Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - Houston Business Journal:

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Louisville, Ky., alleged Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and Long” is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Dallasa County accuse Irvin of fraud, fraud by nondisclosure, breach of contracy and unjust enrichment. Larry Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Business Journal Wednesdahy that the lawsuit is completely bogus andwithou merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no busineses cards, no company, no stationery and workeds outside the industry withoutsubstantial contacts.
Friedman added that a lot of people in the entertainmenrt industry were throwing the same show conceptg around and Michael had the conceptf and was looking fora producer. When askedc who called the initial meeting betweebnthe parties, Friedman said he didn'rt know who invited who to the In response, the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issues is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then reneged on the termd of the deal.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuitt say they developed the concept behindsthe show, which they were callingb "Guts to Glory" and ended up in contac t with Irvin and his representatives to invite Irvin to be the show'z host. The plaintiffs offered a deal in whicjh Irvin and his agent would receiv e 25 percent of the proceedzs and the plaintiffs would receive75 percent. They lateer struck a deal in which Irvin would take 75 percentg of the aggregate executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs would share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptionsx of the show for othe sports would involve a 50-59 split, according to the lawsuit.
Duringt the negotiation process, the three say Irvin was providedx withmarketing tools, includingh a story board, to present to Dallas Cowboys executivew and Dallas Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intent of getting the team involved. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say they were escortecd out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallass law offices of Friedman & Fieglerd LLP in which Larry Friedman was Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via a conference When they were brought back into the meeting, the plaintiffs were told that Irvi would have to review the deal memo beforer signing.
Days later, they learned that Irvin woulxd only agree toa 95-5 percent split with Irvin takingf a 95 percent cut, and five days afterr that Irvin sent an e-maip to Clark stating that he had never used the storyboarfd in his presentation to Jones, according to the The three individuals who planned to producew the show are suing Irvijn claiming in their suit that Irvihn “through his agents, representatives, and/or made false and material misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerning his agreement to the term s of the deal including the 75-25 percent split.
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