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CAA Calls Out Sage Steele Lawsuit As “Meritless Attempt” To Get Out Of Paying Commissions She Owes Agency – Update
The former ESPN host settled with Disney, but now is going after her agency in the courts
With a wide ranging damages seeking complaint filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court against the agency, that’s part of the blast radius of accusing your reps of lying to you and tossing you under the bus for bigger deals. Even though Steele made her controversy inducing comment’s about ESPN and Disney ’s Covid vaccine mandate policy and former President Barack Obama ’s biracial identity almost three years ago, this is also the consequence of the ex-co-host of the noon SportsCenter wanting to be rid of CAA, but the uber-agency not letting her go. “As this Complaint will allege, award-winning ESPN on-air talent Sage Steele sought professional and legal advice from CAA at a time she was being persecuted for exercising her First Amendment rights,” the jury trial seeking filing says ( read it here).
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