Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani named co-counsel in Call of Duty Noriega lawsuit

Activision is filing a motion today to dismiss the lawsuit by former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega over his depiction in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The company has hired as co-counsel to defend it former New York City Mayor and U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani, now a named partner of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.

"Quite simply, it's absurd," said Giuliani. "I'm not interested in giving handouts to a convicted murderer and drug smuggler like Manuel Noriega who is demanding money from Activision and its popular Call of Duty franchise for simply exercising its right to free speech."

Noriega's lawsuit centers around around damages due to his portrayal as a "kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state," which he claims enhanced sales of the game. Noriega is currently in a Panama prison, after having already served two decades in an American prison for doing very many bad things. Like, murder, human rights abuses and drug trafficking.