The man who questioned Judge Judy Sheindlin's $47 million salary and accused CBS of shady accounting practices is a fraud, according to the network's answer to his complaint. Richard Lawrence sued in March, claiming his company Rebel Entertainment Partners hasn't received its 5 percent packaging fee since 2010 because CBS doubled Sheindlin's salary and changed its compensation structure to keep the show from earning net profits. The network is asserting 11 affirmative defenses, including fraud and breach of contract, according to the answer filed Friday by attorney James Curry on behalf of Big Ticket Television and its parent CBS.
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- 4/16/2016
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s a case that would make for an intriguing episode of “Judge Judy” — if the judge herself wasn’t at the center of it. Big Ticket Television and CBS are striking back at a lawsuit filed by an agent who claims that he’s owed money from the courtroom show, and the claims made in this latest round are pretty explosive. In their answer to Rebel Entertainment’s lawsuit, Big Ticket, CBS Studios and CBS Corporation claim that Rebel’s principal, Richard Lawrence, fraudulently claimed to represent Judge Judge, whose real name is Judith Sheindlin, and has been collecting millions of dollars for nothing.
- 4/16/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The agent who claims to have discovered Judge Judy has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the company that produces the show, claiming the honchos are screwing them out of profits ... but Judy is scoffing at the suit saying the guy behind it is just an ingrate. Rebel Entertainment, which is run by Richard Lawrence, claims the show has raked in $1.7 Billion since it debuted in 1996, yet the honchos at production company Big Ticket and...
- 3/14/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Judge Judy will probably have to recuse herself from this case. A new lawsuit claims that popular TV judge Judy Sheindlin’s paycheck is cutting into the profits owed to a company associated with the series. In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Rebel Entertainment Partners — described as “the successor-in-interest to the talent agency that packaged the Show” — claims that the company’s principle, Richard Lawrence, met Sheindlin more than two decades ago, “recognized Sheindlin’s star potential and successfully pitched” the court show “Judge Judy.” Also Read: 'Judge Judy' Defendant Hilariously Incriminates Himself and Goes Viral 5 Years.
- 3/14/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Jonathan Winters, the comedian known for his work in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "Mork & Mindy," among many other projects, died Thursday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., his agent told TheWrap on Friday. He was 87. According to his agent, Richard Lawrence of Rebel Entertainment Partners, Winters died of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif. home at 6:35 p.m.,and his family was with him. "I think the world was blessed to have Jonathan Winters' talents in television and movies, and I know he'll be...
- 4/12/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
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