Director M. Night Shyamalan and writer/creator Tony Basgallop have defeated a lawsuit alleging that their "Servant" series on Apple TV+ stole ideas from a previous film.

M. Night Shyamalan was cleared of copyright infringement in the $81 million lawsuit over the Apple TV+ series 'Servant.'

M. Night Shyamalan was cleared of all charges in an $81 million lawsuit accusing him of plagiarizing an indie film for his Apple TV+ series Servant.

A jury ruled that M. Night Shyamalan did not copy a plaintiff's film writing the Apple series 'Servant,' ending the director's copyright trial.

Director M. Night Shyamalan testified Wednesday that he and his collaborators on the Apple TV+ show “Servant” didn’t steal from a 2013 independent film about a delusional mother and her baby doll, reports Variety.

M. Night Shyamalan testified Wednesday that 'Servant' was an original work, and was not derived from 'The Truth About Emanuel'

Director M Night Shyamalan went on trial on Tuesday (14 January) over allegations that he plagiarised from an independent film for his Apple TV + series Servant. The $81m (£66m) lawsuit brought by Italian director Francesca Gregorini accuses Shyamalan of taking key elements from her 2013 film The Truth about Emanuel.

A federal jury has ruled in favor of director M. Night Shyamalan in a copyright trial that accused the filmmaker of stealing ideas for his Apple TV+ show Servant. What was the M. Night Shyamalan trial about?