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Terrence Howard Says CAA Owes Him $120 Million in Empire Pay Dispute

Terrence Howard says CAA owes him millions for alleged conflict of interest while negotiating his 'Empire' salary.

Terrence Howard refuses to “be quiet” about the money he says Creative Artists Agency (CAA) owes him for alleged conflict of interest, while negotiating his salary on Empire — which he says was lower than what “white counterparts” in television were paid at the time. In the video posted March 30, the actor told host Daphne “Phanee” Wynn that he’s still battling the agency in court over the contract his former agents negotiated for his role as music mogul Lucious Lyon on Empire, which ended its run on Fox in 2020. “Howard was on actual notice of the facts underlying his claims … that CAA acted as packaging agent for Empire and was paid separately out of the show’s budget more than 10 years ago,” the agency’s attorneys stated in documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, as reported by City News Service.

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