A court has ruled in favour of a Keanu Reeves lookalike who had his Facebook account suspended.We all have a celebrity lookalike, some are a real stretch but others are scarily accurate.Well, Marcos Jeeves is the latter, and, honestly, what a great name for a celeb impersonator.Seriously, look at his photos and tell us it’s not a glitch in The Matrix.The uncanny comparison started when Jeeves was 17 years old, but he never considered making money from his looks until he lost his job on an oil tanker.
So, he switched the sea for the life of a celebrity (kind of) and he’s making a comfortable living looking like Reeves, using his Facebook page to garner professional gigs.So, he, and we imagine a host of Reeves fans, were left pretty upset when suddenly his page was suspended.
However, Jeeves, showing all the determination of Reeves in Blade Runner, decided to fight back.He filed a lawsuit against Facebook two years ago and on 29 June the Justice of Rio de Janeiro ruled in favour of Jeeves.
Facebook was ordered to reactivate his account within five days and to pay the man 5,000 BRL (£770).Moreover, if Jeeves’ page isn’t reactivated within five days, Facebook will have to pay a cool 200 BRL (£31) a day.
Jeeves also spoke out about his hard-earned win, saying: “It’s been two years of fighting. As soon as I was recognised as a lookalike, Facebook removed my profile in less than three months.
