House Of Cards: Gambler’s Suit That Brought Down Jeff Shell At Paramount Settled, Dismissed. Done

Two months aft Jeff Shell was axed arsenic president of Paramount complete accusations of loose lips and more, nan ex-exec and nan David Ellison-run conglomerate person settled pinch nan self-styled master gambler who threatened to bring nan full location of cards down.

“Plaintiff R.J. Cipriani hereby requests dismissal of nan full action, pinch prejudice, arsenic to each parties and each causes of action — that is, of each causes of action asserted successful his Complaint and his First Amended Complaint, arsenic against each named Defendants, including Jeff Shell, Laura Shell, Paramount Skydance Corporation, RedBird Capital Partners LLC, David Ellison, Lawrence J. Ellison, and nan individual head Defendants,” nan June 9 filing from Cipriani lawyer Steven J. Aaronoff stated. “To nan grade immoderate Defendant was antecedently dismissed from this action without prejudice, this Request dismisses Plaintiff’s claims against that Defendant pinch prejudice, truthful that nan dismissal of nan full action is pinch prejudice arsenic to each party.”

Ex-Para prez and ex-NBCUniversal apical canine Shell, who had been introduced to Cipriani by their past communal lawyer Patty Glaser, revenge a akin pinch prejudice dismissal connected Tuesday excessively for his ain countersuit that alleged nan full point was a shakedown. For each applicable purposes, nan communal filings bringing nan matter to an extremity successful nan courts.

As usual, nary specifications of nan woody that put nan breaks connected immoderate proceedings aliases continuation of nan suit and countersuit were made public. However, contempt Cipriani seeking complete $150 cardinal successful his first suit, location was nary payoff exchanged, I hear.

Reps for Paramount and Shell did not respond to Deadline’s petition for remark connected nan dismissal filings. Cipriani’s lawyer Aaronoff besides did not reply erstwhile contacted by Deadline.

Mired successful nan ineligible messiness and his ain bad judgement, Shell was shown nan doorway astatine Paramount connected April 8.

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