“Thriller” Chick Ola Ray Wants Michael Jackson To Pay Up!(Photos)

Former Playboy centerfold, Ola Ray, that played the part of  Michael Jackson’s date in his  “Thriller” video wants a jury to rule on her royalties. Read more on this story below.

Ola Ray, 48, has filed a lawsuit in California on Tuesday claiming Jackson has not paid for for her part in the legendary “Thriller” video.

“She just wants to get her fair share of payments from this extremely successful project that she’s very proud of,” her lawyer Jason Feldman told the Daily News. “She did receive some payments early on, but we don’t believe they were complete, and they were never timely.”

Supposedly Jackson’s lawyer paid Ola Ray through the Screen Actors Guild in 1998, but payments to date have fallen short, Feldman said.

“We’re expecting it to be a significant sum that she’s owed,” he said. “The video continues to sell a lot worldwide and was just released again for it 25th anniversary.”

Licensing of the video images to various DVDs and video games might also add up to a “substantial sum.”

Ola Ray now lives in California with her 14 year-old daughter.

“I’m a stay-at-home mom, everything is good, especially now,” she told the News, referring to the lawsuit.

Ola Ray still tries her hand at acting, modeling and music work Feldman said. Ray was busted for cocaine in 1992 and later told People magazine that she stopped working after “Thriller” because she refused to give “sexual favors” to producers.

Evidently Ola Ray isn’t the only one involved in “Thriller” that didn’t get their cut. The video’s directer, John  Landis, who wrote and shot the video, sued Michael Jackson for back royalties January 21.

Calls to Jackson’s spokesman Tohme R. Tohme were not immediately returned.

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