Peter Rabbit Legal Fight Heats Up as Sequel Set for U.S. Summer Release
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After a failed settlement and a change in legal counsel, Jason Lust s dispute with Animal Logic now seeks to answer if the mention of all other projects in a short-form agreement includes the Peter Rabbit sequel.
During the course of the legal fight between Jason Lust and Australian VFX house-turned-production company Animal Logic over
Peter Rabbit, a sequel was greenlit and that s added a new layer to the dispute just as
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is hopping toward a summer release in the U.S.
The poker player at the center of the Stones Live Cash Game cheating scandal has withdrawn a $330 million defamation suit against his former accusers.
Mike Postle (white hat) ponders a call during an episode of the Stones Live Cash Game in 2019. (Image: Stones Live Poker)
Last October, Mike Postle sensationally sued numerous high-profile figures within the poker community. They had publicly accused him of receiving information about his opponents’ hole cards during live-streamed broadcasts.
These included well-known players like Daniel Negreanu, Doug Polk, and Joey Ingram. Also named was Veronica Brill, the former Stones employee who, in September 2019, first voiced her suspicions about Postle’s unbelievable winning streak at Stones, a Sacramento-area card room.
Mike Postle story aren t looking rosy for the alleged poker cheat.
For one thing, he s been hit with two motions to strike his complaints in California courts, by defendants in his lawsuit alleging defamation and seeking hundreds of millions in damages
(Disclosure: PokerNews was also a named party in the suit). If the courts grant the motions, Postle could be on the hook for paying a heap in legal fees.
Speaking of legal fees, Postle may also have his own to worry about. That s because his lawyers from the initial filing, which took place back in October, have succeeded in dropping him as a client, according to