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Posted by Mike Epper on 09/20/07 16:23
Thought this was going to be about an aging female adult movie actress with
the last name Alexandre.
"Fred Goodwin, CMA" <fgoodwin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1190301733.469661.274520@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Former 'Beaver' Star Sues Over Unpaid Royalties
>
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/
> AR2007091802458.html>
> http://tinyurl.com/2d5oqo
>
> By Leslie Simmons
> Reuters
> Tuesday, September 18, 2007; 11:53 PM
>
> LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ken Osmond, who played the
> troublemaking Eddie Haskell on TV's "Leave It to Beaver," has filed a
> multi-million-dollar lawsuit seeking unpaid royalties from the Screen
> Actors Guild.
>
> Osmond, 64, a retired Los Angeles police officer, claims the union has
> collected more than $8 million in foreign residuals on behalf of its
> members and nonmembers but has not passed on the profits.
>
> Osmond filed the suit on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court as a
> proposed class-action case. If approved, it would allow others in
> similar situations to participate in the litigation.
>
> "SAG has intentionally collected and took possession of specifically
> identifiable amounts of monies belonging to Osmond and members of the
> class," the suit states. "Further, defendants have held these monies
> in their sole possession for an unreasonably long period of time,
> thereby preventing Osmond and the class members access to monies that
> are rightfully theirs."
>
> In June, SAG allegedly "stonewalled" Osmond and his requests to audit
> its books and explain how it collects and pays out foreign residuals.
>
> "We have not received a copy of the complaint and have no further
> comment," said SAG's general counsel, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
>
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