ICYMI: Jerry West is teeing off on his portrayal in HBO's 'Winning Time' ... demanding a retraction and apology from the show.
is breaking his silence on his hot-tempered, booze-fueled depiction in the HBO hit series"Winning Time" ... calling the show a"baseless and malicious assault" on his character and demanding a retraction, an apology and damages.-- is portrayed as a raging alcoholic in the series ... and while a warning explicitly says the show is a dramatization of real events, West says it has caused serious anguish to his family, according to ESPN.
"Jerry West was an integral part of the Lakers and NBA's success," the letter read, according to ESPN. "It is a travesty that HBO has knowingly demeaned him for shock value and the pursuit of ratings. As an act of common decency, HBO and the producers owe Jerry a public apology and at the very least should retract their baseless and defamatory portrayal of him."
The show is based off Jeff Pearlman's book,"Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s" ... but West's team says his scenes in the show did not appear in the book -- nor did they happen in real life.
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