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05-11-2013, 07:36 PM
WWE has petitioned for the lawsuit brought against them and The Big Show by former Digital content producer Andrew Green to be removed from Arizona Stage Court and moved to a federal court.
On 5/9, attorneys for the company argued that since the lawsuit revolves around a video that was posted on the Internet via WWE.com, it would fall under federal law.
Green is claiming that another producer told him to get an interview with Show at the 1/27 WWE TV Taping at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ. According to Green, Show initially refused to do the interview until Green told him that then-WWE senior vice president Eric Pankowski wanted it done.
According to the complaint, "In response, Big Show stated with the use of profanely indecent language that if Green wanted an interview then he would give him one, and to turn on the camera." It adds that Big Show became irate after that, cursing at Green and it was caught on tape for the interview. He claims that Show then asked to redo it, which he did. Green then claimed Triple H ordered a third retake because the second one lacked the emotion of the first (when Show was legitimately upset according to the suit).
Green claims that the first video was eventually used on the company's website and that his interactions with Show made him afraid to keep working for the company.
Green is also claiming that WWE has not paid him for his involvement in the video, which the company shot down by filing a copy of the release Green signed when he was employed there, showing that he gave up intellectual rights to anything he helped create and/or was involved in - WWE would maintain those rights.
The case has yet to be assigned to a Judge for a federal case.
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On 5/9, attorneys for the company argued that since the lawsuit revolves around a video that was posted on the Internet via WWE.com, it would fall under federal law.
Green is claiming that another producer told him to get an interview with Show at the 1/27 WWE TV Taping at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ. According to Green, Show initially refused to do the interview until Green told him that then-WWE senior vice president Eric Pankowski wanted it done.
According to the complaint, "In response, Big Show stated with the use of profanely indecent language that if Green wanted an interview then he would give him one, and to turn on the camera." It adds that Big Show became irate after that, cursing at Green and it was caught on tape for the interview. He claims that Show then asked to redo it, which he did. Green then claimed Triple H ordered a third retake because the second one lacked the emotion of the first (when Show was legitimately upset according to the suit).
Green claims that the first video was eventually used on the company's website and that his interactions with Show made him afraid to keep working for the company.
Green is also claiming that WWE has not paid him for his involvement in the video, which the company shot down by filing a copy of the release Green signed when he was employed there, showing that he gave up intellectual rights to anything he helped create and/or was involved in - WWE would maintain those rights.
The case has yet to be assigned to a Judge for a federal case.
PWInsider