In January 2013, Al Jazeera, the media conglomerate controlled by the Qatari government, paid about $500 million to Gore, businessman Joel Hyatt and their business partners to buy Current TV, a ratings-challenged cable news network that was distributed to about 50 million homes.http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/19/al-jazeera-response-gore-lawsuit/15879927/...
After their sales contract was finalized, AJAM and Gore's company, Current Media, set aside a portion of the sales price in an escrow account for other claims that may arise following the sale.
In August, Gore and his partners sued AJAM for keeping about $65 million of those funds, claiming that AJAM wants to give itself a discount. AJAM "manufactured several ways to raid the entirety of the escrow balance in express violation" of the agreement, Gore's lawsuit claimed.
Well, not as Schadenfreudinous as I thought, but still rather delicious, don’t you think?