The Painting Wars

The Paintings of Lydie Denier

And here is another nice story about Lydie and how she succeeds in creating problems where no problems have been before.
Lydie Denier is not only an actress, she is also an artist and she is painting. When we shot in Berlin she gave me some of her paintings she hoped she could sell in Germany. This was when we shot the short version. After the trouble in may, the paintings were still with me and I wrote her and her German friends, asking them to pick up Lydie´s paintings. No answer. I emailed to Lydie and I asked my lawyer to write a letter to Lydie´s agent in Paris. The letter came back. We wrote Lydie if she will not pick up or let pick up her paintings we will charge her 40 € a month to store the paintings. So for half a year I did not charge anything inspite of what Lydie did when she tried to steal my movie. I informed German police I have the paintings and I declared I do not want the paintings, and I wrote to Lydie inspite of the fact she took my video tapes, she can pick up her paintings whenever she wants because in my eyes that´s a different story. Lydie did not answer my mails and did not care about her own paintings. She did not contact neither me nor my lawyer.

Some time later, my lawyer got a letter from a Berlin lawyer who wrote that his client Sacha K. did meet in Cannes with Lydie Denier and she did sell him the paintings she once gave to me. And the lawyer asked us to give the paintings to his client. I wondered why a stranger should buy paintings from Lydie he never had seen. No art collector would buy paintings, he never had seen, would he?
Furthermore the lawyer presented us a handwritten letter, saying it is from Lydie Denier, and the letter said, Lydie had sold the paintings to Herrn K. giving him the address of my lawyer and writing the paintings are "held hostage" by a certain Michael Huck. I wondered what kind of art collector would buy PAINTINGS HE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE , ESPECIALLY WHEN HE IS TOLD THE PAINTINGS ARE HELD HOSTAGE BY SOMEONE ELSE !!! This made absouletly no sense to me and we asked the lawyer of Herrn K. to show us the contract with Ms Denier and I asked that Lydie calls and writes me to confirm she really wanted me to give her paintings to Herrn K. I also asked Herr K. had first to pay for storing the paintings.

I did some research and found out that Herr K. is a friend of Lydie´s German actress-friend.
Our Lawyers exchanged several letters and as usual it went nowhere. Then Herrn K.´s lawyer informed us that HERR K. DID RE-SELL !!!!! the paintings to Ms Denier and the laywer now wrote he is representing now Ms Denier and she wants the paintings back now. I informed him we gladly will return the paintings, after we know it is really Denier we are dealing with and AFTER SHE HAS PAID FOR THE STORING OF THE PAINTINGS.
In the meantime Lydie started to tell US courts and media the stalker story. She did not explain of course WHY SHE GAVE HER PAINTINGS TO SOMEONE WHO ACCORDING TO HER HAD STALKED HER SINCE YEARS AND THREATEND TO KILL HER !!!

It´s so sick. Lydie just cannot do something without getting herself and everyone else in trouble. Why didn´t she just let pick up the paintings up when we asked her to do so?

I hereby declare: I NEVER wanted the paintings. I want Lydie to pick up or let pick up her paintings. I never did held this paintings "hostage". I do not do things like that. Lydie did take my videotapes of my movie. That´s her "style". Not mine. I don`t steal other peoples paintings. She can have the paintings whenever she wants as soon as she confirms it is really she behind this lawyer and as soon as the money for storing is paid.

Sincerely Yours,
Michael Huck

Photo above: Copyright 2007 by Jörg Peter. This photo of Lydie had been taken as PR for A Bouquet for a Kill. We have lots of photos from this PR shooting. Jörg is also the DP of A Bouquet for a Kill.