The director and Apple TV+ were sued in 2020 by Francesca Gregorini, an Italian-born director who says the series infringes on elements from her 2013 movie The Truth About Emanuel

M. Night Shyamalan stands accused of copying ideas from the 2013 independent film The Truth About Emanuel for his Apple TV+ show, Servant. Photo by Jeff Spicer ( for Warner Bros. Pictures ) Would there be Servant without The Truth About Emanuel,

Italian-born filmmaker Francesca Gregorini claims the Apple TV+ series copied concepts from "The Truth About Emanuel."

Director M. Night Shyamalan went on trial on Tuesday over allegations that he copied from an independent film to make the Apple TV+ show “Servant.” Francesca Gregorini, an Italian-born director, is suing Shyamalan and Apple for $81 million,

The show streams on Apple TV+. Francesca Gregorini, an Italy born director, is suing Shyamalan and Apple for $81 million, alleging that the show stole key elements from her 2013 movie, ‘The Truth About Emanuel’,

Apple TV+ show "Servant" allegedly stole key elements from a 2013 film called "The Truth About Emmanuel," and the trial is back on with a jury set to decide if Apple and M. Night Shyamalan should be fined $81 million.

Shyamalan is facing a copyright infringement trial, accused of copying key elements from an independent film to create his Apple TV+ series, “Servant”. Italian-born filmmaker Francesca Gregorini has sued Shyamalan and Apple,

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, Apple, and other "Hollywood elite" are accused of stealing from an indie director's film to create the Apple TV+ series Servant, a California federal jury heard during opening statements of an $81 million copyright infringement trial.

Shyamalan is facing a copyright trial for allegedly copying from the film, The Truth About Emanuel. The said trail is said to go on for at least the next two weeks.

Shyamalan goes on trial over allegations he copied independent film - ‘The Sixth Sense’ director is being sued for $81m (£66m)