CAA Settles “Underperforming Writers” List Lawsuit Ahead of Trial
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Lawyers for the writer, John Musero, informed the court of a deal to resolve the case ahead of a trial set to start with opening statements this week. A rep for the agency called the suit a "nuisance."
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text CAA has settled a lawsuit with a writer who had accused the agency of breaching its duty by placing him on blacklists. Lawyers for the writer, John Musero, informed the court on Monday of a deal to resolve the case ahead of a trial set to start with opening statements this week. The agreement is conditioned on the completion of certain terms within 45 days. Further details weren’t disclosed. “We are glad to finally move on from this meritless lawsuit, which produced no finding of wrongdoing by CAA and was resolved for what amounts to nuisance value,” a spokesperson for CAA tells The Hollywood Reporter. Related Stories Music Booking Agent Lucy Dickins Joins CAA Days After Departing WME Business Maral Beylerian Rejoins CAA to Bring Brands to Hollywood Dealmaking Expected witnesses at the trial included Aaron Sorkin, who Musero worked with as a scribe on The Newsroom , and Peter Micelli, who ran CAA’s television department at the time but now runs Range Media Partners. The long-running case started in 2019 when Musero claimed that CAA and his former agent Andrew Miller sabotaged his career by failing to properly shop his pilot called Main Justice . In his telling, the idea attracted the interest of The Mark Gordon Company, the then-largest studio-producer of network TV. But once he entered into a 14-month development deal, CAA entirely stopped submitting Musero for writing opportunities, the lawsuit said. According to the complaint, Miller later redeveloped the script with Top Gun producer Jerry Bruckheimer and writer Sascha Penn, his friend and client who sold it to CBS, while letting Musero’s option with The Mark Gordon Company lapse. The court last year narrowed the scope of the case, finding that the idea for Musero’s script wasn...
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