longer planning to take legal action against the company, but on February 24, he released another video on his TikTok account with a message to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick as he asked to be compensated, saying that he wants $20 million now for "using my likeness", even threatening to go to the "headquarters in New York".
In the video, he says that "everybody wants to play the game because of me". This is after we've seen him demand millions of dollars in his previous videos, threaten to team-up with the young hacker who leaked GTA 6 files, and explain why his case is different from Lindsay Lohan's. Sullivan's videos have gone viral, but it looks like Rockstar and Take-Two haven't responded to his demands. Now, it looks like he needs serious help after clips of him melting down during a live video surfaced on social media.
The clips were shared by X (formerly Twitter) user @PARADISEALI_, but it's unclear why he started melting down in the video, looking miserable in tears while telling his live audience that he doesn't "give a f*** no more" as he continues to drink what appears to be a canned alcoholic beverage. Check out the clips in the tweet below:
His legal threats may look more like a joke to GTA 6 fans, but these more recent clips reveal that he's seriously not okay. Is it because Rockstar and Take-Two are not responding to his demands? The clips don't really show him mention anything about GTA 6 or Rockstar Games but those who watched his entire livestream might have understood why the Florida Joker broke down.
Grand Theft Auto VI is currently in development for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and it's scheduled to release sometime in 2025.
