This controversy is illustrated by two cases that were filed last week. This controversy is illustrated in one case. Doe v. UnderwoodPlaintiff is a Web soap producer who had received both a Daytime Emmy nomination and an Indie Series Award nomination. According to the Complaint:
John Doe lost his SAG signatory status and was unable to produce episodes in February 2016. John Doe was unable to produce any more episodes of the Series with SAG actors. John Doe was a SAG actor and the Series’ star, but he could not be part of it. John Doe, who was an SAG actor, could not regain his producer status in August 2021. That’s more than five years after his initial signatory status.
False statements by the defendants were the reason why SAG was revoked. SAG received false complaints from all Defendants claiming that the Series Set was unsafe and John Doe’s unprofessional behavior. The Defendants alleged that Plaintiff John Doe had been a sexual predator and sexual harasser as well as a purveyor and distributor of pornographic materials. Additionally, John Doe threatened the families of cast members and verbally abused them both in person and in electronic communication via text and e-mail.
Plaintiff requests damages as well as an order for “Defendants to retract their defamatory statements in writing.”
The other is Doe v. Sebrow, the plaintiff is “a prominent financial advisor” who had been romantically involved with a widow who was “a well-known media personality in Jewish media,...
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