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Palme's family to sue for defamation of character over Call Girl

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- The three sons and widow of the Swedish assassinated prime minister will sue the producer of the film in which a Palme look-alike prime minister buys sex from a minor

The son of the late Swedish prime minister Olof Palme (photo - who was assassinated in 1986), Mårten Palme, his mother Lisbeth Palme and his two brothers have decided to sue the producer of Swedish director Mikael Marcimain's feature debut, Call Girl [+see also:
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for defamation of character.

Before seeing the film Palme said that audiences were "obviously" supposed to associate the character in the film with his father, but added: “It is hard to get involved with something like this, and I don’t really know what one would win.”

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Having watched it, he concluded: "I think it is unacceptable to spread this kind of unfounded rumours, especially accusations of a serious crime – that my father was engaged in pedophilia and exploitation of a minor."

According to local media Palme last week (December 7) reported the producer of Call Girl (Mimmi Spång, of Garagefilm International AB) to the Sweden's Chancellor of Justice for defamation of character.

Previously a private citizen had reported the film to the Chancellor, who took the decision not to begin a police investigation, because – as a principle – only relatives of the person considered defamed are entitled to issue complaints.

In Marcimain's feature, inspired by the Swedish brothel scandal in the late 1970s, and scripted by Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten, a prime minister who may resemble Palme buys sex from an underage girl.

Call Girl follows 14-year-old Iris's (newcomer Sofia Karemyr) descent into prostitution, recruited by Pernilla August. Released domestically by Nordisk Film, the film was No 6 on the local charts after four weeks; TrustNordisk handles international sales.

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