It’s a scorching hot July day in Manhattan, but Anna Delvey wants to walk to her scheduled check-in with New York parole officers. All 40 blocks, that is.
Who can blame her? The infamous fake heiress, whose twisty tale of conning some of Wall Street’s biggest sharks became the inspiration for the hit Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” has been confined to a 470-square-foot apartment in the East Village for the past 10 months as she fights deportation to Germany, her most recent country of residence. Not surprisingly, she seizes the opportunity to be outdoors, her weekly Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-ins and trimonthly parole meet-ups providing her only escape. Wearing all black — a tight-fitting T-shirt, a bubble skirt and Roman sandals that obscure her ankle monitor — the notorious Russian swindler stands out from the sweaty masses rushing to their next air-conditioned stop.
Delvey isn’t perspiring and seems oblivious to...
Who can blame her? The infamous fake heiress, whose twisty tale of conning some of Wall Street’s biggest sharks became the inspiration for the hit Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” has been confined to a 470-square-foot apartment in the East Village for the past 10 months as she fights deportation to Germany, her most recent country of residence. Not surprisingly, she seizes the opportunity to be outdoors, her weekly Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-ins and trimonthly parole meet-ups providing her only escape. Wearing all black — a tight-fitting T-shirt, a bubble skirt and Roman sandals that obscure her ankle monitor — the notorious Russian swindler stands out from the sweaty masses rushing to their next air-conditioned stop.
Delvey isn’t perspiring and seems oblivious to...
- 8/15/2023
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Britney Spears has accused Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group’s Lou Taylor and Robin Greenhill of attempting to kill her as she threatened to “sue the shit out of” the company. In a since-deleted post on Wednesday, the pop singer detailed a visit she claims she made to the management company’s office a week before she was placed on involuntary detention in 2008.
“They sucked up to me and ‘made me feel special’ … Right …. Ha those same bitches killed me a week later !!!!” Spears wrote. “My dad worshipped those...
“They sucked up to me and ‘made me feel special’ … Right …. Ha those same bitches killed me a week later !!!!” Spears wrote. “My dad worshipped those...
- 2/24/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Time to reset the clock: after dozens of empty threats, Donald Trump has made good on a promise to sue a journalist — or, in this case, three: the trio of Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters who revealed, back in 2018, decades of tax dodges and even instances of “outright fraud” perpetrated by the then-president.
Trump’s lawyer at the time, Charles Harder of Gawker-killing fame, declared the “allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100 percent false, and highly defamatory,” before going on to threaten legal action. (By publishing the 18-month investigation,...
Trump’s lawyer at the time, Charles Harder of Gawker-killing fame, declared the “allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100 percent false, and highly defamatory,” before going on to threaten legal action. (By publishing the 18-month investigation,...
- 9/22/2021
- by Tessa Stuart and Patrick Reis
- Rollingstone.com
On March 8, a few days short of the fifth anniversary of a $140 million jury verdict in 2016 that shocked the media establishment and perhaps foreshadowed an anti-elite sentiment that would sway the presidential election that year, Gawker Slayer: The Professional and Personal Adventures of Famed Attorney Charles Harder will be published. Harder’s book recollects his experience in the Hulk Hogan sex tape case, work for other celebrities (George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon…), and, most especially, offers a scathing if rather elementary assessment of “a media establishment that, as a whole, is suffering from a silent, creeping cancer.” In describing ...
On March 8, a few days short of the fifth anniversary of a $140 million jury verdict in 2016 that shocked the media establishment and perhaps foreshadowed an anti-elite sentiment that would sway the presidential election that year, Gawker Slayer: The Professional and Personal Adventures of Famed Attorney Charles Harder will be published. Harder’s book recollects his experience in the Hulk Hogan sex tape case, work for other celebrities (George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon…), and, most especially, offers a scathing if rather elementary assessment of “a media establishment that, as a whole, is suffering from a silent, creeping cancer.” In describing ...
Less than five days after the Daily Mail turned heads by reporting romance between MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and 30 Rock actress Jane Krakowski, he’s filed a defamation suit. In New York federal court, Lindell lodged claims on Monday.
Lindell is represented by Charles Harder, who notably has appeared for Donald Trump in libel actions. Lindell advertises heavily on conservative television and is a Trump die-hard.
The story reported that the romance lasted nine months and that he wooed her with champagne and bottles of different liquor. When the report came out this past Thursday, it lit up social media, many ...
Lindell is represented by Charles Harder, who notably has appeared for Donald Trump in libel actions. Lindell advertises heavily on conservative television and is a Trump die-hard.
The story reported that the romance lasted nine months and that he wooed her with champagne and bottles of different liquor. When the report came out this past Thursday, it lit up social media, many ...
- 1/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Less than five days after the Daily Mail turned heads by reporting romance between MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and 30 Rock actress Jane Krakowski, he’s filed a defamation suit. In New York federal court, Lindell lodged claims on Monday.
Lindell is represented by Charles Harder, who notably has appeared for Donald Trump in libel actions. Lindell advertises heavily on conservative television and is a Trump die-hard.
The story reported that the romance lasted nine months and that he wooed her with champagne and bottles of different liquor. When the report came out this past Thursday, it lit up social media, many ...
Lindell is represented by Charles Harder, who notably has appeared for Donald Trump in libel actions. Lindell advertises heavily on conservative television and is a Trump die-hard.
The story reported that the romance lasted nine months and that he wooed her with champagne and bottles of different liquor. When the report came out this past Thursday, it lit up social media, many ...
- 1/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Charles Harder is taking his former client Harvey Weinstein to court over about $180,000 in legal fees.
Harder on Wednesday filed a petition in L.A. County Superior Court asking a judge to confirm an Oct. 13 arbitration award. According to the filing. a Jams arbitrator awarded Harder $179,743.67 in connection with his work for the mogul in the year leading up to the October 2017 bombshell New York Times article that sparked Weinstein’s downfall.
Back in 2017, Harder told The Hollywood Reporter he was preparing to sue the paper on behalf of his then client. According to the ...
Harder on Wednesday filed a petition in L.A. County Superior Court asking a judge to confirm an Oct. 13 arbitration award. According to the filing. a Jams arbitrator awarded Harder $179,743.67 in connection with his work for the mogul in the year leading up to the October 2017 bombshell New York Times article that sparked Weinstein’s downfall.
Back in 2017, Harder told The Hollywood Reporter he was preparing to sue the paper on behalf of his then client. According to the ...
- 11/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Charles Harder is taking his former client Harvey Weinstein to court over about $180,000 in legal fees.
Harder on Wednesday filed a petition in L.A. County Superior Court asking a judge to confirm an Oct. 13 arbitration award. According to the filing. a Jams arbitrator awarded Harder $179,743.67 in connection with his work for the mogul in the year leading up to the October 2017 bombshell New York Times article that sparked Weinstein’s downfall.
Back in 2017, Harder told The Hollywood Reporter he was preparing to sue the paper on behalf of his then client. According to the ...
Harder on Wednesday filed a petition in L.A. County Superior Court asking a judge to confirm an Oct. 13 arbitration award. According to the filing. a Jams arbitrator awarded Harder $179,743.67 in connection with his work for the mogul in the year leading up to the October 2017 bombshell New York Times article that sparked Weinstein’s downfall.
Back in 2017, Harder told The Hollywood Reporter he was preparing to sue the paper on behalf of his then client. According to the ...
- 11/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Attorneys for Michael Cohen claim that he was sent back to prison because of his plans to publish an “unflattering” book about his former boss Donald Trump.
In a court filing late on Monday, Cohen also provided some details of what is in the book, titled, Disloyal: The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump.
Cohen said that the tome “will provide graphic and unflattering details about the President’s behavior behind closed doors. For example, the manuscript describes the president’s pointedly anti-Semitic remarks and virulently racist remarks against such Black leaders as President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela, neither of whom he viewed as real leaders or as worthy of respect by virtue of their race. The book will rely upon and publish numerous personal anecdotes, many of which will be supported by my collection of documentary evidence.”
The book is at...
In a court filing late on Monday, Cohen also provided some details of what is in the book, titled, Disloyal: The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump.
Cohen said that the tome “will provide graphic and unflattering details about the President’s behavior behind closed doors. For example, the manuscript describes the president’s pointedly anti-Semitic remarks and virulently racist remarks against such Black leaders as President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela, neither of whom he viewed as real leaders or as worthy of respect by virtue of their race. The book will rely upon and publish numerous personal anecdotes, many of which will be supported by my collection of documentary evidence.”
The book is at...
- 7/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump claims that a settlement agreement she reached with the family in 2001 was fraudulent and can’t be used to try to stop her plans to publish a tell-all book.
Robert Trump, the president’s brother, says that Mary Trump is bound by a non-disclosure agreement she signed in the settlement of a dispute over the estate of Fred Trump Sr., the family patriarch.
He is seeking a court order to stop the release of the book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, set to be published by Simon & Schuster on July 28. A hearing is scheduled for July 10.
In a filing on Thursday, Mary Trump and her attorneys contend that the settlement was based on fraudulent information. They cited a New York Times investigation into the Trump family taxes.
“The New York Times’s...
Robert Trump, the president’s brother, says that Mary Trump is bound by a non-disclosure agreement she signed in the settlement of a dispute over the estate of Fred Trump Sr., the family patriarch.
He is seeking a court order to stop the release of the book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, set to be published by Simon & Schuster on July 28. A hearing is scheduled for July 10.
In a filing on Thursday, Mary Trump and her attorneys contend that the settlement was based on fraudulent information. They cited a New York Times investigation into the Trump family taxes.
“The New York Times’s...
- 7/3/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The New York Times is refusing to apologize to Fox News’ Sean Hannity or retract pieces he says falsely tied his name to at least one American coronavirus death.
“We’ve reported fairly and accurately on Mr. Hannity and there is no basis for a retraction or an apology,” a Times spokesperson told TheWrap after Hannity posted legal letters to his website and threatened to sue the Times and some of its columnists unless the paper retracts and apologizes for pieces that his lawyers claim mischaracterized Hannity’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Reached for comment Tuesday, a Fox News spokesperson said the primetime host’s letter speaks for itself and pointed TheWrap to Monday night’s “Hannity” program, where he reiterated the points made in his Monday post. His letter dealt specifically with Times columns published on March 22, March 31 and April 18 by Ben Smith, Kara Swisher and Ginia Bellafante,...
“We’ve reported fairly and accurately on Mr. Hannity and there is no basis for a retraction or an apology,” a Times spokesperson told TheWrap after Hannity posted legal letters to his website and threatened to sue the Times and some of its columnists unless the paper retracts and apologizes for pieces that his lawyers claim mischaracterized Hannity’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Reached for comment Tuesday, a Fox News spokesperson said the primetime host’s letter speaks for itself and pointed TheWrap to Monday night’s “Hannity” program, where he reiterated the points made in his Monday post. His letter dealt specifically with Times columns published on March 22, March 31 and April 18 by Ben Smith, Kara Swisher and Ginia Bellafante,...
- 4/28/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Sean Hannity has threatened to sue The New York Times and some of its columnists unless the paper retracts and apologizes for pieces that his lawyers claim mischaracterized Hannity’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement provided to TheWrap, a New York Times spokesperson rejected the demand: “We’ve reported fairly and accurately on Mr. Hannity and there is no basis for a retraction or an apology.”
In a letter sent to the Times on Monday, Hannity’s attorney, Charles Harder — who has also represented the Trump campaign in its various lawsuits against media outlets — wrote that three different columns published on March 22, March 31 and April 18 by Ben Smith, Kara Swisher and Ginia Bellafante, respectively, were “false and defamatory, and extremely damaging.”
Regarding Smith’s March 22 column, “Rupert Murdoch Put His Son in Charge of Fox. It Was a Dangerous Mistake,” the letter claims that Smith “falsely stated and falsely implied that Mr.
In a statement provided to TheWrap, a New York Times spokesperson rejected the demand: “We’ve reported fairly and accurately on Mr. Hannity and there is no basis for a retraction or an apology.”
In a letter sent to the Times on Monday, Hannity’s attorney, Charles Harder — who has also represented the Trump campaign in its various lawsuits against media outlets — wrote that three different columns published on March 22, March 31 and April 18 by Ben Smith, Kara Swisher and Ginia Bellafante, respectively, were “false and defamatory, and extremely damaging.”
Regarding Smith’s March 22 column, “Rupert Murdoch Put His Son in Charge of Fox. It Was a Dangerous Mistake,” the letter claims that Smith “falsely stated and falsely implied that Mr.
- 4/28/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Fox News’ Sean Hannity had a lot to say about his coronavirus coverage Wednesday, first suggesting he wanted to hire high-powered lawyers to defend himself as other outlets cover his comments on it, then saying he never called it a “hoax.” He did, however, refer to coronavirus as a “hoax” on his show last week.
“I need to hire Lin Wood and Charles Harder, and just make this a test case, of slander, besmirchment, character assassination,” he said on Wednesday’s edition of his iHeartRadio show, “The Sean Hannity Show.” Wood represents Covington Catholic’s Nicholas Sandmann, who has been suing over coverage of his encounter with Native American tribal elder Nathan Phillips in January of 2019. Harder, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, represented Hulk Hogan in the suit that eventually took down Gawker.
Also Read: Fox News Breaks 16-Month Twitter Silence With Tweet About Coronavirus Coverage
Later, on his Fox News primetime show “Hannity,...
“I need to hire Lin Wood and Charles Harder, and just make this a test case, of slander, besmirchment, character assassination,” he said on Wednesday’s edition of his iHeartRadio show, “The Sean Hannity Show.” Wood represents Covington Catholic’s Nicholas Sandmann, who has been suing over coverage of his encounter with Native American tribal elder Nathan Phillips in January of 2019. Harder, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, represented Hulk Hogan in the suit that eventually took down Gawker.
Also Read: Fox News Breaks 16-Month Twitter Silence With Tweet About Coronavirus Coverage
Later, on his Fox News primetime show “Hannity,...
- 3/19/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Updated with Trump comment: President Donald Trump defended his campaign’s libel suit against The New York Times, telling reporters, “They did a bad thing. And there will be more coming.”
Trump also pushed back on the Times‘ defense — that the article in question was opinion, and that the lawsuit was an effort to “punish an opinion writer for having an opinion they find unacceptable. ”
“If you read it, you will see that it is much more than opinion,” Trump said at a press conference to talk about the administration’s response to the coronavirus. “It is beyond an opinion.”
The article, headlined “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo,” was written by Max Frankel, the former executive editor of the Times, ran on March 27, 2019.
Previously: The New York Times says that a libel suit filed by the Trump campaign over a 2019 opinion piece is an effort to use the courts...
Trump also pushed back on the Times‘ defense — that the article in question was opinion, and that the lawsuit was an effort to “punish an opinion writer for having an opinion they find unacceptable. ”
“If you read it, you will see that it is much more than opinion,” Trump said at a press conference to talk about the administration’s response to the coronavirus. “It is beyond an opinion.”
The article, headlined “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo,” was written by Max Frankel, the former executive editor of the Times, ran on March 27, 2019.
Previously: The New York Times says that a libel suit filed by the Trump campaign over a 2019 opinion piece is an effort to use the courts...
- 2/27/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump has never made any secret of his disdain for CNN and its coverage of his administration, but the Jeff Zucker-run cable newser was pretty quick to dead end the latest legal threats from the former Celebrity Apprentice host.
‘This is nothing more than a desperate PR stunt and doesn’t merit a response,” a CNN spokesperson bluntly told Deadline today in reaction to a letter from Trump lawyer Charles Harder over a so-called whistleblower video.
“Your own employees appear to state that CNN is focused on trying to ‘take down President Trump,’ driven by a ‘personal vendetta’ that Mr. Zucker purportedly has against him, rather than reporting the news in an objective manner,” says the Rodeo Drive-based former Hulk Hogan attorney in his October 16 correspondence over footage released by repeatedly disgraced and self-described “guerrilla journalist” James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas
“In the Footage, your employees...
‘This is nothing more than a desperate PR stunt and doesn’t merit a response,” a CNN spokesperson bluntly told Deadline today in reaction to a letter from Trump lawyer Charles Harder over a so-called whistleblower video.
“Your own employees appear to state that CNN is focused on trying to ‘take down President Trump,’ driven by a ‘personal vendetta’ that Mr. Zucker purportedly has against him, rather than reporting the news in an objective manner,” says the Rodeo Drive-based former Hulk Hogan attorney in his October 16 correspondence over footage released by repeatedly disgraced and self-described “guerrilla journalist” James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas
“In the Footage, your employees...
- 10/18/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
An attorney for President Donald Trump has sent a letter to CNN that threatens to sue the AT&T-owned cable-news network for violating the Lanham Act and making misrepresentations to the public and advertisers about its content, but the network says the missive isn’t worth discussing.
“This is nothing more than a desperate PR stunt and doesn’t merit a response, CNN said in a statement.
Charles Harder, a noted attorney who played a large role in the downfall of the snarky news site Gawker, sent a letter Friday to Jeff Zucker, the WarnerMedia executive who oversees CNN and a company attorney, as well as Randall Stephenson, the CEO of AT&T. In the letter, the attorney bemoans CNN’s coverage of Trump. “Never in the history of this country has a President been the subject of such a sustained barrage of unfair, unfounded, unethical and unlawful attacks by so-called ‘mainstream’ news,...
“This is nothing more than a desperate PR stunt and doesn’t merit a response, CNN said in a statement.
Charles Harder, a noted attorney who played a large role in the downfall of the snarky news site Gawker, sent a letter Friday to Jeff Zucker, the WarnerMedia executive who oversees CNN and a company attorney, as well as Randall Stephenson, the CEO of AT&T. In the letter, the attorney bemoans CNN’s coverage of Trump. “Never in the history of this country has a President been the subject of such a sustained barrage of unfair, unfounded, unethical and unlawful attacks by so-called ‘mainstream’ news,...
- 10/18/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Donald Trump has sent CNN an extraordinary four-page letter that pledges legal action.
The missive from Trump attorney Charles Harder references recent videos from Project Veritas purporting to have a CNN "whistle-blower" discussing direction from the cable news network's president Jeff Zucker.
"Your own employees appear to state that CNN is focused on trying to 'take down President Trump,' driven by a 'personal vendetta' that Mr. Zucker purportedly has against him, rather than reporting the news in an objective manner," writes Harder. "In the Footage, your employees appear to state that CNN ...
The missive from Trump attorney Charles Harder references recent videos from Project Veritas purporting to have a CNN "whistle-blower" discussing direction from the cable news network's president Jeff Zucker.
"Your own employees appear to state that CNN is focused on trying to 'take down President Trump,' driven by a 'personal vendetta' that Mr. Zucker purportedly has against him, rather than reporting the news in an objective manner," writes Harder. "In the Footage, your employees appear to state that CNN ...
- 10/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
President Trump told Brian Kilmeade on Thursday that he is “not happy with Fox,” again reiterating his displeasure a day after warning his Twitter followers that the news network “isn’t working for us anymore!”
Trump made his comments during a half-hour interview on Fox News Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Show. He praised personalities including Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, Ainsley Earnhardt and Kilmeade but took issue with Fox News polls that show him trailing potential Democratic rivals. Read the full transcript here.
Kilmeade asked about his criticism of Fox News after Trump tweeted on Wednesday that “The New @FoxNews is letting millions of Great people down! We have to start looking for a new News Outlet.” He chided Fox News anchor Sandra Smith for an interview she did with Xochitl Hinojosa, the communications director for the Democratic National Committee. Trump said that Smith let Hinojosa “spew out...
Trump made his comments during a half-hour interview on Fox News Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Show. He praised personalities including Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, Ainsley Earnhardt and Kilmeade but took issue with Fox News polls that show him trailing potential Democratic rivals. Read the full transcript here.
Kilmeade asked about his criticism of Fox News after Trump tweeted on Wednesday that “The New @FoxNews is letting millions of Great people down! We have to start looking for a new News Outlet.” He chided Fox News anchor Sandra Smith for an interview she did with Xochitl Hinojosa, the communications director for the Democratic National Committee. Trump said that Smith let Hinojosa “spew out...
- 8/29/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with Doald Trump’s reaction via Twitter: At the start of his MSNBC show The Last Word on Wednesday, host Lawrence O’Donnell apologized for his report that Russian billionaires co-signed Deutsche Bank loans to Donald Trump, hours after one of the president’s lawyers issued a legal threat and demanded a retraction.
O’Donnell said that his single-sourced story from Tuesday night “wasn’t ready for broadcast, and for that, I apologize.”
“I should not have said it on air or posted it on Twitter.”
“Tonight we are retracting the story,” he told viewers. He said that he does not know if the story is true, but it was not ready for primetime. “Saying, ‘if true,’ was simply not good enough,” he said.
As expected, Trump seized on the O’Donnell apology on Thursday morning, but he extended his grievances to “the rest of the LameStream Media.
O’Donnell said that his single-sourced story from Tuesday night “wasn’t ready for broadcast, and for that, I apologize.”
“I should not have said it on air or posted it on Twitter.”
“Tonight we are retracting the story,” he told viewers. He said that he does not know if the story is true, but it was not ready for primetime. “Saying, ‘if true,’ was simply not good enough,” he said.
As expected, Trump seized on the O’Donnell apology on Thursday morning, but he extended his grievances to “the rest of the LameStream Media.
- 8/29/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Lawrence O’Donnell has won distinction during his time at MSNBC for the verbal flourishes and deft monologues he brings to the segments of his 10 p.m. program. On Wednesday night, he had to use his powers of speech to ward off some of the scrutiny he has drawn.
The former “West Wing” writer and Congressional aide put MSNBC and its corporate sibling, NBC News, in a tight spot by tantalizing viewers with a tidbit on Tuesday night’s program that he suggested showed corruption at the highest levels of the U.S. government. On Tuesday, before taking to the desk on his “Last Word” program on MSNBC, O’Donnell posted on Twitter that “a source close to Deutsche Bank” told him “Trump’s tax returns show he pays very little income tax and, more importantly, that his loans have Russian co-signers. If true, that explains every kind word Trump has...
The former “West Wing” writer and Congressional aide put MSNBC and its corporate sibling, NBC News, in a tight spot by tantalizing viewers with a tidbit on Tuesday night’s program that he suggested showed corruption at the highest levels of the U.S. government. On Tuesday, before taking to the desk on his “Last Word” program on MSNBC, O’Donnell posted on Twitter that “a source close to Deutsche Bank” told him “Trump’s tax returns show he pays very little income tax and, more importantly, that his loans have Russian co-signers. If true, that explains every kind word Trump has...
- 8/29/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Wednesday said he made an “error in judgment” in a report about President Donald Trump’s finances — walking back a story just hours after the president’s attorney threatened a defamation lawsuit.
O’Donnell said his reporting “didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process.” In a tweeted statement, he added, “I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air.”
The very public walk-back came hours after Trump’s personal attorney Charles Harder threatened a lawsuit unless MSNBC retracted or apologized for O’Donnell’s report, in which he said that Russian oligarchs co-signed some of Trump’s loans.
In his “The Last Word” show on Tuesday, O’Donnell cited a “single source close to Deutsche Bank” who said that Trump’s “loan documents there show that he has co-signers. That’s how he was able to obtain those loans.
O’Donnell said his reporting “didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process.” In a tweeted statement, he added, “I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air.”
The very public walk-back came hours after Trump’s personal attorney Charles Harder threatened a lawsuit unless MSNBC retracted or apologized for O’Donnell’s report, in which he said that Russian oligarchs co-signed some of Trump’s loans.
In his “The Last Word” show on Tuesday, O’Donnell cited a “single source close to Deutsche Bank” who said that Trump’s “loan documents there show that he has co-signers. That’s how he was able to obtain those loans.
- 8/28/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Updated, 1:17 Pm: Score one for Donald Trump and the threat of legal action.
Less than 18 hours after proclaiming that Russian billionaires close to Vladimir Putin co-signed big Deutsche Bank loans to Trump, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is walking back the potentially crippling claim.
Not long after NBCUniversal received a hard-hitting letter from Trump’s personal lawyer Charles Harder demanding a retraction and an apology, the Last Word host has taken to social media to eat humble pie:
Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president’s finances that didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process. I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air. I will address the issue on my show tonight.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) August 28, 2019
Tonight should be something to see.
Previously, 12:07 Pm: Using the same lawyer...
Less than 18 hours after proclaiming that Russian billionaires close to Vladimir Putin co-signed big Deutsche Bank loans to Trump, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is walking back the potentially crippling claim.
Not long after NBCUniversal received a hard-hitting letter from Trump’s personal lawyer Charles Harder demanding a retraction and an apology, the Last Word host has taken to social media to eat humble pie:
Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president’s finances that didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process. I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air. I will address the issue on my show tonight.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) August 28, 2019
Tonight should be something to see.
Previously, 12:07 Pm: Using the same lawyer...
- 8/28/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
An attorney for President Trump demanded on Wednesday that NBC retract host Lawrence O’Donnell’s report alleging that Trump had obtained loan guarantees from Russian oligarchs.
O’Donnell reported on MSNBC on Tuesday night that Russian oligarchs had co-signed a loan provided to Trump by Deutsche Bank.
“This single source close to Deutsche Bank has told me that the Trump — Donald Trump’s loan documents there show that he has co-signers,” he said. “That’s how he was able to obtain those loans. And that the co-signers are Russian oligarchs.”
In a letter sent to the network, Trump attorney Charles Harder calls the statement “false and defamatory” and requests that O’Donnell and the network “immediately and prominently retract, correct and apologize” for the remarks.
Harder also addressed the statement directly, writing that the only borrowers under the loans were Trump entities and that Trump is the only guarantor on the account.
O’Donnell reported on MSNBC on Tuesday night that Russian oligarchs had co-signed a loan provided to Trump by Deutsche Bank.
“This single source close to Deutsche Bank has told me that the Trump — Donald Trump’s loan documents there show that he has co-signers,” he said. “That’s how he was able to obtain those loans. And that the co-signers are Russian oligarchs.”
In a letter sent to the network, Trump attorney Charles Harder calls the statement “false and defamatory” and requests that O’Donnell and the network “immediately and prominently retract, correct and apologize” for the remarks.
Harder also addressed the statement directly, writing that the only borrowers under the loans were Trump entities and that Trump is the only guarantor on the account.
- 8/28/2019
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
President Donald Trump is ratcheting up his war with the media, as if such thing was conceivable. On Wednesday, his personal attorney Charles Harder threatened NBCUniversal with a defamation suit over what was broadcast the previous night on MSNBC's The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell. A missive sent to NBCU headquarters, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, also addresses a related tweet.
According to Harder's demand letter, "The Program and Tweet make the false and defamatory statements that 'Russian oligarchs' co-signed loans provided to Mr. Trump by Deutsche Bank, and described these 'co-signers' as 'Russian billionaires close ...
According to Harder's demand letter, "The Program and Tweet make the false and defamatory statements that 'Russian oligarchs' co-signed loans provided to Mr. Trump by Deutsche Bank, and described these 'co-signers' as 'Russian billionaires close ...
- 8/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
President Trump built his reputation on his business acumen and negotiating skills. On Tuesday night, the New York Times provided a trove of evidence that he doesn’t have much of either. The news organization obtained the president’s tax information from 1985-1994, and the numbers reveal that the only real skill possessed by the vaunted real estate mogul was hemorrhaging obscene amounts of money. In fact, Trump lost more money than any other American taxpayer over the course of the decade in question: $1.17 billion.
Trump lost so much money...
Trump lost so much money...
- 5/8/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The much spotlighted and multi-tiered legal battle between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels is over – with both sides getting what they want.
“The Court Grants Defendants’ Motions and holds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the only remaining cause of action in Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, the cause of action for declaratory relief,” wrote Judge James Otero today in the non-disparagement agreement lawsuit between the former Celebrity Apprentice host and the porn star (read it here).
“The Court therefore Remands this case to Los Angeles Superior Court,” the federal judge added. The move back to state court essentially kills the high-profile case over the $130,000 that soon-to-be convict Michael Cohen paid the real named Stephanie Clifford back in 2016 as hush money over a one-time tryst with Trump.
For the current President of the United States, Judge Otero’s order is exactly what he and his once long-time fixer Cohen...
“The Court Grants Defendants’ Motions and holds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the only remaining cause of action in Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, the cause of action for declaratory relief,” wrote Judge James Otero today in the non-disparagement agreement lawsuit between the former Celebrity Apprentice host and the porn star (read it here).
“The Court therefore Remands this case to Los Angeles Superior Court,” the federal judge added. The move back to state court essentially kills the high-profile case over the $130,000 that soon-to-be convict Michael Cohen paid the real named Stephanie Clifford back in 2016 as hush money over a one-time tryst with Trump.
For the current President of the United States, Judge Otero’s order is exactly what he and his once long-time fixer Cohen...
- 3/8/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 5:25 Pm: The way things are closing in for Donald Trump in Robert Mueller’s investigation, the former Celebrity Apprentice may need every dime of the nearly $300,000 he was awarded in attorney’s fees today in one of his battles with Stormy Daniels.
“The Court Grants In Part And Denies In Part Defendant’s Motion, and orders Plaintiff to pay Defendant $293, 052.33 in attorneys’ fees, costs, and sanctions,” declared federal Judge James Otero today of the defamation matter. “This case shall close.”
The sum is actually about 75% of what Trump lawyer Charles Harder asked for from the plaintiffs plus a $1,000 in sanctions.
Besides the specific amount, today’s outcome was never really a surprise since the mid-October loss by the performer, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and her once possible Presidential candidate lawyer Michael Avenatti in the case they instigated back in late April.
Not to be confusion with...
“The Court Grants In Part And Denies In Part Defendant’s Motion, and orders Plaintiff to pay Defendant $293, 052.33 in attorneys’ fees, costs, and sanctions,” declared federal Judge James Otero today of the defamation matter. “This case shall close.”
The sum is actually about 75% of what Trump lawyer Charles Harder asked for from the plaintiffs plus a $1,000 in sanctions.
Besides the specific amount, today’s outcome was never really a surprise since the mid-October loss by the performer, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and her once possible Presidential candidate lawyer Michael Avenatti in the case they instigated back in late April.
Not to be confusion with...
- 12/12/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Stormy Daniels must pay Donald Trump $293,052.33 in attorneys’ fees, a federal judge decided on Tuesday. The ruling, which comes from U.S. District Judge James Otero, follows his dismissal of her defamation suit against Trump this past October, according to The Hill.
“Now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas,” the president tweeted. “She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!”
But the victory is only partial for Trump, whose lawyers had requested more than they’re getting.
“Now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas,” the president tweeted. “She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!”
But the victory is only partial for Trump, whose lawyers had requested more than they’re getting.
- 12/11/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump's lawyer Charles Harder is using the Twitter posts of Stormy Daniel's attorney Michael Avenatti against him in a dispute over legal fees.
Daniels in April sued Trump under her legal name, Stephanie Clifford, claiming the president defamed her on Twitter. (Clifford recently told The Daily Beast that she didn't want to sue.) Avenatti had shared a sketch of a man who he said threatened Clifford to "leave Mr. Trump alone" in a parking lot in 2011 after she had talked to In Touch Weekly about their alleged affair. In response, Trump tweeted, "A sketch years ...
Daniels in April sued Trump under her legal name, Stephanie Clifford, claiming the president defamed her on Twitter. (Clifford recently told The Daily Beast that she didn't want to sue.) Avenatti had shared a sketch of a man who he said threatened Clifford to "leave Mr. Trump alone" in a parking lot in 2011 after she had talked to In Touch Weekly about their alleged affair. In response, Trump tweeted, "A sketch years ...
- 12/4/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Donald Trump may have won a rare legal victory over Stormy Daniels yesterday as the latter’s defamation lawsuit against her alleged short-term lover was tossed out by a federal judge, but the bellicose President was the one looking like a “tiny” loser today.
In an unusual early week tweetstorm Tuesday, the former Celebrity Apprentice host stormily went limbo low attacking the porn star for her physical appearance and her other legal action against him:
“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
The unconscionable and probably legally problematic tweet by Trump are a reminder of remarks that the ex-reality front man has...
In an unusual early week tweetstorm Tuesday, the former Celebrity Apprentice host stormily went limbo low attacking the porn star for her physical appearance and her other legal action against him:
“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
The unconscionable and probably legally problematic tweet by Trump are a reminder of remarks that the ex-reality front man has...
- 10/16/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
When the New York Times editors hit publish on yesterday’s exhaustive report detailing how Fred Trump fraudulently funneled millions to his son — President Donald J. Trump — Showtime’s cameras were rolling. A holdover from Liz Garbus’ “The Fourth Estate” — a four part series documenting the New York Times covering President Trump’s first year in office that aired this spring — director Jenny Carchman helmed a crew that continued to follow the reporters working on this particular story about Trump’s tax avoidance, which took nearly two years to report.
The Times story by Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and David Barstow calls into question President Trump’s image as a self-made billionaire, revealing that he received the equivalent today of $413 million from his father. Worse yet for the President, the Times reported that the money transfers were “dubious tax schemes” that sometimes involved “outright fraud.”
The film about the process,...
The Times story by Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and David Barstow calls into question President Trump’s image as a self-made billionaire, revealing that he received the equivalent today of $413 million from his father. Worse yet for the President, the Times reported that the money transfers were “dubious tax schemes” that sometimes involved “outright fraud.”
The film about the process,...
- 10/3/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Authorities in New York are “vigorously pursuing” allegations in a New York Times article that President Donald Trump committed tax fraud in order to increase the fortune he inherited from his father.
The Times reported that Trump received today’s equivalent of at least $413 million from his father, the real estate magnate Fred Trump, much of which was accumulated through various tax-dodging schemes. Trump and his siblings reportedly set up sham corporations to disguise millions in gifts, helped their father take improper tax deductions and undervalued their parents’ real estate holdings.
The Times reported that Trump received today’s equivalent of at least $413 million from his father, the real estate magnate Fred Trump, much of which was accumulated through various tax-dodging schemes. Trump and his siblings reportedly set up sham corporations to disguise millions in gifts, helped their father take improper tax deductions and undervalued their parents’ real estate holdings.
- 10/3/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
NBC News on Thursday night denied an accusation by a former producer that top executives tried to block Ronan Farrow’s 2017 exposé of Harvey Weinstein, calling the claim “an outright lie.”
“The assertion that NBC News tried to kill the Weinstein story while Ronan Farrow was at NBC News, or even more ludicrously, after he left NBC News, is an outright lie,” read the NBC statement.
Earlier Thursday, Rich McHugh, a producer formerly of the NBC News investigative unit, told the New York Times that people at “the very highest levels of NBC” worked to quash the story at the network.
McHugh said the network was “resistant” during the eight months or so that he and Farrow investigated Weinstein for the story. But in August 2017, when they were set to begin recording the accounts of Weinstein accusers on video, McHugh said the network abruptly pulled support.
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“The assertion that NBC News tried to kill the Weinstein story while Ronan Farrow was at NBC News, or even more ludicrously, after he left NBC News, is an outright lie,” read the NBC statement.
Earlier Thursday, Rich McHugh, a producer formerly of the NBC News investigative unit, told the New York Times that people at “the very highest levels of NBC” worked to quash the story at the network.
McHugh said the network was “resistant” during the eight months or so that he and Farrow investigated Weinstein for the story. But in August 2017, when they were set to begin recording the accounts of Weinstein accusers on video, McHugh said the network abruptly pulled support.
Also Read: Fellow Weinstein...
- 8/31/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Omarosa Book Publisher Says Trump Campaign’s ‘Hollow’ Legal Threat Is an Attempt to Stifle Criticism
Washington — Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Omarosa Manigault Newman’s book, says through its attorney that a “hollow legal threat” from the Trump campaign “is nothing more than an obvious attempt to stifle legitimate criticism of the president.”
“My clients will not be intimidated by hollow legal threats and have proceeded with the publication of the book as scheduled,” wrote Elizabeth McNamara of Davis Wright Tremaine, which is representing Simon & Schuster and its imprint, Gallery Books.
She was responding to a letter from attorney Charles Harder on behalf of the Trump campaign, which has taken some legal steps against Newman in the wake of the book’s publication, claiming that she is breaking a non-disclosure agreement.
Harder did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but McNamara writes that he threatened Simon & Schuster with “substantial monetary damages and punitive damages” with the book’s publication. Harder alleges that...
“My clients will not be intimidated by hollow legal threats and have proceeded with the publication of the book as scheduled,” wrote Elizabeth McNamara of Davis Wright Tremaine, which is representing Simon & Schuster and its imprint, Gallery Books.
She was responding to a letter from attorney Charles Harder on behalf of the Trump campaign, which has taken some legal steps against Newman in the wake of the book’s publication, claiming that she is breaking a non-disclosure agreement.
Harder did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but McNamara writes that he threatened Simon & Schuster with “substantial monetary damages and punitive damages” with the book’s publication. Harder alleges that...
- 8/16/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
As more information from Omarosa Manigault Newman’s White House memoir Unhinged continues to hound the Trump Administration, publisher Simon & Schuster said it has no intention of backing off selling the hot-button book that it released this week.
“Despite various legal claims and threats made by representatives of the Trump campaign, Gallery Books and Simon & Schuster are proceeding as planned with publication of Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman, confident that we are acting well within our rights and responsibilities as a publisher,” the publisher told Deadline today.
The response from CBS Corp-owned Simon & Schuster was accompanied by a letter from lawyer Elizabeth McNamara at Davis Wright Tremaine, acting as counsel for the publisher. It hit back at an effort earlier in the week by Trump’s personal attorney Charles Harder to halt further sales of the book, which hit shelves Tuesday.
In his letter to the publisher Tuesday, ex-...
“Despite various legal claims and threats made by representatives of the Trump campaign, Gallery Books and Simon & Schuster are proceeding as planned with publication of Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman, confident that we are acting well within our rights and responsibilities as a publisher,” the publisher told Deadline today.
The response from CBS Corp-owned Simon & Schuster was accompanied by a letter from lawyer Elizabeth McNamara at Davis Wright Tremaine, acting as counsel for the publisher. It hit back at an effort earlier in the week by Trump’s personal attorney Charles Harder to halt further sales of the book, which hit shelves Tuesday.
In his letter to the publisher Tuesday, ex-...
- 8/16/2018
- by Dominic Patten and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump has reacted swiftly to the Tuesday release of a tell-all book from short-lived White House staffer and former Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault-Newman. Trump's presidential campaign not only has demanded that she submit to arbitration over a claim that she violated an agreement, but it has also threatened book publisher Simon & Schuster with its participation.
On Monday, Trump's attorney Charles Harder sent Simon & Schuster a letter.
According to a copy obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Manigault-Newman is prohibited from disclosing confidential information about Trump, any of Trump's family members and the Trump Organization. She ...
On Monday, Trump's attorney Charles Harder sent Simon & Schuster a letter.
According to a copy obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Manigault-Newman is prohibited from disclosing confidential information about Trump, any of Trump's family members and the Trump Organization. She ...
- 8/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
We all know that former Donald Trump adviser-turned-enemy Omarosa Manigault Newman starred on the president’s NBC reality show “The Apprentice” (three times!). But did you forget that she also had her own dating show produced by Trump?
In 2010, Manigault Newman starred in the reality dating show. And if you didn’t know it was produced by Trump, you weren’t reading the title: “Donald Trump Presents: The Ultimate Merger.” The show was something of a cross between “The Bachelorette” and “The Apprentice,” with Trump himself picking the 12 suitors, who stayed at (guess where) a Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
“The Ultimate Merger” also featured a spiritual adviser, Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant, who was pastor of the Empowerment Temple A.M.E. Church in Baltimore.
Also Read: Andy Cohen Takes a 'Hard Pass' on Omarosa for 'Real Housewives'
The first season ended with the last man standing, R&B singer Ray Lavender,...
In 2010, Manigault Newman starred in the reality dating show. And if you didn’t know it was produced by Trump, you weren’t reading the title: “Donald Trump Presents: The Ultimate Merger.” The show was something of a cross between “The Bachelorette” and “The Apprentice,” with Trump himself picking the 12 suitors, who stayed at (guess where) a Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
“The Ultimate Merger” also featured a spiritual adviser, Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant, who was pastor of the Empowerment Temple A.M.E. Church in Baltimore.
Also Read: Andy Cohen Takes a 'Hard Pass' on Omarosa for 'Real Housewives'
The first season ended with the last man standing, R&B singer Ray Lavender,...
- 8/14/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
“The Hunger Games” director Francis Lawrence and “The Big Short” writer Charles Randolph are attached to the upcoming adaptation of “Conspiracy,” Ryan Holiday’s book about Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker that forced the site to go bankrupt.
The announcement was made by Blackrock Productions. Blackrock’s CEO David A. Neuman will produce the film with Lawrence. Blackrock says it is looking for top talent to play Hogan, as well as Thiel, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who secretly funded the wrestler’s lawsuit, and Gawker founder Nick Denton.
Also Read: Gawker Slayer Peter Thiel Agrees to Drop Bid for Bankrupt Site - and Its Story Archive
“Ryan Holiday’s book and the story it tells are rare gifts for a screenwriter,” said Randolph, who won an Oscar for “The Big Short.” “These are such larger-than-life characters – strange, new volatile forces in society – and their conflict matters.”
Hogan filed...
The announcement was made by Blackrock Productions. Blackrock’s CEO David A. Neuman will produce the film with Lawrence. Blackrock says it is looking for top talent to play Hogan, as well as Thiel, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who secretly funded the wrestler’s lawsuit, and Gawker founder Nick Denton.
Also Read: Gawker Slayer Peter Thiel Agrees to Drop Bid for Bankrupt Site - and Its Story Archive
“Ryan Holiday’s book and the story it tells are rare gifts for a screenwriter,” said Randolph, who won an Oscar for “The Big Short.” “These are such larger-than-life characters – strange, new volatile forces in society – and their conflict matters.”
Hogan filed...
- 6/11/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Kathrine McKee, the actress who accused Bill Cosby of rape in a 2014 article in the New York Daily News, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review her defamation case against Cosby. Her lawyers filed the writ of certiorari yesterday.
The petition (read it here) comes in the face of the current #MeToo movement and would bring it to the nation’s highest court, with McKee’s lawyers positing the question of whether victims of sexual misconduct have a fundamental right to speak out in public without fear of having reputations and careers destroyed.
“Whether a victim of sexual misconduct who merely publicly states that she was victimized, has thrust herself to the forefront of a public debate in an attempt to influence the outcome, thereby becoming a limited purpose public figure who loses her right to recover for defamation absent a showing of actual malice by clear and convincing evidence,...
The petition (read it here) comes in the face of the current #MeToo movement and would bring it to the nation’s highest court, with McKee’s lawyers positing the question of whether victims of sexual misconduct have a fundamental right to speak out in public without fear of having reputations and careers destroyed.
“Whether a victim of sexual misconduct who merely publicly states that she was victimized, has thrust herself to the forefront of a public debate in an attempt to influence the outcome, thereby becoming a limited purpose public figure who loses her right to recover for defamation absent a showing of actual malice by clear and convincing evidence,...
- 4/20/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein has parted ways with Sitrick and Company, the crisis PR firm that has been issuing his public statements since October.
Weinstein hired the firm three days after the New York Times reported in October that he had settled at least eight sexual harassment lawsuits. Weinstein quickly parted ways with Lanny Davis, Lisa Bloom, and Charles Harder, the team he had originally consulted to respond to the Times’ bombshell report.
The Times’ story led to his firing from the company he founded in 2005 and the filing of numerous lawsuits against him and the studio, and prompted the company to go bankrupt.
Sallie Hofmeister, of Sitrick and Company, has been issuing statements on Weinstein’s behalf since then. In general, Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. At times, he has also given more elaborate responses. In February, Weinstein issued a statement through attorney Ben Brafman, arguing that while...
Weinstein hired the firm three days after the New York Times reported in October that he had settled at least eight sexual harassment lawsuits. Weinstein quickly parted ways with Lanny Davis, Lisa Bloom, and Charles Harder, the team he had originally consulted to respond to the Times’ bombshell report.
The Times’ story led to his firing from the company he founded in 2005 and the filing of numerous lawsuits against him and the studio, and prompted the company to go bankrupt.
Sallie Hofmeister, of Sitrick and Company, has been issuing statements on Weinstein’s behalf since then. In general, Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. At times, he has also given more elaborate responses. In February, Weinstein issued a statement through attorney Ben Brafman, arguing that while...
- 4/3/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
A new Vanity Fair feature on Harvey Weinstein’s October panic right before investigations guillotined his career includes an engrossing footnote: The Best Picture Oscars won by “The Kings Speech” (2011) and “The Artist” (2012) have reportedly gone missing from the Weinstein Company (TWC)’s Manhattan offices. TWC has not yet responded to IndieWire’s requests for comment. Weinstein produced three additional Best Picture winners (“The English Patient,” “Shakespeare in Love,” and “Chicago”).
Read More:The Weinstein Company Is Close to Being Sold for Less Than $500 Million
Weinstein was fired from the mini-major studio he co-founded with his brother, Bob, on October 8, three days after the New York Times published details about eight sexual harassment lawsuits he had settled. The ousting also arrived two days before a New Yorker exposé detailed more allegations against the producer, including three rapes. Several dozen women have now made claims against Weinstein, whose past is now being...
Read More:The Weinstein Company Is Close to Being Sold for Less Than $500 Million
Weinstein was fired from the mini-major studio he co-founded with his brother, Bob, on October 8, three days after the New York Times published details about eight sexual harassment lawsuits he had settled. The ousting also arrived two days before a New Yorker exposé detailed more allegations against the producer, including three rapes. Several dozen women have now made claims against Weinstein, whose past is now being...
- 1/19/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The days leading up to Harvey Weinstein’s downfall were filled with panic and last-ditch attempts to save his reputation, according to a Vanity Fair article published Wednesday. Knowing that The New York Times and New Yorker were planning to publish stories about accusations of sexual harassment and assault, Weinstein assembled a legal dream team — including David Boies, Lisa Bloom and Charles Harder. But along with the professionals, Weinstein also took matters into his own hands, Vanity Fair reported, spending his last days at The Weinstein Company searching for and trying to delete documents and surveilling ex-employees’ online communications. Also Read: Mira Sorvino on Post-Harvey Hollywood:...
- 1/18/2018
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Sorry, President Trump. Publisher Henry Holt has no intention of shelving author Michael Wolff’s new Trump administration tell-all book “Fire and Fury.” “My clients do not intend to cease publication, no such retraction will occur, and no apology is warranted,” the publisher’s attorney, Elizabeth A. McNamara, said in a letter to Trump attorney Charles Harder, a copy of which Henry Holt provided to TheWrap. On Friday, Harder sent a cease-and-desist letter to Holt, demanding that the company cease “further publication, release or dissemination” of “Fire and Fury,” and that it “issue a full and complete retraction and apology” for what said.
- 1/8/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump faces an extremely uphill battle in his attempt to prevent Michael Wolff’s White House tell-all book “Fire and Fury” from being published, with one legal expert telling TheWrap on Tuesday that his chances are “close to zero” of convincing a court to block the book’s publication. Trump’s attorney, Charles Harder, fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Wolff and “Fire and Fury” publisher Henry Holt and Co. Inc., this week, demanding that they “cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination” of material from the book, an excerpt of which has already brought to light numerous.
- 1/4/2018
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Update with Donald Trump response to Bannon Even after his former strategist Steve Bannon expressed some post-Fire and Fury support, President Donald Trump’s lawyers have threatened to sue the man who said a Trump Tower meeting with Russian officials was “treasonous.” Trump attorney Charles Harder released a statement yesterday that his firm had issued “legal notice” to Bannon that claims made in the Michael Wolff book include libel, slander and breach of confidentiality…...
- 1/4/2018
- Deadline TV
President Donald Trump has sent another cease and desist letter, this time to “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” tell-all author Michael Wolff and his publisher. Trump’s lawyer Charles Harder has demanded that Wolff and his publisher Henry Holt and Co. Inc. “cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination,” accusing them of actual malice. Also Read: Trump's Lawyers Send Cease-and-Desist Letter to Steve Bannon Over 'Disparaging Statements' The letter states that “Actual malice (reckless disregard for the truth) can be proven by the fact that the Book admits in the Introduction that it contains untrue statements,...
- 1/4/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
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