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| No joke: Z.com sues Chris Rock
(IDG) -- Online entertainment site Z.com has filed suit against comedian Chris Rock, alleging Rock owes the site more than $1 million it paid him to write content; the site says the comedian never developed it. The suit, filed Tuesday in a Los Angeles Superior Court, says Rock and his company, Chris Rock Enterprises, entered into a preliminary agreement for programming on April 6, under terms that required Z.com to pay Rock $1.075 million. Rock would repay Z.com within 45 days if a final agreement was not reached by June 30. On April 10, Rock was paid the fee. The suit is ironic, considering that one of the main investors in Z.com is 3 Arts Entertainment, which co-produced Rock's recently ended HBO show. Z.com says that "despite said actions by plaintiffs, defendants did not execute the agreement by June 30, or at all." The Web site is asking the court to declare Rock and his company liable for repayment of the money, plus interest.
"Our goal was to create original programming," said Z.com CEO Joe DiNunzio. He said the two parties did not come to terms on a final agreement for Rock to develop content, so the suit is Z.com's only way to try to recoup its losses. "We remain optimistic that we're going to be able to find a way to get this resolved," DiNunzio added. Chris Rock Enterprises did not immediately return a call made after-hours. Z.com is represented by Dale Kinsella and Michael Greene of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger. RELATED IDG.net STORIES: You're never too young for a lawsuit RELATED SITES: Z.com, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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