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KANYE, EVIL KNIEVEL SETTLE LAWSUIT: Famous daredevil and rapper met privately in Clearwater, Fl.
*Famed daredevil Evel Knievel and rapper Kanye West have quietly settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in West's 2006 video for "Touch the Sky," reports the Associated Press.
Knievel sued West and his record company last year, claiming West's character of "Evel Kanyevel" attempting to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon mocked his own failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974. West's attorneys argued the video amounted to satire, covered under the First Amendment.
Knievel, 69, said he and West worked out a settlement recently at his Clearwater condo, and both have agreed not to publicly discuss the terms.
"We settled the lawsuit amicably," Knievel said Tuesday. "I was very satisfied and so was he."
After claiming in his lawsuit that the video contained "vulgar and offensive" images and that Kanye was "promoting his filth to the world," Knievel said his opinion of the artist changed after meeting him in person.
"I thought he was a wonderful guy and quite a gentleman," he said, adding that he is concerned about West as he grieves the sudden death of his mother Donda West earlier this month.
"I know he's had some tough times the past few weeks, and I hope things work out," Knievel said.
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