Aladdin star Mena Massoud is suing Tesla after a crash which left him tumbling and freewheeling.
The 27-year-old Canadian actor is suing Tesla as he blames the Elon Musk fronted company for causing his car wreck last year according to a Friday report from TMZ.
The talented actor said his brand new Tesla Model 3 had manufacturing and design defects which ultimately caused him to crash into a tree according to legal documents obtained by the publication.
The documents state that a day after he bought the zero emissions luxury vehicle in September, he was changing lanes in Hollywood Boulevard when the right front wheel suddenly crumpled and flew off the car.
Massoud – who is being represented by Kevin K. Javidzad, Esq. at Colony Law – goes on to claim that the vehicle skidded off the sidewalk and the momentum was stopped when it smashed into a tree.
The actor said that he suffered personal injuries and that his Tesla vehicle was totaled according to the TMZ report.
Massoud claims that the blame is totally on Tesla because wheels should not be detaching from the rest of the vehicle in that way.
Signature role: The 27-year-old Canadian actor as the titular character in the Disney Film which was released last week
His career seems to be going swimmingly despite the lawsuit as Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin had a huge opening weekend at the box office, the third highest debut of the year, in fact.
The big-budget ($186 million) live-action remake of the 1992 animated classic took in an estimated $86.1 million for its three-day opening weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.
The debut comes in behind Captain Marvel ($153.4 million) and Avengers: Endgame ($357.1 million) as the third biggest three-day opening of 2019.
Aladdin opened in a massive 4,476 theatres, earning a healthy $19,236 per-screen average during its first three days in theatres.
It earned an additional $121 million in international markets, for a global debut of $207.1 million.
Aladdin earned mixed reviews from critics, with a 58% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but it fared much better with moviegoers.
ComScore’s PostTrak general audience survey revealed that 67% of moviegoers would recommend Aladdin to their friends.
