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(wage 1 of 36) 1 || FREEDMAN + TAITELMAN, LLP Bryan J. Freedman (State Bar No, 151990) 2 || bffeedman@ftllp.com Steven E. Formaker (State Bar No. 93906) ie 5 3 || sformaker@tlip.com Supe A, 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 500 iy a ea 4 || Los Angeles, California 90067 ‘Telephone: (310) 201-0003 DEC 91 2017 5 || Facsimile: (310) 201-0045 Ronee 6 || Attorneys for Plaintiffs EMJAG PRODUCTIONS, INC, “SES Devuty SCOTT LAMBERT, and ALEXANDRA MILCHAN 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 10 11 || BMJAG PRODUCTIONS, INC., a ) Case No. BC685514 California corporation; ) 12 | SCOTT LAMBERT, an individual; and ——-)-_Unlimited Civil Case ALEXANDRA MILCHAN, an individual, ) 3 ‘n ) COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES FOR: Plaintiff, ) 4 ) 1, BREACH OF WRITTEN vs. ) CONTRACT; 15 ) THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY LLC,2 = 2. QUANTUM MERUIT; 16 [Delaware limited liability company; and) DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, } 3. NEGLIGENCE; AND 7 ) Defendants. 4, FRAUD BY CONCEALMENT 18 ) sy 19 20 Plaintiffs EMJAG Productions, Inc, “EMJAG"), Scott Lambert (“Lambert”), and Alexandra 21 || Mitchan (“Milchan”), as their causes of action against The Weinstein Company LLC (“TWC") and 22 ||Does 1 through 20, inclusive, allege as follows: 23 INTRODUCTION 24 1. Lambert and Milchan are a husband and wife team of accomplished Hollywood 25 || producers. ‘They spent years developing a television project to be directed by noted director David 6 © 27 || created for the Project and to hire Lambert and Milchan as producers for the Project. They were to "2. 28 |} be compensated for their work as producers on a pay-or-play basis. Because the Project was to be 0. Russell (the “Project”), TWC agreed to purchase the valuable intellectual property that they had 1 COMPLAINT boot 1 pagel 3 ~ Doe 3D = 2719403279 ~ Doc type = om ths oom = guztanerer = at 200 - 2 #a6ea T $000 i = erreceses Censor etesosit RECEIPT as COHASIZ DATE PAID: Iz/04s17 PAYMENT: $435.09, RECETVEr 05S 44:20 0m 0 #438.00 40.00 $9.00 30.00 Sy eo \) zea) or age 3 of 35) 1 || filmed in New York, they would need to relocate to New York City. They uprooted their lives to 2 || accommodate the needs of the Project. 3 |}; 2. TWC partnered with Amazon Studios, LLC (“Amazon”) on the Project. Upon information and belief, Amazon provided essential financing for the Project. 3." TWC had lured Plaintiffs into a trap. Unknown to Plaintiffs, TWC’s former co- 4 5 6 || chairman, Harvey Weinstein, had engaged in multiple acts of sexual misconduct. This misconduct — 7 which TWC knew very well, but concealed from Plaintiffs — was effectively a ticking time bomb. In October 2017, the time bomb exploded with the revelation of Weinstein’s sordid history of sex abuse, The Project was one of its casualties, as Amazon, seeking to distance itself from Weinstein, 10 || withdrew from the Project. TWC then withheld the compensation that it had promised to pay to 11 |] Plaincitts. 2 II THE PARTIES 13 4, EMJAG is, and was at all relevant times, a corporation in good standing organized 14 |Jand existing under the laws of the State of California that maintains its principal place of business in 15 |}the County of Los Angeles, State of California, EMJAG functions as a loan-out company for the 16 || services of Lambert and Milchan. 7|I 5. Lambert is, and was at all relevant times, an adult individual who resides in the 18 || County of Los Angeles, State of California, 19 6. Milchan is, and was at all relevant times, an adult individual who resides in the 20 || County of Los Angeles, State of California 2 7. Plaintiffs are informed and believe that TWC is, and was at all relevant times, a 22 |) limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware that does business in the 23 || State of California and maintains an office within the County of Los Angeles, State of California. 24 || TWC was, until its reputation became tarnished due to the sexual predation of one of its founders, a 25 || major player in the production of motion pictures and television shows. ho 26 Plaintiffs are unaware of the true names and capacities of those defendants sued & 27 || herein as Does 1 through 20, inclusive, and therefore sue such defendants unde fictitious names. "2g || Plaintfs are informed and believe that each of the fcttiously-named defendants participated in the i 2 COMPLAINT Doo 1 page 3 ~ Doe ID = 1719401279 - Doo type = on age 4 of 36) @ e } 1 || wrongful conduct hereinafter alleged. Plaintiffs will amend this Complaint to set forth the true 2 || names of the fictitiously-named defendants after they have been ascertained. 3 9. Plaintiffs are informed and believe that each defendant, in performing the acts and 4 || omissions alleged herein, was an agent, partner, joint venturer, or employee of each of the other 5 || defendants, acting within the course and scope of such relationship. 6 FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION 7 (Breach of Written Contract) i 8 10. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference, as though fully set forth hereat, each and every : 9 | allegation of Paragraphs 1 through 9 of this Complaint. 10 | LL. For several years prior to 2016, Plaintiffs worked on developing the Project, The 11- || Project was to be a television crime drama series to be directed by David O. Russell. By the fall of 12 |} 2016, the esteemed actors Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore were attached to the Project. TWC. 13 |[and Amazon committed to produce two seasons of the series at a reported cost of $160 million, 14 || Upon information and belief, Amazon provided essential financing for the Project, 15 12. Inor about November 2016, Plaintiffs and Defendant TWC reached a verbal 16 || understanding that TW would acquire the rights to the Project. Plaintiffs would be retained to act, 17 |] as producers for the Project. As it was envisioned that the Project would be filmed in New York, 18 || this would require Plaintiffs to relocate from their home in Los Angeles, California to New York. 19 || They would have to remove their children from their schools in Los Angeles, and enroll them in new 20 |] schools in New York. 2 13. After reaching the verbal understanding, Plaintiffs and TWC entered into negotiations 22 || of the specific terms of the contract for TWC’s acquisition of the tights to the Project. 2B 14, Ina November 28, 2016 e-mail that Plaintiffs’ transactional attorney sent to TWC's 24 |) president, David Glasser, Plaintiffs made a written offer to TWC that included the following material 25 || terms relating to Plaintiffs’ compensation: i > 26 (a) A $250,000 development fee, 100% of which would be payable to Plaintiffs é oa immediately. 3 28 iii - 3 COMPLAINT —— —————————————————————— = Doct 2 Page# 4 = Doo 1D = 1719401279 - Doo type ~ ommt (eage § of 16) | (©) Anexecutive producer deal paying Lambert $50,000 per episode, on a play- 2 or-pay basis with the same minimum number of episodes as the principal cast, 3 / (©) Anexecutive producer deal paying Milchan $50,000 per episode, on a play- 4 |]; or-pay basis with the same minimum number of episodes as the principal cast. 5 | (4) Back-end compensation to Lambert and Milchan of not less than 1.5 points 6 / apiece (i. 3 points for the two of them combined) based upon modified adjusted gross 7 : receipts, sf (6) A travel allowance for reasonable travel when required, which was to cover | ol reasonable number of flights to and from Los Angeles per season, 10 : (Provision ofa ear and driver when Lambert and/or Milchan were working in u New York. | 12 |f (g) A logo credit for Lambert. | 2B (h) An office and an assistant for Milchan at TWC’s offices in New York, | “4 15, Glasser acknowledged receipt of the November 28, 2016 e-mail and promised to 15 || respond “shortly.” In the expectation that a contract would be formalized shortly thereafter, 16 |} Plaintiffs continued to work diligently on the Project. However, months passed before TWC 17 |] provided its response to Plaintifis’ offer. 18 16. Finally, on May 2, 2017, Glasser replied to the November 28, 2016 e-mail with an e- 19 || mail of his own, In that e-mail, Glasser confirmed in writing TWC’s agreement as to the terms 20 |} controlled by TWC, but noted that back-end points were controlled by David O. Russell. ai 17, Plaintiffs thereafter negotiated with representatives of David O. Russell on their 22, || back-end compensation, On June 20, 2017, by means of an exchange of e-mails, the parties agreed 23 |)in writing that PlaintiffS' back-end compensation would be 1.5% of 100% of modified adjusted gross 24 || receipts (defined on @ most favored nations basis), reduoible pro rata if necessary to accommodate 25 || additional star cast (that is, beyond Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore). | "5 26 || 18. The foregoing e-mail exchanges constituted a written contract between TWC and 27 || Plaintiffs (the “Contract”) 2 28 |i _ 4 COMPLAINT iL = oot £ Page § ~ Doo 1 = 1718401279 - boo Type = ons rage 6 of 16) eS & be 10 u 13 4 15 16 7 19 20 a 22 23 24 25 26 7 28 19. The principal cast members for the Project were guaranteed a minimum of twenty episodes of the series. Because Plaintifis’ guarantees were tied to those of the principal cast members, they were likewise guaranteed that their contractual executive producer compensation of $50,000 apiece per episode would be payable for a minimum of 20 episodes. 20. Plaintiffs performed all conditions to be performed by them pursuant to the Contract, except to the extent that such performance was excused by Defendants’ actions. Among other things, the performance included Plaintiffs’ execution of documentation assigning their intellectual property rights in the Project to an entity affiliated with TWC. 21. In October 2017, Harvey Weinstein, who was one of the co-founders of TWC, was revealed to have engaged in a pervasive pattern of sexual abuse. Upon the revelation of this sordid pattern, Amazon withdrew ftom the Project. Amazon’s withdrawal resulted in the cancellation of the Project. 22, After Amazon withdrew, TWC ceased performing its obligations under the Contract. ‘TWC has breached the Contract by, among other things, failing to pay Plaintiffs any of their ‘executive producer compensation, failing to pay Plaintiffs’ reasonable travel expenses between Los Angeles and New York, failing to provide Plaintiffs with a car and a driver while they were in New York, and failing to provide Milchan with an office and an assistant. 23. Asa result of Defendants’ breaches of the Contract, Plaintiffs have suffered damages well in excess of $2,000,000, the exact amount of which has not yet been ascertained, but which shall be proven upon the trial of this action. SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (Quantum Meruit) 24. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference, as though fully set forth hereat, each and every allegation of Paragraphs | through 23 of this Complaint. 25, Between November 2016 and October 2017, Plaintiffs performed services for Defendants in connection with the development of the Project, at Defendants’ special request. | Defendants knew that these services were being provided and promised to pay for them. Defendant | accepted, used, and enjoyed the services provided by Plaintiffs. 5 COMPLAINT ‘oot 1 Fagee 6 - Doo HD = 1739402279 ~ eage 7 of 16) 1 26. Defendants have failed and refused, and continue to fail and refuse, to pay Plaintiffs 2 || for the services that they provided. 3 27. Plaintiffs have demanded payment for their services, but Defendants have failed and 4 || refused, and continue to fail and refuse, to pay for the services rendered by Plaintiff 5 28. Plaintiffs have suffered damages in the amount of the reasonable value of the services 6 ||that they provided to Defendants, according to proof. 7 THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION 8 (For Negligence) i 9 29. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference, as though fully set forth hereat, each and every ; 10 || allegation of Paragraphs | through 28 of this Complaint. uf} 30. Harvey Weinstein (“Weinstein”) is one of the founders of TWC, and until October 12 || 2017 was TWC’s co-chairman and an employee of TWC. At all material times, Weinstein 13 |] functioned as the public face of TWC. Asa result, TWC was widely associated with Weinstein’s 14 || persona. 15 31. Upon information and belief, beginning long before TWC’s founding in 2005 and 16 |} continuing into 2017, Weinstein engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse of many of the actresses and 17 || other women whom he encountered while conducting business. Weinstein pattem of abuse was so 18 || reprehensible that, when it became public knowledge, TWC’s involvement in a motion picture or 19 || television production became toxic. The revelation of Weinstein’s pervasive misconduct resulted in 20 || the cancellation of a number of productions, including the Project. 21 32. Defendants had a duty to exercise reasonable care to assure that Weinstein was fit to 22 || occupy his position with TWC and to supervise Weinstein's conduct as an employee of TWC. 2B 33. Defendants knew when TWC entered into the Contract with Plaintiffs that the success 24 || of the Project was largely dependent on TWC maintaining its reputation in the entertainment 25 || community. Defendants knew or should have known that a scandal that destroyed TWC’s reputation 15, 26"|] would lead to the cancellation of Amazon’s involvement the Project and prevent the realization of © 27 || the objects of the Contract. ro 28 lives 6 COMPLAINT | Doct 1 Fage# 7 Boo 2D = 1789401279 ~ Doo type ~ OMER rage 8 of 26) 1 34, Defendants had numerous warning signs that such a scandal was brewing. In the 2 |] years before TWC entered into the Contract, TWC had received numerous complaints of sexual 3 |] abuse and harassment engaged in by Weinstein. Those complaints, if investigated with reasonable 4 || diligence, would have disclosed that Weinstein was unfit for his position with TWC. 5 || Notwithstanding the many complaints of Weinstein’s misconduct, Defendants continued his 6 ||employment as TWC’s co-chairman and allowed him to continué to be TWC’s public face. Worse, 7 || Defendants provided Weinstein with a steady flow of potential victims of further abuse by allowing 8 |] him to meet with actresses and other women on behalf of TWC without any supervision 9 35. Defendants negligently breached their aforementioned duties of reasonable care by 10 ||{continuing to employ Weinstein despite numerous indications of his unfitness to serve in his position 11 |/and by faiting to reasonably supervise his conduct as TWC’s employee. 12 36. Asa direct and foreseeable result of TWC’s negligence, Plaintifis have suffered 13 ||demages in an amount that has not yet been ascertained, but which shall be proven upon the trial of 14 |} this action, 15 FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION 16 (For Fraud by Concealment) 7 37. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference, as though fully set forth hereat, each and every 18 || allegation of Paragraphs | through 36 of this Complaitt. 9 38. Upon information and belief, beginning long before TWC’s founding in 2005 and 20 || continuing into 2017, Weinstein engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse of actresses and other women 21 || whom he encountered while conducting business, 2 39. Defendants were well aware of Weinstein’s pervasive pattern of abuse, TWC had 23 || made multiple payments to victims of such abuse to settle claims of sexual assault and harassment. 24 || Weinstein’s employment contract with TWC reportedly provided that he could continue to engage in 25 |] such abuse without breaching the contract, so long as he paid TWC a fine and reimbursed TWC for 26 || the resulting payouts to claimants. ei > 28 ilies 1 COMPLAINT 2 Pageh @ = Doc ZB = 1739401279 - Doo type OMER age 9 of 36) 1 40. Weinstein’s pattern of abuse was a fact that would be material to anyone contracting. 2 || with TWC to develop and/or produce a project with TWC, including Plaintiffs, because of the risk 3 | that the project would be tainted in the public eye by its association with Weinstein. 41. Defendants had long presented TWC as a reputable production company with which }10 do busiriess, both prior to and during the time that the Contract was under negotiation, This image of reputability was maintained by Defendants by means of the suppression of the facts of Weinstein’s sexual abuse and of Defendants’ role in enabling the abuse to continue, 42. Plaintiffs negotiated with TWC under the belief that they were dealing with a reputable company. During the time of the negotiations and at the time that they entered into the 10 |{Contract, they had no knowledge of Weinstein’s history of sexual misconduct. Had they known of 11 || his sordid history, they would not have entered into the Contract, as it would have exposed TWC’s 12 |}appearance of reputability to be a sham, | B 43. During the negotiations of the Contract, Defendants concealed Weinstein’s pattem of | 14 || sexual abuse from Plaintiffs. Defendants did so with the intention that Plaintiffs would enter into the Contract in reliance thereon, 16 44, Plaintiffs, in reasonable reliance on their lack of knowledge of the concealed facts, 17 |Jentered into the Contract and assigned valuable intellectual property rights for the Project to an 18 || affiliate of TWC. 9 45, Asa direct, foreseeable and proximate result of Defendants” fraudulent conduct 20 || Plaintiffs have suffered damages in an amount that has not yet been ascertained, but which shall be 21 || proven upon the trial if this action, 2 46, Inacting as alleged above, Defendants acted fraudulently, oppressively, and 23 || maliciously, in that they intentionally concealed material facts known to them with the intention of 24 || thereby depriving Plaintiffs of property or legal rights or otherwise causing injury, and thereby 25 |lengaged in despicable conduct that subjected Plaintiffs to cruel and unjust hardship in conscious v= 26 || disregard of Plaintiff's rights. Defendants should accordingly be required to pay punitive or & 27 |\exemplary damages to Plaintiffs p28 rie 8 COMPLAINT 1 eee ‘Doct 1 Fage¥ 9 = Doe ED = 1719403279 - Doo tyge = om (tage 10 of 16 10 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 au 22 23 24 25 26 a 28. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray for damages against Defendants, and each of them, jointly and severally, as follows: ON THE FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION For damages in an amount in excess of $2,000,000, according to proof, For interest on the damages, at the legal rate; For costs of suit incurred herein; yO DP For such other and further relief as the court may deem just aid proper; ON THE SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION " For damages, according to proof; For interest on the damages, at the legal rate; am For costs of suit incurred herein; = For such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper; ON THE THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION 1. For damages, according to proof; J. Forcosts of suit incurred herein; K. _ Forsuch other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper; ON THE FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION L. __ Forcompensatory damages, according to proof; M, For punitive damages, according to proof. N. For costs of suit incurred herein; and ©. Forsuch other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. DATED: December 1, 2017 FREEDMAN + TAITELMAN, LLP By: BGA Usnn re | Steven E. Formaker 1 Attorneys for Plaintiffs EMJAG || PRODUCTIONS, INC., SCOTT LAMBERT, and ALEXANDRA MILCHAN 9 ‘COMPLAINT ‘oot 2 Paget 20 - Deo 2 1719401279 ~ Doe type = OTR age 12 of 16) {Lirimev oteanivwiOUT TGV ps, Se Sar aan Fon counT aa on Bryan J. Freedavan, Beq/Steven E,Formaker, Esq, SBN: 1$1990/93906 PREEDMAN + TAITELMAN LLP e ® coi 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite $00, Los Angeles, CA 90067 F LER via exon: (310) 201-0005 raeso-(310) 20-0085 Sea fants a _sromev ron ysis EMJAG Prout, nc Scot Lambe an Alani ican {ueenor cour oF ex roma, courrv oF LOS ANGELES DEC 01 2017 ‘NET 00286 111 North Hill Sireet ‘uwuna hoones-111 North Hil Street ‘ rc x, Exggufve Ofeet et] cya pecooe Los Angeles, California 90012 Shen est suse ne: Conal Distt Pte ANRTEE ‘CASE NAME: EMIAG Productions, In, et al v. The Weinsiein Company, LLC ‘OVIL'GAGE GOVER SHEET — a be ewe I sont | $< peepee sionedss200m) Séno0aresy| "(Caesar na 940) | er tems 1-6 belbW Tus be completed (see insrucions on page 2). 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