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LA Superior Court Judge Alan Goodman just issued a ruling in both Charlie Sheen vs. Warner Bros TV and Sheen vs. Two And A Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre lawsuits: they will have to be settled in arbitration and won’t go to trial. The studio had argued that Sheen’s $100 million lawsuit over his firing from the hit CBS/WBTV comedy had to be handled through arbitration per the actor’s contract, and that Lorre’s own arbitration clause requires that part of the litigation to also go though a mediator. Sheen’s attorney Marty Singer had been demanding a public trial. “We’re very gratified by the court’s ruling enforcing the parties’ arbitration agreement,” WBTV said in a statement after the ruling. There’s no doubt the lawsuit would have been a circus since there already was a ruling to let a video camera team film in the Santa Monica Superior Courtroom. Team Sheen and the media wanted it, Team WB/Lorre didn’t. Charlie won that round. So now JAMS-appointed arbitrator Richard Neal will oversee the dispute. He can technically send the case back to Judge Goodman if he deems the arbitration clause unenforceable, but that is considered highly unlikely.
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#LOSING
Winning…?
The public trial would have brought to light every deviant thing Sheen has done over the course of 8 years that ended with his firing. Too bad I would have loved to see the depositions he would have had to do. Plus all the sives would have testified along with the gidesses and the varied porn stars and the babe in Ny who had tohide in a closet to keep him from beating her.
That’s what Charlie wanted. All publicity is good publicity – for Charlie. For Lorre, all of this is a death knell. If it was determined that Charlie was in the right, Lorre would “never work in this town again”. if it was determined that Lorre was in the right. Charlie would have still made millions from the publicity AND would still make himself a more than acceptable advertising risk. Advertisers only care whether you can attract viewers. Charlie attract viewers. He really can’t lose.
Would that good publicity include illegal drugs and distributing them. Assuming you believe the one porn actresses account that Sheen brought in a briefcase filled with cocaine which is illegal he would either answer the question by taking the 5th and thereby lose his lawsuit immediately or incriminate himself and get 10 years minimum in Federal lockup if convicted.
I hope your tongue is planted firmly inside your cheek, because that statement is ridiculous.
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YOU HAVE HEARD OF AN ASSHOLE , HE IS 2AN HALF ASSHOLES !! WHAT’S THE STORY CHARLIE
There was never a chance that this was going to go to trial and Marty Singer knew this. It is most likely that Charlie refused to listen to reason and it was he that insisted that they figure out a way to sue Warner Brothters and Chuck and CBS and the world. The terms in every negotiated studio contract require that any disputes be settled through arbirtation. Period. It made for good theatre, but at the end of the day, this is going to be handled as Charlie had agreed when he executed his contract — in front of an arbitrator.
“The terms in every negotiated studio contract require that any disputes be settled through arbitration. Period.”
Disregarding Sheen and his shenanigans, this points up something I’d love to take to trial if I had a limitless bank account. If these are the terms of every studio’s contracts, and no studio will budge from the position, then there’s not a lot of negotiation going on in regard to this point, is there? I think the studios’ series regular contracts are all illegal, in that no one’s actually free to negotiate certain points that every possible employer in the industry insist upon. That and the “five (or ten!) days exclusive option” that has to be granted in a test deal before an actor can even meet his/her potential employer.The result: no one can actually sell their services to the highest bidder, because you can only apply for (i.e. attend the final auditions for) one job at a time.
All true. It is not just theater, however. It is money. All publicity is good publicity when you’re trying to sell out a concert tour and convince advertisers that you are worth bankrolling because everyone considers you a “must see”.
sizzle. loser. out.
PLease how about the fact that LA judges make lot’s of shady business with big powerful corporate studios like Warner, how corporate lobbys America loves you…OF COURSE Sheen never had a real chance..so this news is expected..corporate suits are favored..haha as usual..but i still hope Sheen will have some big money from this farce of ‘closed trial’; Warner and co have lot’s of faults in this story, of course they made most of their disgusting moves behind the scenes as usual..
Corporate America at the end of the day will win..sad..but not a surprise.
I’ll be the first to agree that Corporate America is out of control these days, and yet, I just can’t buy into this whole Charlie-Sheen-as-victim-of-the-corporate-media narrative. There’s no injustice here. He signed a contract and it states all legal problems will go to arbitration. He went on a crazed media tour that pretty much proved Chuck Lorre has a very solid case.
The only HOT guy on tv. Now there’s nobody.
Great.
Hot? Have you seen him without his teeth?
Wait – just because Charlie signed a contract that had the parties mutually agreeing that any disputes they had would be handled through binding arbitration, they’re actually going to HOLD him to that written and signed agreement???
Proof positive that life just isn’t fair to Charlie Sheen! Crank up the screaming fits! Wind up the next tour! Prepare the Goddesses for launch! Just who does this judge think he is that he can ORDER the Wizard of all wizards to abide by some agreement he signed on to on a flimsy piece of paper?! Do we need MORE proof that the establishment has lined up to try and defeat the thorn in their collective side?!
If this case is not handled on Charlie’s terms, as he says it should be handled, and ultimately find in his favor, well it’s proof that everything he said is TRUE!
Fight, Charlie! Fight back with all the might powers at your disposal. I’ll be listening for you tomorrow on the Alex Jones show – right after the segment on alien spies living in the White House, and then perhaps on KFI. Surely you’ll show this judge what for!
Good luck Charlie…you’re going to need it. My experience with Jams arbitration is that, they tend to favor the side that is going to give them more business in the future. And that’s not you Charlie!
Many people miss the fact that Sheen’s going to Arbitration is NOT what he wanted. He wanted a circus. However, other studios are watching this. Other potential employers are NOT imbued with love for Sheen; he’s trouble and a looser. He also has limited talent (his “tour” proved that) for someone who was receiving big checks.
This is actually that ending of Sheen’s career. It’s just going out with a whimper not a bang.
Teeth??????what??????