The ex-footballer David Beckham demanded to the actor Mark Wahlberg after a deal with a fitness company fell apart, leaving the Englishman £8.5 million out of pocket (approximately $10,500,000).
His company, DB Ventures Ltd, stated that the Hollywood star known for numerous roles in major film productions, tricked the owner of Inter Miami into working with the F45 company.
Beckham, 48, agreed to be the brand’s global ambassador when he moved to Los Angeles in 2007, and where he forged a friendship with Wahlberg, 52, as they lived in the same neighborhood, Beverly Hills.
Millionaire losses for David Beckham, who goes against everyone
But the actor is not the only defendant: also his signature, Mark Wahlberg Investment Groupalready the founders of the F45 gym group, Adam Gilchrist and Rob Deutsch.
In this way, the football legend who passed through clubs such as Manchester United and Real Madrid, claims that he lost more than £8.5 million when the shares he was promised were withheld until share prices plummeted.
Wahlberg and his co-defendants said the allegations of ”fraudulent conduct” are baseless and asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
Initially, the Englishman teamed up with golf legend Greg Norman, who also had a complaint against F45, but a judge later explained to the two that they had to sue separately.
Ana de Armas’ million-dollar lawsuit against Universal for the exclusion in Yesterday already has a ruling
Two men who sued Universal studio for including Ana de Armas in the movie trailer Yesterdayeven though the Cuban actress had been eliminated from the final cut, they reached an agreement to end the legal battle for false advertising.
According to Variety, Peter Rosza and Conor Woulfe Last week they reached an agreement with the renowned Hollywood studio for the legal complaint filed in 2022 in which they alleged that they had been defrauded by paying $3.99 when renting the film on a platform.
The two followers of the Cuban actress who starred Daggers in the back and No time to die They said they rented the movie because they wanted to see the artist, but felt “cheated” when they saw that their scenes had been removed, according to court records.
Directed by Danny Boyle, Yesterday tells the story of a singer and songwriter who realizes that he is the only person on Earth who remembers the Beatles.
De Armas was a romantic interest of the protagonist but his scenes were deleted from the latest version of the film, although they were used in the trailer.
The lawsuit accused the studio of using false advertising. Universal defended itself by arguing that movie trailers are works of art and should therefore be protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
Federal Judge Stephen Wilson concluded that a trailer is “commercial speech,” subject to false advertising laws. However, he did not grant the plaintiffs the million-dollar sum they were asking for. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Source: Ambito
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