Attorneys for Jeff Shell have responded to claims made by R.J. Cipriani, accusing the Las Vegas gambler and whistleblower of defamation and extortion in a new countersuit on Monday.
The move comes after Cipriani sued the Paramount Skydance president for $150 million over allegedly failing to pay for 18 months of crisis communications services. Cipriani also accused Shell of disclosing material, non-public information about Paramount’s $7.7 billion UFC media rights deal and plans to submit a sweetened offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, which his lawyers say is an “utterly false tale.”
The cross-complaint, which was filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, claims that Cipriani used their mutual lawyer Patricia Glaser to cozy up to Shell,...
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