A couple, Melinda and Scott Tamkin, is suing CSI saying that a writer based two characters on them and because of that they lost $6 million worth of damages according to
TV Guide.
In 2005, the writer nearly bought a house from a client of the couple’s, but pulled out while the deal was in escrow, on amicable terms.
In the CSI episode in question, a Las Vegas real estate agent named Melinda dies mysteriously. Her husband Scott  a mortgage broker, drinker and fan of pornography  is a suspect in her death.
The Tamkins’ suit claims that Goldfinger cast actors who looked like them, and that an original draft of the screenplay used their last name. The CSI couple’s last name was actually Tucker  a change that the Tamkins say was last-minute.
CBS has no comment.
BTW how awesome would it be to get revenge on someone via a show you are working on? Not that I am saying that is what this writer did.
