Get the latest gossip
Should He Stay Or Should He Go? UTA & Michael Kassan Clash Over Scheme To Keep Exec On For $3M After Accusations Of Broken Contracts, Theft – Update
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Kassan‘s team promised late last week they would up the legal ante with UTA unless the agency completely dropped its lawsuit against the resigned/fired (depending on who you ask) MediaLink CEO, and today they did just that. In a motion to compel arbitration filed this AM, the controversial executive’s lawyer Sanford Michelman has […]
In a motion to compel arbitration filed this AM, the controversial executive’s lawyer Sanford Michelman has now requested a May 15 hearing in LA Superior Court to erase UTA’s remaining claim to stop Kassan from forming a rival strategic advisory firm to the UTA-owned MediaLink. In what is an increasing messy battle over a 2021 $125 million handshake deal clearly gone very wrong with conflicting claims that Kassan had his hand in the corporate cash cookie jar and UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer was underhanded, to put it mildly, Monday’s early morning motion is fairly straightforward: To the motion to compel also comes as Deadline can confirm that Kassan is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the southern district of New York over tax issues not connected to MediaLink exec’s from UTA and accusations of financial misconduct during his stint there.
Or read this on Deadline
