EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Read Jon Gosselin’s $5 Million Lawsuit Against TLC!
Posted on Nov 12, 2009 @ 03:48PM
In a $5 million countersuit against the network that made him famous, Jon Gosselin says TLC has harmed his reputation and caused him to lose business opportunities, according to court papers obtained exclusively by RadarOnline.com.
In addition, Jon claims the network owes him $175,000.
Only RadarOnline.com has the court documents making their way through Maryland’s Montgomery County Circuit Court system and they confirm our world exclusive scoop that Jon was answering TLC’s lawsuit against him with one against the network!
EXCLUSIVE COURT DOCUMENTS: Read Jon’s Lawsuit Against TLC Here
The papers reveal that Jon was earning $22,500 per half hour episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 and $45,000 per hour-long episode, according to the terms of an April 29, 2008 contract.
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His countersuit is filed as part of his response to TLC’s breach of contract lawsuit and the network’s request for a preliminary injunction, which is scheduled to be heard December 14.
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Jon’s lawyer Mark Heller has enlisted the help of Maryland lawyer Christopher Hostage in the fight against TLC, which is represented by Williams & Connolly, widely regarded as one of the best law firms in the country.
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Jon claims that his outside money-making ventures are legitimate and his contract with TLC is against Public Policy, rendering it null and void.
In his $5 million counterclaim against TLC, Jon’s lawyers claim TLC’s parent company, Discovery began contacting media outlets on August 9, 2009 to get them to stop dealing with Jon.
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Jon’s lawyers say: “As a result of Plaintiff-Discovery’s conduct and actions, Defendant-Gosselin has suffered and will continue to suffer harm to his reputation, lost business opportunities, lost profits, and other consequential damages, such as, but not limited to, a loss of good will and name recognition.”
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Meanwhile, Paul Gaffney, the lead attorney for Williams & Connolly, has won several court motions allowing him to depose various people close to Jon, including girlfriend Hailey Glassman, Jon’s bodyguard, his Team of Hellers and Michael Lohan.
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While Jon contends that TLC’s contract is unlawfully restrictive and prevents him from earning a living, TLC alleges Jon breached their contract and would still be receiving a paycheck from the network if he had not decided to compete with it.
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RadarOnline.com exclusively reported Wednesday that Jon charges the network with violating Pennsylvania child labor laws and taking advantage of the Gosselins, who negotiated their first (of several) contracts without a lawyer or manager. Those court papers are available only on RadarOnliine.com, although they were briefly “lifted” by another site, which decided to remove them after a phone call from RadarOnline.com’s lawyers!
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Comments
I blame TLC for all this. They did favor Kate by letting her do multiple interviews and appearances and not allowing Jon the same. They brought this on themselves. The money train run out.
Posted Fri, 11/20/2009 - 7:49am
What is horley doing now days? Tears for hanging out with dad of 8 and a married man. Don't we all feel so sorry for her?
Posted Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:27am
No one made jonboyjerk look bad but himself. He is a laugh! Hanging out with slimebuckets don't make u look good. As the ol saying goes don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Posted Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:25am
TLC made Jon look good...he owes them. Now that he has broken ties with them, he has shown his true colors.
Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:44pm
So just to be clear...Jon says TLC owes him money, so that's why he took $$ from the joint acct? He figured he was "owed"...
Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:43pm
Think about it, he made $2K for the episodes for the first two seasons. TLC didn't know at first if they'd have any audience at all, so $2K wasn't bad. Later seasons he made $20K an episode. For no acting, no training, no scripts...
Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:57pm
...no JOB...Who else gets paid that kind of money for no training or experience or responsibilities?
Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:58pm
There is no such thing as a "reality show" . Even those are scripted and edited. But Jon is still an infamous douche!
Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:41pm
TLC harmed his reputation? What a laugh!
Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:38pm
He must have meant that they duct-taped it together over and over, trying to make it salvageable. But they just couldn't. All of TLC's horse and all of their men, couldn't put Dumby's reputation together again.
Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:59pm