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Re #MJEstatevHBO: HBO and MJ Estate have 30 days to choose an arbitrator. Status conference to be continues to 3/29, with report re arbitrator due on 3/26. New status report due 11/11, status conference re arbitration process due 11/15.


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Update: Re #MJEstatevHBO, the parties have filed a joint status report today. An arbitrator has not been chosen yet, but should be "in short order".


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The Estate's filing against Reed, in which they state Reed "may" fall under CA Shield Law, but then the Estate will just file for "foreign discovery" and ""letters rogatory" show they are not playing with Reed. Jon Steinsapir is one bad ass attorney.

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Re #MJEstatevHBO status conference minutes from 3/29/21, not much information. I guess we wait now.

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Re: Estate v HBO regarding Leaving Neverland/Arbitration

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Estate's legal team adds Tom Mesereau
to arbitration in ′′Leaving Neverland′′.
They have added their legal team to Thomas Mesereau, the superstar's defense attorney who brilliantly convinced a jury to acquit Jackson in his 2005 conspiracy and child abuse trial. Other members of the team are Bryan Freedman and Jonathan Steinsapir.
Adding Mesereau is a sensational idea because it put Wade Robson, one of the main actors in Dan Reed's film, on the stand as a defense witness to support Jackson in the 2005 trial. If Robson testifies in arbitration, which seems likely, this time he would face Mesereau in a very different way.
Both Robson and James Safechuck have seen lawsuits filed against the Estate dismissed by the court in the last year. Their credibility has been severely damaged by many contradictions in their recollection of alleged sexual abuse. Both men were steadfast supporters of Jackson during his trial and after his 2009 death, but suddenly remembered abuse in 2013.
On the stand in 2005, Robson, his mother, and sister all testified on Jackson’s behalf. They stayed at Neverland during the trial. Robson even asked Jackson to be married at the Neverland Ranch, where he later said abuse took place. He also dated Jackson’s niece for some time.
At the heart of the Jackson estate’s suit against HBO is an agreement between the cabler and Jackson dating back to 1992 in which HBO promised never to besmirch the singer. It was part of a deal for a concert film. HBO tried to get away with breaking the agreement but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Jackson estate.
The court said: “The contract contained a broad arbitration clause that covers claims that HBO disparaged Jackson in violation of ongoing confidentiality obligations. We may only identify whether the parties agreed to arbitrate such claims; it is for the arbitrator to decide whether those claims are meritorious.”
The arbitrators are being chosen now, and the actual process should begin within the next month, I’m told.

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Re: Estate v HBO regarding Leaving Neverland/Arbitration

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For the haters who are saying the Estate forced HBO into private arbitration, that is FALSE. The contract between HBO and Michael Jackson stipulated ARBITRATION. Then, the Estate took the unusual step of requesting PUBLIC ARBITRATION.

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There are just about 2 months until the MJ Estate v HBO arbitration will finally begin on 2/6/23. Praying that the arbitrator rules that there is an arbitrable issue, and that the arbitration should be made public. #MJEstatevHBO

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Re: Estate v HBO regarding Leaving Neverland/Arbitration

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... l-1184415/

Michael Jackson Estate Wants HBO Meeting; Letter Warns ‘Leaving Neverland’ Will Be HBO’s Greatest Shame
HBO chief executive Richard Plepler is told the documentary has violated journalistic ethics and norms and shouldn't be aired in March.


BY ERIQ GARDNER

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Just as HBO sets a March 3 premiere date for Leaving Neverland, the documentary that left audiences at the Sundance Film Festival in tears with tales of Michael Jackson sexual abuse, the late pop star’s estate has sent a blistering 10-page letter to HBO to address problems in the documentary and requesting a meeting to discuss a “solution.”

The Hollywood Reporter has obtained the letter, which can be read in full below.

In the letter, addressed to HBO chief executive Richard Plepler from attorney Howard Weitzman, Leaving Neverland is characterized as “an admittedly one-sided, sensationalist program” that ignores journalistic ethics. In particular, the Michael Jackson Estate is upset that documentarian Dan Reed didn’t seek out the Estate’s views on allegations from Wade Robson and James Safechuck and tells HBO that litigations with these two accusers “made it unequivocally clear that they had no credibility whatsoever.”

The letter avoids explicit legal threats for airing the film, but does attack HBO’s decision to do so.

Weitzman writes that HBO “is being used as part of Robson’s and Safechuck’s legal strategy,” as the two are currently seeking appeals, and slams the network and filmmakers for “intentionally” choosing not to interview anyone that would detract from their story.

The letter conveys the case that Michael Jackson’s two accusers have been “caught lying” in testimony and slams HBO’s decision to bolster their credibility.

Weitzman writes, “Given all of this, which are facts readily available to anyone doing minimal due diligence, why would HBO produce a documentary based solely on the words of these two liars and director/producer Dan Reed? Why would HBO produce this documentary without even seeking comment and response from the Jackson Estate who spent years successfully litigating these false allegations with Robson and Safechuck? Is there any other artist who HBO would do this to? Is there any other artist who HBO would not even seek comment from when making such serious accusations?”

The Michael Jackson Estate asserts that if HBO cared about ethics, it would not air the documentary.

“That HBO has now joined the tabloid media’s ‘Michael Jackson cacophony’—ten years after his death—is truly sad,” continues the letter. “We know that HBO is facing serious competitive pressures from Netflix, Amazon and other more modern content providers, but to stoop to this level to regain an audience is disgraceful. We know HBO and its partners on this documentary will not be successful. We know that this will go down as the most shameful episode in HBO’s history.”

To read the entire article please follow the link.

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Re: Estate v HBO regarding Leaving Neverland/Arbitration

Messaggio da soulmum » 5 febbraio 2023, 9:27

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Just an FYI, I am not sure we will be access this case the same way we did before. Before it was in the public lawsuit database, so it was easy to pay for them. Now we are in the arbitration process, which may or may not be public knowledge. I will do my best to try to find it

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Re: Estate v HBO regarding Leaving Neverland/Arbitration

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#MichaelJackson Estate's legal team adds Tom Mesereau to arbitration in ′′Leaving Neverland′′.
They have added their legal team to Thomas Mesereau, the superstar's defense attorney who brilliantly convinced a jury to acquit Jackson in his 2005 conspiracy and child abuse trial. Other members of the team are Bryan Freedman and Jonathan Steinsapir.
Adding Mesereau is a sensational idea because it put Wade Robson, one of the main actors in Dan Reed's film, on the stand as a defense witness to support Jackson in the 2005 trial. If Robson testifies in arbitration, which seems likely, this time he would face Mesereau in a very different way.
Both Robson and James Safechuck have seen lawsuits filed against the Estate dismissed by the court in the last year. Their credibility has been severely damaged by many contradictions in their recollection of alleged sexual abuse. Both men were steadfast supporters of Jackson during his trial and after his 2009 death, but suddenly remembered abuse in 2013.
On the stand in 2005, Robson, his mother, and sister all testified on Jackson’s behalf. They stayed at Neverland during the trial. Robson even asked Jackson to be married at the Neverland Ranch, where he later said abuse took place. He also dated Jackson’s niece for some time.
At the heart of the Jackson estate’s suit against HBO is an agreement between the cabler and Jackson dating back to 1992 in which HBO promised never to besmirch the singer. It was part of a deal for a concert film. HBO tried to get away with breaking the agreement but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Jackson estate. The court said: “The contract contained a broad arbitration clause that covers claims that HBO disparaged Jackson in violation of ongoing confidentiality obligations. We may only identify whether the parties agreed to arbitrate such claims; it is for the arbitrator to decide whether those claims are meritorious.”
The arbitrators are being chosen now, and the actual process should begin within the next month, I’m told.

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