As odd as it may sound, but Julianna Margulies, the star portraying a high-powered attorney in 'The Good Wife,' is now experiencing a real-life drama courtroom battle, ABC New's Rebecca Jarvis and Faryn Shiro reported, today.
The award-winning actress is facing her very own trial after her emergency appeal has been denied by an appeals court, regarding her alleged cutting out of million dollar fees from her former managers.
The suit, filed in July 2012 in Los Angeles Superior Court, involves the alleged $420,000 unpaid commission of the actress to the D/F Management. The Management is also asking for a 10 percent cut from the star's earnings.
The trial which was supposed to begin on October was moved by the judge in the case to January, to give way to the Golden Globe and Emmy actress's busy shooting schedule for CBS' 'The Good Wife.'
The actress even petitioned for an extra six months, but was right away objected by the D/f Management lawyers, saying that she is trying to delay everything "at every turn."
"It is incredibly rare to have a dispute like this with a star as big as Julianna go to trial," The Hollywood Reporter's Lacey Rose said. "There is potentially millions of dollars on the line for her, and the potential embarrassment that comes with going to trial."
D/F Management - consists of Frank Frattaroli and Steve Dontanville - boldly claimed that they were the ones who arranged to help Margulies land the role in her famous show. They also shared that they were responsible for her lucrative endorsements under L'Oreal Paris as well.
"Dontanville carefully helped take Margulies from a promising young newcomer to an internationally renowned television star who earned millions of dollars from her work on the television show 'ER' and other projects," the lawsuit reportedly states.
Although Julianna Margulies allegedly ended her connection with D/F Management in April 2011, the lawsuit explained that the actress was still expected to make "ongoing payments" for all of the deals and contracts the D/F Management has secured for her, as part of the "customs and practices" in the showbiz industry.
However, Margulies's attorney Sheldon Eisenberg regarded the actress's former management as a total "embarrassment" since they knew for a fact that Julianna never made any financial agreement with them. "They admit that Ms. Margulies never promised them orally or in writing to make such payments."
Nevertheless, the D/F Management's attorney Matthew Rosengart refuted the opposite side's claim, saying that managers are always entitled of their client's earnings in Hollywood.
"All actors, especially experienced actors, understand the obligation to pay their managers post-termination commissions... It is routine. It is universal."
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