Judge Rules Stacey Didn't Violate Agreement
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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - No amount of strategic editing could convince a Los Angeles judge that Stacey Stillman violated her agreement with "Survivor."
On Monday (June 25), L.A. Superior Court Judge Ralph W. Dau tentatively threw out two claims by Survivor Entertainment Group that Stillman breached a confidentiality agreement while participating in the CBS reality game show, reports Inside.com.
While an earlier defamation accusation against Stillman has yet to be reconsidered, her attorney, Mark Goldowitz, is satisfied with Dau's decision regarding the contract claims.
"The whole purpose of the contract was to prevent disclosure of trade secrets and the outcome," Goldowitz says. "Ms. Stillman did not disclose anything until after the last episode aired."
The back-and-forth lawsuits stem from Stillman's claim that, if not for the interference from Mark Burnett and other "Survivor" producers, she would have had a fair shot at the prize.
"Survivor" attorney Andy White argued that the confidentiality agreement includes a provision that gives Burnett "complete control and unfettered discretion" over all aspects of the production.
"So he can rig it any way he wanted?" Dau asked White. ''That's not my argument,'' White said. What she disclosed ''is squarely within the four corners that participants expected the producers to do,'' White added.
''You and I disagree,'' Dau responded.
