resulted in Batali being acquitted back in May. “The matters have been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties,” attorneys Eric Baum and Matthew Fogelman, who represent Natalie Tene and Alexandra Brown said in a joint statement to media.
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Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay the “House of Cards” production company, MRC, $31 million after it was determined he breached his contract and was fired for alleged sexual misconduct.
According to court documents obtained by ET on Thursday, Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed the arbitration award, which was determined last November following an arbitration hearing between MRC and Spacey’s attorneys.
An arbitrator ruled that the 63-year-old actor breached his contract with the production company when he was fired from “House of Cards” in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.
The ruling, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, awarded $29.5 million in damages and $1.4 million in attorneys fees and costs to MRC.
In 2017, multiple people came forward against Spacey to allege a pattern of sexually predatory conduct, and he’s denied the allegations. MRC immediately suspended Spacey after a CNN report in November 2017 claimed that he made the “House of Cards” set a “toxic environment” through a pattern of sexual harassment, and Netflix ultimately cut all ties with him ahead of “House of Card”s sixth and final season.
Court documents obtained in November state that the arbitrator in the hearing found that “Spacey’s conduct constituted a material breach of his acting and executive producing agreements with MRC, and that his breaches excused MRC’s obligations to pay him any further compensation in connection with the show.”
The court documents continued, “The Arbitrator further found that Spacey’s egregious breaches of contract proximately caused and rendered him (and his affiliated entities) liable for the tens of millions of dollars in losses MRC suffered when it had no choice, upon the revelations of
resulted in Batali being acquitted back in May. “The matters have been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties,” attorneys Eric Baum and Matthew Fogelman, who represent Natalie Tene and Alexandra Brown said in a joint statement to media.
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producers of House of Cards over losses relating to allegations of sexual misconduct by the actor, after losing an appeal over the sum. Spacey had sought to overturn an arbitration order requiring him to pay media company MRC damages following "explosive" allegations involving young crew members that led to his firing from the popular Netflix show in 2017. But Los Angeles Judge Mel Red Recana found that Spacey and his lawyers “fail to demonstrate that this is even a close case”, according to documents seen by the Press Association.
A judge has ruled that Kevin Spacey must pay $31 million (£26 million) to House of Cards producers for derailing the series when he was fired over allegations of misconduct. Officials for MRC, the production company behind the Netflix series, filed a petition in November to confirm that an arbitrator had ordered the actor to pay almost $31 million to them after finding that he breached his contract by violating their sexual harassment policy. Spacey's team sought to dismiss the ruling in January.
Kevin Spacey owes more than $30 million to the producers of House of Cards after being fired from the Netflix series in 2017.
Kevin Spacey has lost his bid to overturn a $31million (£25.5million) arbitration award he was ordered to pay to the producers of House Of Cards.The actor, who was fired from the Netflix series in 2017, was ordered in November to pay the sum to production company MRC following allegations of sexual misconduct involving young crew members working on the show.Spacey filed to have the order overturned, but his request was denied by a judge in Los Angeles on Thursday (August 4).As reported by PA, Judge Mel Red Racana found that Spacey and his attorneys “fail to demonstrate that this is even a close case” and “do not demonstrate that the damages award was so utterly irrational that it amounts to an arbitrary remaking of the parties’ contracts”.The actor was dropped from the Netflix series following allegations of sexually preying on young men.
Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay 'House of Cards' producers $31 million. The 63-year-old actor was dropped from the Netflix series in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct by multiple young men and he was later sued by programme makers MRC for breach of contract after they said he had violated the company's sexual harassment policy, and on Thursday (04. 08.
Kevin Spacey was ordered by a judge Thursday to pay $31 million to the producers of "House of Cards" after he was fired in 2018 following alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the political drama. The 63-year-old disgraced actor, who starred on the Netflix show from 2013-17, was accused of preying on multiple young men, including a production assistant, which prompted an investigation by the MRC production company and ultimate termination of Spacey from his role in addition to any producing contracts.
Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay the production company, MRC, $31 million after it was determined he breached his contract and was fired for alleged sexual misconduct.According to court documents obtained by ET on Thursday, Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed the arbitration award, which was determined last November following an arbitration hearing between MRC and Spacey's attorneys.An arbitrator ruled that the 63-year-old actor breached his contract with theproduction company when he was fired from in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.The ruling, first reported by , awarded $29.5 million in damages and $1.4 million in attorneys fees and costs to MRC.In 2017, multiple people came forward against Spacey to allege a pattern of sexually predatory conduct, and he's denied the allegations.
Ethan Shanfeld A judge has ordered Kevin Spacey to pay “House of Cards” production company MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix White House drama.Spacey, who played Frank Underwood, was kicked off the series during its sixth season after facing allegations that he had sexually assaulted and preyed upon young men, including a “House of Cards” production assistant who said Spacey groped him, prompting MRC’s investigation.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed an award previously handed down by an arbitrator in October 2020, which consisted of around $29.5 million in damages and $1.5 million in costs and fees.MRC had argued that Spacey owed them millions in lost profits because his misconduct forced them to remove him from the sixth season of the show, and it had to trim the season from 13 episodes to eight. Ruling in the producer’s favor, the arbitrator found that Spacey’s behavior constituted a material breach of his agreements as an actor and executive producing agreements.
Kevin Spacey is facing a huge loss in court.