Psychic Sues Nintendo

Popular psychic entertainer and author Uri Geller, who is known primarily for using his psychic powers to bend spoons, has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo in a federal court in Los Angeles. Geller claims that Nintendo turned his likeness into a Pokémon character named Yun Geller. The character carries a spoon and uses his psychic abilities to give people headaches. Geller, who is a former Israeli paratrooper, said that he was also offended by a lightning bolt on the Pokémon character's chest, as the lightening bolt was one of the symbols used by the Nazi SS during World War II.

"Nintendo turned me into an evil, occult Pokémon character," Geller said in a statement. "Nintendo stole my identity by using my name and my signature image of a bent spoon. I'm filing this lawsuit against Nintendo, not only to protect my name, but also to tell the world before the start of the holiday season that I have nothing whatsoever to do with these violent characters, who have a negative impact on children."

The lawsuit calls for Nintendo to stop using Geller as a Pokémon character and to pay substantial general and punitive damages.