"I am the holder of the copyrights for both the original and revised authored by my husband Marvin Sutton by inheritance," she wrote. She also insists that neither Upchurch, who is not a party to the lawsuit, nor Sutton's daughter inherited rights to the book.
The widow contends Upchurch is not mentioned in either the original or revised edition as a co-author. "In 2008, Marvin Sutton completed a revised edition of 'Me and My Likker' with many additional photos and stories," Pamela Sutton wrote in an affidavit. After Popcorn Sutton's death, however, his widow began peddling an updated version. Upchurch assigned her copyright to Regina Chennault when Popcorn Sutton died, she alleged. According to her complaint, Popcorn Sutton wrote the book with help from author Ernestine Upchurch with whom he lived in Maggie Valley, N.C., in the 1990s. And widow Pamela Sutton has been racking up $50 a pop for copies of the "Me and My Likker" book that details the history of moonshining in Appalachia and Popcorn Sutton's life as a moonshiner.īut daughter Regina Chennault, who lives in Alaska, contends Pamela Sutton is a gold digger with no legal rights to the book. Thanks to a partnership with his widow, Williams recently announced he'd be making and selling a legal version of Popcorn Sutton's famed spirits. Since his death, Popcorn Sutton has achieved even greater fame. He was facing yet another federal prison term when, at the age of 61, he killed himself. Every decade of his 40-year career as a moonshiner, Popcorn Sutton got busted and sent to prison. But it also drew the attention of law enforcement. Popcorn Sutton's illegal hooch has long been the stuff of legend, drawing such famous fans as country music star Hank Williams Jr.
The book, first published in 1999 and re-issued after his March 2009 suicide, has been a hot seller since his death, according to court records first filed in Alaska and since transferred to U.S. Both women claim to have inherited the rights to Popcorn Sutton's self-published book, "Me and My Likker."
Regina Sutton Chennault, daughter of the late Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, has filed a federal lawsuit against Pamela Sutton, who married the moonshiner in 2007. The widow and daughter of a famed Cocke County moonshiner who killed himself rather than go back to prison are locked in a legal battle over the rights to his autobiographical book. The lawsuit filed by the daughter of Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton.
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