‘Call My By Your Name’ Producer Rodrigo Teixeira Files Motion to Dismiss Fraud Lawsuit
Rodrigo Teixeira (“Call Me By Your Name”) and his former business partner Luiz Mussnich has heated up.An October lawsuit filed by Mussnich and another by his brother-in-law Carlos Randolpho Gros in Brazil, alleged that Teixeira wooed well-to-do Brazilian investors through the years but the bulk of the funds he received, allegedly amounting to some $16 million, were unaccounted for, with no adequate documentation to show where they were spent, thereby accusing him of running a pyramid scheme.In a motion filed Tuesday, just days before Christmas, Teixeira of RT Features, through law firm Glaser Weil, moved to dismiss the fraud lawsuit issued by Mussnich in a U.S. court.