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Jordan Bealmear of Calif., and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’sa reality show “Fourth and Long” is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Dallas Countgy accuse Irvinof fraud, fraud by breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Larry Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Business Journap Wednesday that the lawsuit is completely bogus and without Friedman said Irvin met withthe plaintiffs, and they had no businessw cards, no company, no stationery and workedr outside the industry without substantial Friedman added that a lot of people in the entertainmenty industry were throwing the same show concept aroune and Michael had the concept and was looking for a When asked who called the initiak meeting between the parties, Friedmam said he didn't know who invited who to the In response, the attorney for the pl aintiffs, Mark Taylord of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issued is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreedr to enter into a deal and then renegeed on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they developede the concept behind the show, which they were calling "Guts to and ended up in contact with Irvin and his representativex to invite Irvin to be the show'x host.
The plaintiffs offered a deal in whicg Irvin and his agent would receive 25 percent of the proceeds and the plaintiffs woulsd receive75 percent. They later struck a deal in whicgh Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregatwe executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs wouldx share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for othee sports would involve a 50-59 split, according to the lawsuit.
During the negotiationj process, the three say Irvin was provider withmarketing tools, including a story board, to presen to Dallas Cowboys executives and Dallas Cowboysa Coach Jerry Jones with the inten of getting the team In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say they were escortef out of a March 10, deal signing meeting at the Dallasz law offices of Friedmann & Fiegler LLP in which Larry Friedmah was present. Their attorney, Larryt Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via aconference call.
When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvin woulcd have to review the deal memo before Days later, they learnecd that Irvin would only agreee to a 95-5 percent split with Irvinh taking a 95 percentt cut, and five days after that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clarkj stating that he had never used the storyboardf in his presentation to Jones, according to the The three individuals who planned to produce the show are suinf Irvin claiming in their suit that Irvin “through his agents, representatives, and/ore employees, made false and material misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerningh his agreement to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percent