Judge Judy & CBS Socked With $5M Suit Over Les Moonves Era $95M Sale Of Syndicated Series’ Library
Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticJudge Judy is heading back to court, but not in the way the fans of the soon to end syndicated series probably assume and it looks to partially be Les Moonves’ faultLess than six months after former Manhattan family court judge Judy Sheindlin and Rebel Entertainment Partners settled their long running legal battle over big bucks in missed contractually obliged payments from the two decade and more running show, the latter is now suing the former and CBS for more than $5 million over a seemingly sleight of hand $95 million sale of the show’s rich library.“Disgraced media mogul Les Moonves may have been shown the door at CBS in 2018, but not before he conspired with other CBS executives,