Matt Belloni Is reporting in Puck News that Timothy Hutton was all set to Star in the Leverage re-boot, with an oral (but not signed written contract) in place, when he was written out after he was accused of having raped an actress when she was 14, and he 22, in 1983. The accusation was investigated by Canadian police, who eventually found no grounds to proceed. Hutton feels both vindicated and screwed, and is suing producer Dean Devlin.
This at least explains why Hutton is not in the show (a significant loss IMO), but Belloni doesn’t care much about that. The facts of the matter are one thing, but the law controlling this is complex and in flux. Hutton is arguing the producer had the right to fire him, but that the oral contract gave him “pay or play” status, meaning even if they don’t use him, they still have to pay him $135K X the 13 guaranteed episodes $1.75M. Twitter may have decided to always believe the accuser, but is that sufficient cover for employers in these situations? Hutton may lose simply if he can’t convince the court he had a valid oral contract (I’m no lawyer, but it sounds like he did), but if he clears that bar the case may help clarify things going forward. https://puck.news/a-new-front-in-the-metoo-war/ On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 9:50 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Errr, I meant to say Timothy Hutton...apologies to both Tims. > > D > > On Thursday, July 15, 2021, 9:30:10 PM PDT, David Bruggeman < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > IMDBtv is also home to the new episodes of Leverage (Timothy Bottoms the > only original lead not involved here, Noah Wyle plays a new character on > the team). > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL%3DSxTW9Cz0wsCGre7dc2%2B%2BnXmNx93ZE00VOfpx3kU17Q%40mail.gmail.com.
