A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday upheld the dismissal of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by former U.S. Rep. George Santos against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

The former GOP congressman and convicted fraudster filed a lawsuit against Kimmel, ABC, and its parent company, The Walt Disney Company, in February 2024, alleging the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” tricked him into creating videos on the celebrity video platform Cameo , which were later featured on the show in late 2023.

The segment included several “ridiculous requests” from fictitious people sent to Santos. Kimmel played the videos on air and asked his audience, “Will Santos Say It?”

In one of the videos featured on Cameo — a platform that allows users to pay celebrities for personalized content — Santo

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