Highlights
- Matt LeBlanc confronted controversy and lawsuits after his success on Friends, including a lawsuit with his manager over unfair benefit department and any other for defamation.
- LeBlanc took a break from Hollywood after Friends and Joey, experiencing a dismal time and nearly having a frightened breakdown.
- LeBlanc ultimately made a comeback with initiatives like Episodes and Top Gear, but faced prison issues with his former manager and allegations of defamation.
For over a decade, Matt LeBlanc was TV royalty because of his luck on Friends, and later, he enjoyed two further years on the spin-off Joey. Despite his Hollywood success, LeBlanc confronted numerous controversy in the past. David Schwimmer had to defend LeBlanc during his interview with Howard Stern after the host wondered if Matt was out of keep an eye on in the back of the digital camera given tales that had been surfacing about the actor's birthday party lifestyle at the time.
In the following, we're going to put the highlight on LeBlanc's life behind the scenes, and the more than one proceedings he faced after Friends. One of them was with his own manager after it was deemed that the earnings from his gigs weren't divided moderately.
We're going to expose what went down, while additionally showcasing yet any other lawsuit that took place, this one as an alternative was for defamation. According to the lawsuit, LeBlanc was spreading false stories to the National Enqurier. Let's take a look at what went down.
Matt LeBlanc Put His Agent On Mute Following His Time On Friends And The Spin-Off, Joey
From 1994 up until 2006, Matt LeBlanc had a packed TV agenda. He was on Friends for a decade, while he enjoyed two further seasons on the spin-off, Joey.
Following Joey's cancelation, Matt LeBlanc decided to make a transformation. Instead of looking out for the next venture, he didn't need to know the rest about Hollywood. In fact, the actor wanted his agent to lose his number. At that point, LeBlanc's most effective center of attention was to take time away. The actor didn't desire a time table and at the time he barely went out.
He printed, "For years and years, I barely left the house. I was burnt out. I wanted to not have a schedule, not be somewhere. I was in a position to do that. My agent was bummed. Most actors call their agents and say, ‘What’s going on?’. I’d call mine and say, ‘Please lose my number for a few years’. It was a very dark time. I almost had a nervous breakdown," LeBlanc tells CinemaBlend.
The actor in the end made a return in a significant means, showing on the TV series Episodes, which was a big challenge whilst he additionally took on Top Gear. LeBlanc pounced when the second was proper and in truth, he had more than enough budget to take that time off. However, he did encounter some problems all through that time.
Camille Cerio Sued Matt LeBlanc Over Breach Of Contract Over Her Commissions
According to Camille Cerio, LeBlanc promised 15% of all his pilots. When 2000 came over, the ones bills stopped happening. LeBlanc denied the allegations, making the declare that he was paying the manager $200,000 in commissions.
Business Insider detailed all sides of the tale.
The e-newsletter writes, "Former FRIENDS star MATT LeBLANC is heading to court after allegedly failing to pay his former business manager $1 million (GBP500,000). Camille Cerio is suing the actor for breach of contract and claims he owes her commission for managing his career."
"LeBlanc maintains he has paid Cerio more than $200,000 (GBP100,000) in payments, but in a lawsuit filed at Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this month (2Jul08), Cerio claims the amount is nothing compared to his royalties from Friends and spin-off Joey. Cerio claims that LeBlanc agreed to cut her 15 percent from all the pilots, but stopped paying her in 2000."
A court date was set for the fall of 2020. In phrases of a verdict, it doesn't look like anything got here of it. Two issues most probably happened, both Cerio's evidence wasn't sufficient, which led to the case to collapse. Or, the lawsuit was taken care of out of doors of court, and LeBlanc's workforce paid the manager what was owed.
Matt LeBlanc Was Also Sued For Defamation By Stephanie Stephens Over Comments That Were Published By The National Enquirer
Years prior in 2006, LeBlanc confronted yet another lawsuit, but this was for different reasons unrelated. Stephanie Stephens stepped up and sued LeBlanc for defamation. According to the lawsuit, LeBlanc had spread false news about Stephens to the National Enquirer.
"Stephanie Stephens claims in a lawsuit that LeBlanc told an unspecified person last August that she was sexually aggressive, gave him a lap dance in a private room and engaged him in a "night of sexual debauchery ... at her place of employment," Today writes.
Stephens completely denied the claims stating that she wasn't aggressive towards LeBlanc, and never gave the Friends star a lap dance at the time.
LeBlanc's team didn't comment on the matter and once again, the allegations disappeared without any type of public verdict. It is very possible that this lawsuit didn't get very far. Nonetheless, it was another headache for Matt and his team post-Friends.
SOURCES - Today & Business Insider
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