According to details of a new lawsuit, it almost happened.
via NY Daily News:
The “Empire” star’s former management
company, Authentic Talent and Literary Management, filed a formal
complaint alleging the actor owes them $250,000 after they helped save
his job on the show, according to People.
The complaint, obtained by the
magazine, says the company “intervened with the Los Angeles-based
executives of Imagine and effectively saved Howard’s job on ‘Empire’ by
convincing those executives not to terminate Howard from the show.”
The document offers no insight as to
why Howard’s position on the show was at risk.According to the
complaint, Howard signed with Authentic in the summer of 2013 and ended
his agreement with them only a year later. However, the management
company claims they played an “integral part” in getting him his role on
the hit Fox show.
The complaint by Authentic further
states Howard acknowledged his contractual obligation to pay the company
10 percent of any revenue he received by way of jobs found by the
company.
The management company says the
47-year-old actor has failed to make those payments “despite having
received millions of dollars from ‘Empire’ and despite being in a
position to receive millions more,” the complaint reads.
According to People, Howard made
payments over the course of the last two years during the first and
second seasons of “Empire,” but he stopped doing so in March.
Lawsuits always end up revealing everyone’s backroom tea! Remember that!
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