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Greg Auman
NFC South Reporter
Here’s a twist: Former NFL receiver Antonio Brown is suing someone for not paying him as expected.
Brown has made headlines for numerous instances of being accused of not paying people for contracted work — chefs, movers, personal trainers — but now he’s the one claiming he has been shorted.
A lawsuit filed in Broward County, Florida, last month seeks action against movie producer James Masciello, claiming that a production company entered into an agreement to pay Brown $2 million for a documentary-style TV show (“Untitled Antonio Brown Project”) in association with Netflix.
The lawsuit is also against a “Happy or Right? LLC,” though there are no public records of such a company. Masciello’s address in the lawsuit is for Raven & Company, formerly Raven Capital Management, a billion-dollar private equity firm where he was listed as a principal and portfolio manager.
The suit includes an agreement from 2021 that shows Brown was to be paid $250,000 initially from a guaranteed $2 million. If the show’s production budget exceeded $5 million, he would get 40% of that total, plus 20% of the “creative share” of “net proceeds.”
The suit asks for documents showing any agreement between Masciello and Netflix, writing that Brown “shall furnish the day, time and hour that respond (sic) will pay the final fixed fee.” It also seeks the names of people with firsthand knowledge of the agreement between Brown and Masciello.
An email seeking comment from Raven & Company — Masciello is no longer listed among the executive leaders there — was not immediately returned. The original contract, signed in September 2021 and included in Brown’s lawsuit, stipulates that payment is on the condition that “subject performs all required services and is not in material breach, and subject to Producer’s customary rights to suspension and termination.”
Brown hasn’t played in the NFL since 2021. He took off his…
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Publish date : 2023-12-19 16:49:42
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