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        <title><![CDATA[Judge Judy sued over Les Moonves sale of her show’s ‘library rights’]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Judge Judy Sheindlin is putting her money where her mouth is, literally.</p><p>Sheindlin — who <strong>makes $47 million a year</strong>, and is <strong>ending her blockbuster run on &#8220;Judge Judy&#8221;</strong> after 25 seasons this year — has been hit with a lawsuit by Rebel Entertainment Partners alleging that she stiffed the company out of profits when she bought and sold the show&#8217;s library rights in a deal with CBS in 2015.</p><p>But Sheindlin told us in response to the suit, referring to Rebel Entertainment president Richard Lawrence: &#8220;I have not seen the complaint and can therefore only comment on what I have read which suggests that I am being sued for &#8216;breach of contract.&#8217; If that is the basis of Mr. Lawrence&#8217;s lawsuit, here is my challenge: If Mr. Lawrence can produce a contract, signed by me and Mr. Lawrence on the same page, at any time in history from the beginning of time, I will toast that contract, smear it with cream cheese and eat it on national television.&#8221;</p><p>The suit against Sheindlin, CBS and its Big Ticket Entertainment division is just the latest in a long-simmering legal war involving Rebel and the show. Rebel has reportedly previously settled a suit with CBS alleging that it was shorted from profits stemming from Sheindlin&#8217;s salary that were improperly deducted as expenses. (Rebel is the company that succeeded the talent agency that originally packaged &#8220;Judge Judy.&#8221;)</p><p>Now Rebel says it&#8217;s owed money from the sale of the show&#8217;s library, and the new suit even alleges incompetency on the part of disgraced CBS mogul Les Moonves in the library sale.</p><p>&#8220;In 2015, Moonves and his loyal lieutenant [Armando] Nuñez seriously underestimated the value of the library and sold the rights to these episodes to series star Judith Sheindlin for a song,&#8221; the suit states. The suit alleges that Moonves then covered his tracks by buying the rights for between $95 million and $99 million to avoid scrutiny since only purchases over $100 million would need approval.</p><p>The suit adds, &#8220;Now that Viacom is in a position to oversee the behavior of CBS leadership, it is time for the new leadership it installed to make a sincere effort to right the wrongful conduct that has been a systemic problem at CBS.&#8221;</p><p>The library sale is also the subject of another ongoing suit brought by &#8220;Judge Judy&#8221; co-creators Kaye Switzer and the trust of the late Sandi Spreckman against CBS.</p><p>CBS did not comment. Rebel did not immediately get back to us.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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