Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, freshly ousted from their perches at high cable networks, have employed the identical powerhouse lawyer to navigate their exits.
The distinguished Hollywood lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has a observe file of getting multimillion-dollar settlements for TV stars and different celebrities. He represents Chris Cuomo, the previous CNN anchor who’s in search of $125 million for wrongful termination after the community fired him in 2021, and secured a payout of Megyn Kelly’s full contract when she left NBC.
The information that each Mr. Carlson, till just lately Fox’s top-rated prime time star, and Mr. Lemon, till just lately considered one of CNN’s morning hosts, had retained Mr. Freedman portended attainable fights forward.
Mr. Freedman declined to remark.
Mr. Freedman, who relies in Los Angeles, based the regulation agency Freedman and Taitelman with Michael Taitelman in 1997. He grew to become referred to as an aggressive litigator, taking over high-profile shoppers within the leisure business, together with Quentin Tarantino, Julia Roberts, Mariah Carey, Seth Rogen and Gabrielle Union.
Lately, he has represented axed TV hosts together with Mike Richards, a former government producer of “Jeopardy!,” and Chris Harrison of “The Bachelor.”
He additionally represented Michael Jackson’s property in a $100 million battle towards the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland,” which was received on attraction.
For the previous 14 years, Mr. Freedman has been included in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual checklist of the leisure business’s high 100 legal professionals. In 2022, he stated to the publication: “How do employers police their very own? What sort of due course of is there?”
Mr. Freedman was accused of sexual assault within the Nineteen Eighties whereas he was a college pupil and finally settled the case for $40,000 with out admitting legal responsibility, in accordance with courtroom paperwork. Insider earlier reported the go well with and settlement.