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Atlanta Journal-Constitution threatens legal action against Richard Jewell film
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:07 pm
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and editor Kevin Riley are threatening the producers and filmmakers of Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” over its accusations of “malicious fabrications” in the film, according to a legal demand sent Monday that was obtained by TheWrap.
The letter from the law offices of Lavely & Singer accused the filmmakers as acting “recklessly” and “engaging in constitutional malice” due to the film’s portrayal of the newspaper and AJC reporter Kathy Scruggs (as played by Olivia Wilde). The paper demands that the filmmakers issue a public statement that acknowledges they took dramatic and artistic licenses with the story, and that a prominent disclaimer is added to the film.
“We’re simply asking that the producers issue a statement acknowledging that some events were imagined for dramatic purposes, and that artistic license and dramatization were used in the film’s portrayal of events and characters,” Riley said in a statement to TheWrap. “In addition, we’re requesting a disclaimer to that effect be added to the film’s credits.”
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Hopefully they just pay the lawsuit and forego the after-credits text the AJC wants added onto the film. Also...I find it funny that they want them to do this when they are literally four days away from release. The prints have already been shipped to the theaters.
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Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:09 pm to RollTide1987
I hope Clint tells the paper to suck his dick.
Maybe they shouldn’t have fricked the whole thing up to begin with.
Maybe they shouldn’t have fricked the whole thing up to begin with.
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Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:09 pm to RollTide1987
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“We’re simply asking that the producers issue a statement acknowledging that some events were imagined for dramatic purposes, and that artistic license and dramatization were used in the film’s portrayal of events and characters,” Riley said in a statement to TheWrap. “In addition, we’re requesting a disclaimer to that effect be added to the film’s credits.”
"No. File your lawsuit and let's start Discovery."
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:09 pm to RollTide1987
Kinda funny how they are all spun up about damage to their reputation...
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:11 pm to RollTide1987
I would love for Richard Jewell's estate to counter-sue.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:16 pm to RollTide1987
Maybe they shouldn't have lied and ruined a man's life.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:18 pm to RollTide1987
Ah, the irony.
This is Eastwood's final FU to the liberal media (and FBI) who flat out ruined Jewell's name basically because he fit a stereotype
This is Eastwood's final FU to the liberal media (and FBI) who flat out ruined Jewell's name basically because he fit a stereotype
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:29 pm to RollTide1987
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its accusations of “malicious fabrications”
Oh? Exactly what they did to Richard Jewel?
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:36 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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I would love for Richard Jewell's estate to counter-sue.
I believe after he died they finally ruled that the AJC was not liable and the case was dismissed. AJC fought it for years.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:40 pm to RollTide1987
That is hilariously ironic
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:49 pm to wildtigercat93
Posted on 12/9/19 at 3:54 pm to RollTide1987
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due to the film’s portrayal of the newspaper and AJC reporter Kathy Scruggs (as played by Olivia Wilde)
Two things I can tell you about Kathy Scruggs, a judge sent her to jail for not revealing her source on the story. And she died of a drug overdose, about 20 years ago.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:02 pm to RollTide1987
Pretty sure they're just upset that they showed the reporter sleeping with a source for information. Not that they totally screwed the pooch on the entire thing.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:15 pm to DFWAggie09
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Pretty sure they're just upset that they showed the reporter sleeping with a source for information. Not that they totally screwed the pooch on the entire thing.
What's the difference between a whore and a reporter?
One fricks you BEFORE leaving, the other continuously fricks you AFTER leaving.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:44 pm to RollTide1987
No one reads that rag
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:48 pm to RollTide1987
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some events were imagined for dramatic purposes, and that artistic license and dramatization were used
Kind of like their coverage of Jewell when all this happened?
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:52 pm to TigerintheNO
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Two things I can tell you about Kathy Scruggs, a judge sent her to jail for not revealing her source on the story. And she died of a drug overdose, about 20 years ago.
Did she ever reveal or can we assume she made that shite up?
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:56 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Did she ever reveal or can we assume she made that shite up?
She never revealed her source.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:03 pm to RollTide1987
Ah
And then started abusing drugs to numb her pain from ruining a man's life and it killed her.
Good riddance.
And then started abusing drugs to numb her pain from ruining a man's life and it killed her.
Good riddance.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:05 pm to TheCaterpillar
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or can we assume she made that shite up?
What was possibly made up? I'm not well versed on this, b/c it was so long ago and I haven't thought about it in years. I'm sure the media sensationalized stuff but wasn't Jewell actually being looked at by the FBI? I thought the AJC won the lawsuit ultimately bc the info they reported was deemed to be accurate at the time it was reported. Of course, I could be wrong about this.
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