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HFPA Rejects $2.5 Million Settlement Offer From Norwegian Reporter

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association has rejected a $2.5 million settlement offer from Kjersti Flaa, the Norwegian reporter whose lawsuit set off a controversy that led to the cancellation of next year’s Golden Globes.Flaa filed the suit last August after being twice denied membership in the tiny club of foreign journalists that votes on the Globes.

She alleged that she had been rejected at the behest of Scandinavian members who feared she posed a competitive threat, and she also accused the group of self-dealing and antitrust violations.A judge dismissed the suit in March, calling its claims “hopelessly muddled.” But her allegations triggered a Los Angeles Times investigation that also noted the HFPA has.

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