Posted by Fred Goodwin, CMA on 09/20/07 15:22

Former 'Beaver' Star Sues Over Unpaid Royalties

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/
AR2007091802458.html>
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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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