Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, freshly ousted from their perches at prime cable networks, have employed the identical powerhouse lawyer to navigate their exits.
The outstanding Hollywood lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has a monitor report 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 not too long ago Fox’s top-rated prime time star, and Mr. Lemon, till not too long ago one among CNN’s morning hosts, had retained Mr. Freedman portended doable fights forward.
Mr. Freedman declined to remark.
Mr. Freedman, who is predicated 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, representing high-profile shoppers within the leisure trade, 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 struggle in opposition to the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland,” which was gained on attraction.
For the previous 14 years, Mr. Freedman has been included in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual checklist of the leisure trade’s prime 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 Eighties whereas he was a college pupil and finally settled the case for $40,000 with out admitting legal responsibility, based on courtroom paperwork. Insider earlier reported the go well with and settlement.