WME’s Rick Rosen Says WGA West Executive Director David Young “Repeatedly Threatened To ‘Kill’ Me” During Heated Phone Call; WGA Denies Claim
David Robb Labor EditorWME partner Rick Rosen claims in court documents filed Wednesday that WGA West executive director David Young “repeatedly threatened to ‘kill’ me” during a heated phone conversation in August, as the guild and the agency were trying to work out a deal to end their ongoing legal standoff.Rosen said that he was so alarmed by the alleged threat that he called WGA West president David A. Goodman to complain about it, but didn’t get a satisfactory response.