{"id":503909,"date":"2026-03-04T21:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/503909\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:03:10","slug":"dennis-hoppers-daughter-sues-his-widow-over-late-actors-likeness-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/503909\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Hopper\u2019s Daughter Sues His Widow Over Late Actor\u2019s Likeness Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Dennis Hopper<br \/>\n                          Daughter Sues Widow Over IP Rights<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              March 4, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:56 AM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_073e964f9223475181e10fdbb1db1669\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:097426ee-f9c7-49aa-acd1-bfc20402abd9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/073e964f9223475181e10fdbb1db1669_md.jpg\" alt=\"dennis hopper victoria duffy marin hopper getty 4\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dennis-hopper\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Hopper<\/a>\u2019s family is locked in an intense legal battle \u2026 with the late actor\u2019s daughter claiming his widow interfered with a binding deal to manage the Dennis&#8217; image rights and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Hayward Luxury &#8212; a luxury goods brand founded by Hopper\u2019s daughter Marin Hopper &#8212; claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/victoria-hopper\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Duffy Hopper <\/a>worked behind the scenes to derail a signed contract that gave Hayward the right to control Dennis Hopper&#8217;s various trademarks and rights of publicity.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_37a07f997cd7446b8a21a6bdbc708cae\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:097426ee-f9c7-49aa-acd1-bfc20402abd9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/37a07f997cd7446b8a21a6bdbc708cae_md.jpg\" alt=\"dennis hopper victoria duffy getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suit says after Dennis Hopper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2010\/05\/29\/dennis-hopper-dies-dead-easy-rider\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died in May 2010<\/a>, the Hopper Art Trust was created to promote and manage his artwork &#8212; including photographs, paintings, and sculptures &#8212; along with his intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>Hayward says it struck a deal in 2018 with the trust to purchase certain intellectual property rights tied to Hopper, claiming Hayward paid around $800,000 in the first few years of the agreement to invest in the rights it had purchased.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_8af594fe490d4dac9198b3d7f520e6b4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:097426ee-f9c7-49aa-acd1-bfc20402abd9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8af594fe490d4dac9198b3d7f520e6b4_md.jpg\" alt=\"dennis hopper victoria duffy marin hopper getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, however, things took a turn in June 2022, when Ellie Page was appointed the sole trustee of the Hopper Art Trust. Hayward claims Page initially seemed willing to honor the deal &#8230; but then started backing out of contractual duties under it.<\/p>\n<p>Hayward claims Page\u2019s appointment came after a behind-the-scenes campaign by Victoria &#8212; who Hayward believes was opposed to the transfer of the rights to Hayward &#8220;for her own selfish reasons&#8221; and wanted to &#8220;gain personal control&#8221; over the rights to Hopper&#8217;s image and other intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_c694c0a1f84c41f1815e243f5523fa3b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:097426ee-f9c7-49aa-acd1-bfc20402abd9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c694c0a1f84c41f1815e243f5523fa3b_md.jpg\" alt=\"dennis hopper victoria duffy getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit seeks damages against Victoria Duffy Hopper for allegedly interfering with the contract and inducing the new trustee to breach the deal.<\/p>\n<p>We reached out to Victoria \u2026 so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dennis Hopper Daughter Sues Widow Over IP Rights Published March 4, 2026 7:56 AM PST Dennis Hopper\u2019s family&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-503909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}