“HBO’s frivolous appeal to stall the court’s Order to arbitrate this dispute is yet another attempt to avoid the inevitable,” fellow Jackson estate lawyer Howard Weitzman said Monday. Having fist premiered at the Sundance Film Festival under threats and police protection, and then debuting on HBO to big viewership on March 3, the Dan Reed-directed Leaving Neverland spotlighted specific claims by Wade Robson and James Safechuck that they were sexually abused by Jackson back when they were children. Our client will never stop until justice is served.” If HBO truly wanted to avoid a judgment, it should have thought about that before it aided and abetted a one-sided documentary without any journalistic integrity and in which the subjects have a huge motivation to lie – namely the millions of dollars for which they are suing the Estate.
“This appeal, which is its latest Hail Mary attempt, is even more pathetic than all of its other attempts to avoid public scrutiny. “For seven months HBO has tried and failed to avoid a public arbitration,” the lawyer added of the turns of the $100 million lawsuit the estate launched in late February. “This bogus appeal is nothing more than HBO’s latest desperate attempt to cover up the truth about its shoddy journalism,” Freedman & Taitelman, LLP’s Bryan Freedman said a statement this afternoon. It’s pretty clearly the Jackson estate and their attorneys thought that was bad – really bad. and Daniel Petrocelli wrote the court today in a move to dispense of Judge George Wu’s ruling of September 20 against their anti-SLAPP motion in the highly charged case. hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from this Court’s order granting Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Arbitration (the “Order”),” Theodore J. “Please take notice that Defendant Home Box Office, Inc. In a short filing, HBO’s lawyers from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP notified the court that they intend to take the matter upstairs, so to speak. Less than a month after HBO lost an attempt to get the multimillion-dollar lawsuit from the estate of Michael Jackson against the Emmy-winning documentary tossed out, and saw a federal judge shift the whole matter towards arbitration, the AT&T-owned premium cabler kicked back Monday.
21 2019: The dance-off over Leaving Neverland is far far from over. When arbitration will begin and with who overseeing is TBD.
“In the court’s own words, HBO ‘agreed that it would not make any disparaging remarks concerning Jackson.’ It’s time for HBO to answer for its violation of its obligations to Michael Jackson.”
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“The trial judge and now the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have unanimously rejected HBO’s arguments,” said Jackson estate lawyers Howard Weitzman and Jonathan Steinsapir today. The same silence was not forthcoming from the Thriller singer’s estate attorneys. Now heading to a sit down with the Jackson estate over the matter or to a further appeal, Warner Media -owned HBO had no comment on the decision.
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The contract for the separate 1992 Jackson concert movie very distinctly says an appointed arbitrator has to figure that out While the judges noted that the estate’s legal move could be as “frivolous” as HBO has said, that’s not in their purvey to decide. I strictly condemn any form of child abuse, violence or infringement against any human rights,” Abloh said in the statement.Texas Monthly Inks First-Look Deal With HBO & HBO Max “I am aware that in light of this documentary the show has caused emotional reactions. Additionally, some models wore bedazzled white gloves (one of Jackson’s signatures) down the runway.īoth LVMH, the owner of Louis Vuitton, and Abloh, released a statement to WWD about their decision to pull any Jackson-themed items from the line. Along with the T-shirt, pieces in the collection featured Jackson’s character from the 1978 film The Wiz. From the backdrop (designed to resemble the “Billie Jean” music video set) to the graphic tees (which featured the singer’s infamous high socks and loafers), Jackson’s influence on the men’s artistic director, Virgil Abloh, was highly prevalent.īut since the release of Leaving Neverland, the brand has decided not to produce any of its Jackson-inspired looks from the show. Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection drew a lot inspiration from Jackson.
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