Naked Cowboy Sues CBS, Bell-Phillip TV Over 'Ruining' Rep

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Time Square busker The Naked Cowboy is suing CBS and Bell-Phillip Television, claiming that they’ve rustled off with his brand on the soap-opera The Bold and the Beautiful and are ruining his reputation, according to court papers.

The cowboy,  Robert John Burck, 40, who protects his brand like the cavalry defending a wagon train from Apaches, says that “Oliver,” a reoccurring character on the soap, dresses in briefs, a cowboy hat and acoustic guitar—Burck’s trademark uniform—and is depicted as a “fool” and acts in a “drunken and sexually charged manner,” according to the suit.

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