"Narcos" has proven to be a successful series from Netflix and as it gears towards Season 2, it is no wonder why a member of the Escobar family would want to take a benefit. Pablo Escobar's brother, Roberto Escobar, wants Netflix to pay him as much as $1 billion for using the Escobar story, and this cause fans to worry about a possible delay in its release.
Escobar's Brother Wants Compensation
Roberto Escobar, the brother of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, wrote to Netflix, claiming that he has the "successor-in-interest rights" to the Escobar family name. Roberto, who served as Pablo's accountant in the Medellin Cartel, founded the company Escobar Inc. and registered the rights to Escobar and Pablo Escobar in California and so no one should profit from them without their approval. The letter, which was published by TMZ, Roberto Escobar also demands that he will review the show first before the second season of "Narcos" can be aired.
"In the first season of Narcos, there were mistakes, lies, and discrepancies from the real story," he wrote. "To this date, I am one of the few survivors of the Medellin cartel, and I was Pablo's closest ally, managing his accounting and he is my brother for life. I think nobody else in the world is alive to determine the validity of the materials, but me."
Just finished the Narcos series... Who's seen it.....?
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No More 'Narcos'?
Roberto Escobar was not actually shown in "Narcos" Season 1. But Roberto said the streaming service should pay him immediately for profiting from his show. He threatened that the show should not be aired if the company did not comply with his requests. "I don't think there will be any more Narcos if they do not talk to me," he said, as reported by Fortune. "They are playing me without paying. I am not a monkey in a circus, I don't work for pennies."
The letter was dated July 1, 2016, and to date, Netflix has not officially commented on the issue, nor has announced any plans to delay the release of "Narcos" Season 2. The sophomore season has been confirmed for release on Sept. 28.
