Judge Judy & CBS Get $95M Series Library Sale Suit Dismissed; Appeal Planned By Rebel Entertainment
deadline.comThe dogfight between Judith Sheindlin and CBS with Rebel Entertainment Partners over the $95 million sale of the Judy Judy library is over, but not finished.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kristin S.
Escalante has granted a motion by Sheindlin, Big Ticket Pictures and the Paramount Global-owned company to dismiss the two-year old suit from self-described “successor in interest” Rebel over the more than $5 million the latter claim they are owed for the admittedly convoluted 2017 sale. “Defendants Big Ticket Pictures, Inc.; CBS Studios, Inc.; CBS Corporation; Judith Sheindlin; and Her Honor, Inc.
are entitled to judgment in their favor on all causes of action as fully reflected in the Order, which is signed and filed on this date and incorporated herein by reference to the Court file,” declares a mid-day September 28 order from the LASC judge (read it here).However, before the victory dances commence, the Freedman + Taitelman represented Rebel have a tune of their own to play.“The judge found that despite CBS’s consistent denial that a sale of the Judge Judy library had never occurred, CBS’s own financial records showed that not to be the case,” Hollywood heavyweight attorney Bryan Freedman told Deadline today. “Given that fact this matter will be decided in the court of appeal.
We are confident that the court of appeal will rule in our clients favor.”Contacted by Deadline, reps for the now Judy Justice host had no comment on the ruling in the often acidic suit.
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