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Pic caption: *file photo*. * ALLEN SETTLES LAWSUIT FOR $5 MILLION. Hollywood filmmaker WOODY ALLEN has settled his lawsuit with clothing company AMERICAN APPAREL INC for $5 million (£3.3 million).. The Annie Hall director, 73, filed suit last year (08), claiming advertising chiefs used his likeness on billboards without his consent.. He was depicted dressed as a rabbi in ads placed across New York and Los Angeles.. Standing with lawyers outside of Manhattan federal court on Monday (18May09), Allen told reporters, I am told the settlement of five million dollars I am being paid is the largest reported amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law. (JMA/WNWA/MT). . Wood Allen billboard. New York City, USA - 10.05.07