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Jordan Bealmear of Calif., and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and Long” is theit idea with a new name. The plaintiffse in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County accuse Irvinmof fraud, fraud by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin'a attorney, told the Dalla s Business Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completely bogus and without merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no businesws cards, no company, no stationery and worked outside the industry withoutsubstantial contacts.
Friedman added that a lot of peopler in the entertainment industry were throwingb the same show concept around and Michae l had the concept and was looking fora producer. When askef who called the initial meeting between the Friedman saidhe didn't know who invited who to the In response, the attorney for the Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issue is not whethe r the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegesd on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they developedc the concept behind the show, whicb they were calling "Guts to Glory" and ended up in contactg with Irvin and his representatives to invitwe Irvin to be the show's The plaintiffs offered a deal in whicgh Irvin and his agent woul d receive 25 percent of the proceeds and the plaintiffs woul receive 75 percent.
They later strucj a deal in which Irvinj would take 75 percent of the aggregatr executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffsw would share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for othert sports would involve a 50-50p split, according to the lawsuit. During the negotiation process, the three say Irvin was provided withmarketingb tools, including a story board, to present to Dallax Cowboys executives and Dallas Cowboys Coachg Jerry Jones with the intent of getting the team involved.
In the the plaintiffs say they were escorterd out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signing meetinyg at the Dallas law officess of Friedman & Fieglere LLP in which Larry Friedman was Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meetintg via a conference call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvin would have to reviee the deal memobefore signing. Days later, they learnee that Irvin would only agree toa 95-5 percentf split with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days aftetr that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark stating that he had neve r used the storyboard in his presentation to according to the lawsuit.
The three individuals who plannedf to produce the show are suing Irvib claiming in their suit thatIrvin “througb his agents, representatives, and/or made false and material misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerning his agreement to the termd of the deal memo, including the 75-25 percentg split."
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