Kevin Spacey has struck a deal with MRC, the production company behind House of Cards, to slash a $31 million judgment against him for on-set sexual misconduct involving young crewmembers to $1 million, according to court documents. In return, Spacey will back arguments from MRC in a legal battle against its insurer that he was written out of the show because he was too sick to return, which would trigger its insurance policy.
The settlement, which was first reported by Puck, opens a new front in labyrinthine litigation over recovering money for increased expenses and lost revenue tied to MRC shortening and rewriting the final season of House of Cards as a result of Spacey’s exit. With the deal, MRC is looking to collect on a $150 million policy from Fireman’s Fund Insurance, as well as punitive damages for fraudulently denying its claim.
In 2021, an arbitrator ruled that Spacey must pay...
The settlement, which was first reported by Puck, opens a new front in labyrinthine litigation over recovering money for increased expenses and lost revenue tied to MRC shortening and rewriting the final season of House of Cards as a result of Spacey’s exit. With the deal, MRC is looking to collect on a $150 million policy from Fireman’s Fund Insurance, as well as punitive damages for fraudulently denying its claim.
In 2021, an arbitrator ruled that Spacey must pay...
- 2/8/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kevin Spacey will pay $1 million to MRC, the production company behind “House of Cards,” to settle claims that he sexually harassed young male staffers on the show.
Spacey was dropped from the final season of the show in 2017. He was facing a $31 million judgment in the case, after an arbitrator found that the allegations were credible and that MRC deserved to recoup its costs for scrapping the final season and starting over without him.
Spacey has agreed to pay the $1 million over multiple years in installments equal to 10% of his after-tax income. MRC has also secured Spacey’s cooperation in trying to recoup the balance of its costs from someone better able to pay: its insurance company.
In April 2022, MRC sued Fireman’s Fund and Lloyd’s of London on the theory that Spacey’s absence from the show was covered by their cast insurance policies.
Productions obtain cast insurance to...
Spacey was dropped from the final season of the show in 2017. He was facing a $31 million judgment in the case, after an arbitrator found that the allegations were credible and that MRC deserved to recoup its costs for scrapping the final season and starting over without him.
Spacey has agreed to pay the $1 million over multiple years in installments equal to 10% of his after-tax income. MRC has also secured Spacey’s cooperation in trying to recoup the balance of its costs from someone better able to pay: its insurance company.
In April 2022, MRC sued Fireman’s Fund and Lloyd’s of London on the theory that Spacey’s absence from the show was covered by their cast insurance policies.
Productions obtain cast insurance to...
- 2/7/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
“Oh, I’ve been so down and under pressure,” Lizzo sings in her award-winning hit song “About Damn Time,” and the Watch Out for the Big Grrrls host might be feeling the poignancy of those lyrics more than ever right now.
A year after Lizzo won Record of the Year at the 65th annual Grammys for “About Damn Time,” the singer today finds herself facing a trial on sexual harassment, discrimination and other claims from a trio of her former tour dancers. The Marty Singer-represented Lizzo and fellow defendants Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc and dance team head Shirlene Quigley came up short in their attempt to have the explosive lawsuit filed in August gutted on free speech grounds.
“It is dangerous for the court to weigh in, ham-fisted, into constitutionally protected activity,” LA Superior Court Judge Mark Epstein wrote in a ruling made public today, rejecting a large...
A year after Lizzo won Record of the Year at the 65th annual Grammys for “About Damn Time,” the singer today finds herself facing a trial on sexual harassment, discrimination and other claims from a trio of her former tour dancers. The Marty Singer-represented Lizzo and fellow defendants Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc and dance team head Shirlene Quigley came up short in their attempt to have the explosive lawsuit filed in August gutted on free speech grounds.
“It is dangerous for the court to weigh in, ham-fisted, into constitutionally protected activity,” LA Superior Court Judge Mark Epstein wrote in a ruling made public today, rejecting a large...
- 2/3/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s younger brother, Mark Epstein, speculated that former Attorney General Bill Barr may have been “protecting” high-profile individuals associated with his brother’s jail cell suicide.
Epstein, who faced federal charges of sex trafficking underage girls from Florida to New York, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019. Mark challenged the initial determination by then-ag Barr that his brother died by suicide due to “screw-ups” in the jail.
“Yes, there were screw-ups, but that doesn’t mean my brother committed suicide because of screw-ups,” Mark told the New York Post.
It should be noted that in this current day and age the term “committed suicide” has been replaced with “died by suicide,” as the act is not a crime but a tragedy.
Mark said that Epstein’s legal team had planned to secure bail at the time of his...
Epstein, who faced federal charges of sex trafficking underage girls from Florida to New York, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019. Mark challenged the initial determination by then-ag Barr that his brother died by suicide due to “screw-ups” in the jail.
“Yes, there were screw-ups, but that doesn’t mean my brother committed suicide because of screw-ups,” Mark told the New York Post.
It should be noted that in this current day and age the term “committed suicide” has been replaced with “died by suicide,” as the act is not a crime but a tragedy.
Mark said that Epstein’s legal team had planned to secure bail at the time of his...
- 1/15/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother, Mark, Believes He Was ‘Murdered,’ Doesn’t Believe He Had Blackmail Videos
The newly released list of names in disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s court documents features a lot of big names, but the list doesn’t impress his brother, Mark Epstein, in the slightest.
“I don’t know what to make out of these documents. I don’t know how these lists were compiled. And I have nothing to do with that, you know, and it’s not my business. What I’m concerned about is my brother’s murder,” Mark told The New York Post.
Jeffrey was accused of trafficking underaged girls before he was found dead in his New York City prison cell in an apparent suicide. A report later found that Jeffrey was given special treatment in jail, which allowed for the suicide.
Mark said that the evidence relating to his brother’s death does not correlate with suicide.
Mark also doesn’t believe Jeffrey had blackmail sex...
“I don’t know what to make out of these documents. I don’t know how these lists were compiled. And I have nothing to do with that, you know, and it’s not my business. What I’m concerned about is my brother’s murder,” Mark told The New York Post.
Jeffrey was accused of trafficking underaged girls before he was found dead in his New York City prison cell in an apparent suicide. A report later found that Jeffrey was given special treatment in jail, which allowed for the suicide.
Mark said that the evidence relating to his brother’s death does not correlate with suicide.
Mark also doesn’t believe Jeffrey had blackmail sex...
- 1/6/2024
- by Zach Ament
- Uinterview
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