Bam Margera Drops Lawsuit Against Paramount, Johnny Knoxville & Others Over ‘Jackass’ Axing — Update
deadline.comUPDATED, 8 AM: Jackass co-creator Bam Margera has dropped his lawsuit over his firing from the franchise’s Jackass Forever film.
In court documents filed Wednesday, April 13 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Margera asks a judge that his case, alleging that he was wrongly fired by Paramount Pictures, be dismissed “with prejudice,” which means it cannot be re-filed.
The court papers do not reveal whether Margera reached a settlement or why he decided to drop the case. Also named in the suit were MTV, Jeffrey Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Dickhouse Entertainment, Gorilla Flicks, among others.
Margera had sought millions of dollars in damages.PREVIOUS, August, 9, 2021: Jackass co-creator Bam Margera is suing Johnny Knoxville, Paramount Pictures, MTV and others over his firing from the franchise’s upcoming movie.Seeking millions of dollars in damages, the 39-page complaint filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), cites “Defendants’ inhumane, abusive and discriminatory treatment of Plaintiff Margera, and for their wrongful termination of him from the Jackass franchise he created.”The suit says that in March 2020, Paramount signed Margera for a fourth Jackass film, now titled Jackass Forever.
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