He had helped defend both the “ Eastside Thirteen,” who were indicted on conspiracy charges for their involvement in the East L.A. But, when Acosta received the manuscript, he was incensed-not about the accounts of drug use or criminal behavior but because Thompson had transformed him into a “300-pound Samoan.”Īcosta, a Mexican-American lawyer, was a high-profile figure in the Chicano civil-rights movement. Gonzo, who commits a variety of crimes while tripping on illegal drugs, and they wanted Acosta to agree not to sue for libel. Random House’s lawyers were concerned about Thompson’s depiction of Dr. Rolling Stone had published “Fear and Loathing” in two parts the previous fall, but by then Acosta was spending much of his time in Mexico, and he was unlikely to have seen it. Gonzo, the flamboyant sidekick to Thompson’s alter ego in the book, Raoul Duke. Acosta had accompanied Thompson on his reporting trips to Las Vegas he was the inspiration for Dr. Thompson’s “ Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” in 1972, Random House sent a copy to Oscar (Zeta) Acosta. Shortly before the publication of Hunter S.
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