Posted on 08/25/2017 9:01:23 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Bill Nye is suing the Walt Disney Company and a host of its subsidiaries today for more than $37 million, alleging he didn’t receive his fair share of the net profits generated by his long-running series Bill Nye the Science Guy.
“Plaintiff is informed and believes and thereon alleges that as a direct and proximate result of the Defendants’ breach of fiduciary duty, Plaintiff has suffered damages in the amount of not less than Nine Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Five Hundred Sixty dollars (USD$9,350,565.00), the final amount to be proven at trial,” says the complaint, dropping some big bucks demands (read it here).
And then the big bucks get bigger, like three times bigger.
“Plaintiff is further informed and believes and thereon alleges that the Defendants, by breaching their fiduciary duties, enriched themselves, at the expense of the Plaintiff and the BNSG Owners, obtaining ill-gotten profits of not less than Twenty Eight Million Fifty One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Five dollars (USD$28,051,695.00),” Nye does some math at Disney’s expense that alleges to be at his expense.
The 28-page suit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court , says that Nye received a check in April 2008 for $585,000 as his share of the net profits. However, a few months later, Buena Vista Television sent a second letter retracting its prior calculations. According to the second letter, Nye instead owed BTV $496,111.
Deadline has reached out to Disney for comment but has not heard back.
Bill Nye the Science Guy ran on PBS from 1994 to 1999 and also was syndicated to local stations. The show aired for 100 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning 19
Rex/Shutterstock The suit that Nye and his lawyers put before the court contends that “the disturbing size of the supposed ‘accounting error,’ coupled with the seeming indifference of both BVT and WDC, left Nye suspicious of the veracity of the accounting.”
Nye claims that he stopped receiving royalty or participation payments as of July 22, 2008, with the suit stating accountants insisting that he first repay the amount allegedly owed from the “overpayment.”
Formally, Nye’s action claims fraudulent concealment, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the convenent of good faith and fair dealing, and various accounting issues.
On the attorney front, Nye is represented by Burbank’s Hamrick & Evans LLP.
Ah. So it IS about $$.
Hey, Bill Nye-the stupid guy-I didn’t think you perverted Commies were supposed to be about “fair share” and money?? I hope Mickey gives you the stiff one—you’ll like that much better.
Fraud suit? Bill Nye is the biggest fraud around.
Hard to know who to be against more in this one, Bill Nye the fraud guy or the homosexual lovers at Disney...I wish they would both just p*&$ss off!
How ironic this fraud suing anyone at all for fraud.
Bill Nye The “My Pu**y Hurts Guy”.
I was proud to be blocked by this asshole on Twitter after I called him out on globull scamming.
Disney should counter sue him for fraud.
Nye has an Engineering degree......................
De Blasio hates police. Therefore the entire NYPD needs to walk out for 24 hours. No arrests, no 911 responses, zero, nada.
Yep...Bill Nye, the I want Mo Money Guy
Hah ... No Humans Involved.
The perpetrator of dogmatic science fraud claims he was a victim of fraud? Sounds like karma crushed his dogma.
The money in the Global Warming racket may be drying up, so Bill Nye is now switching to Plan B ...
No kidding...wish there was a way for both to lose!
He wants to be fairly paid for his work. Now he gets it....welcome aboard.
Bill Nye, the Broke Guy...
My brother worked at Disney. He said it was homo-heaven in the back rooms.
I really love this site. It’s very insightful, and people have their head on straight on this site...a lot of good thinking etc etc....but is the homophobia really necessary?
Seriously, what people do in their own personal life is not your concern. Some couples roll-play, some watch porn, some strictly make love, some sleep apart, and I’m sure every other permutation under the moon occurs every night all across the earth...including whatever it is that you do. Some are gay. The bottom line is: It’s no ones business. Let it go.
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