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Posted on 10/09/2020 1:55:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The studio's president of North American TV distribution has been let go after an incident involving a coworker. Lionsgate has fired one of its executives for allegedly having a gun on company premises.
Sources say the studio's president of North American TV distribution Jared Goetz has been let go for violating company policy. The gun was discovered when Goetz — who was working in Lionsgate's Santa Monica offices in September — drove a coworker to lunch last month.
In the car, he allegedly opened up about having his house broken into and being attacked in his car at a stoplight recently. The two incidents led him to get a gun for protection, he allegedly told the coworker. He then revealed that he had the gun in the car with them, sources say.
Before heading in the restaurant for lunch with his colleague, Goetz is said to have transferred the gun from his car into a fanny pack he was wearing in the restaurant. There is a dispute about whether the gun was loaded or not. Both Lionsgate and Goetz declined to comment.
A source says Goetz never actually brought the gun into the Lionsgate offices — but that he did have it in his car in the parking lot, which qualifies as company premises and is therefore a violation of Lionsgate's policy. He was subsequently let go for the breach, and today is his last day at the studio.
Bryan Freedman, Goetz’s attorney, responded with the following statement: "Jared had his home burglarized and during the pandemic was attacked in his car at while at a stop light on Reseda Boulevard. He owned a hand gun that was properly licensed. Consistent with past actions, he had plans to go to the shooting range after work and train with Officer Daryl Scoggins of the West Valley police department. As Lionsgate confirmed, this was a one time incident, wherein he never took the gun into the office nor did he remove it from the lock box in the car while he was at work. He never showed it to anyone nor did he threaten or let anyone even see it. It was properly and legally secured and there was no one else who had ever seen it — Jared has alway been a model employee. He has never been involved in anything even close to disciplinary action in more than 25 years of working for companies. He is well liked and an honorable person. He never intended in any way to make anyone uncomfortable nor did he do anything illegal — In fact, there are no allegations that he attempted to scare or threaten anyone. While he has reasons for self protection, he is terribly sorry for this matter and realizes while the gun was properly secured in his vehicle, leaving it in his car in the parking lot was against company policy. He has had tremendous success while at Lionsgate which has led to him being approached with other incredible opportunities. He is focusing on those opportunities and wishes that this was not such a difficult and unsafe time for everyone."
In his role at the independent studio, he was responsible for leading the licensing team and selling content across broadcast, cable, pay TV and SVOD. Before joining Lionsgate in 2017, Goetz spent 22 years at Disney, where he was responsible for the sales of first-run syndicated hits including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Live With Regis and Kelly and Grey's Anatomy.
So did the coworker turn him in? Trust no one.
His co-worker ratted him out? It’s all the rage ya know.
Lionsgate just put a Kick Me sign on their business premises. Bad guys will know their are no guns beyond security, if that.
A company run by anti Americans?
Bingo! They were gunning for him!
And the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in Hypocrisy goes to.....Lionsgate Films!
A sampler of Lionsgate offerings:
American Psycho; Sicario [major shootem-up]; the John Wick series [mega shootem-ups}; The Expendables; Rambo series; Hunger Games series; and, that kumbayyah classic, Saw VI.
Lionsgate sells the public non-stop ultra-violence, shootings, stabbings, and even serial sawings as “entertainment” but faints when its employee has the means to defend himself locked in his car. Shame on him for working one day for people like these and for trusting his back-stabbing co-workers. The scumbag who ratted him out is probably sitting in his office now.
I was about to ask the same question.
Never talk about guns with anybody. If somebody asks just change the subject.
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The coworker, male or female ?
What a chicken sh*t company. And the CEO was foolish even bring up the subject with a co-worker while within the borders of California. And this after he was attacked while in his vehicle and had his home broken into.
CA is trying to criminalize self defense....What an eff’d up state.
Probably but they paid off the sex abuse claims of the coworker he took to lunch.
Lawsuit
He owned a hand gun that was properly licensed.
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This statement does not really say he has a carry permit.
It says the hand gun was licensed. Oh, what’s that mean in Calif? Was it purchased through an FFL and the CA DOJ background check (which is de facto gun registration)?
And if you are carrying it in your car to go to the range, it stays in the car till then, unless he has a CCW which has not been clearly claimed.
You have to be well connected, a celebrity, judge, cop, big political donor$, corrupt politicians etc. You see, regular citizens in CA are not wealthy enough or well connected enough to be afforded self defense.
No joke.
*Massachusetts* (my home) even had a higher percentage of the population with a CCW.
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As I understand it, in MA, you cannot buy, own, use, or borrow a gun without a CCW (of which there are about 3 or 4 versions).
So every gun owner has a CCW of some sort.
I am trying to figure out MA gun law, so corrections are appreciated.
Just don’t move there or travel there or pass though!
You’ll be good!
Applies to NY and NJ, too!
Surrrre...
It's clear from the report that the guy was selling cocaine in the office and had raped and tortured several of his co-workers (both male & female)...
However, it was all the child porn he was carrying in his briefcase that really did him in...
Snicker...
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