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“Thanks for talking”: Complaint at 21, Herzer v. Redstone, Korff et al.
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“Once he knows the truth”: Complaint at 21, Herzer v. Redstone, Korff et al.
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Season 2, Episode 3: “I Never Thought I’d See You Again”
That year, Netflix spent: “Netflix and Amazon Outspend CBS, HBO and Turner on TV Programming, IHS Markit Says,” Business Wire, October 17, 2016.
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Dauman, the consummate deal lawyer: “Event Brief of Viacom Names Philippe Dauman President and CEO, Succeeding Tom Freston—Final,” FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire, September 5, 2006.
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Instead, he spent $15 billion: Paul Bond, “Viacom Controlling Company Slams CEO Philippe Dauman after Earnings,” Hollywood Reporter, August 4, 2016.
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Years prior, Viacom had sued: Viacom International Inc. et al. v. YouTube, YouTube LLC, and Google Inc. (United States District Court, Southern District of New York) (No. 07 Civ. 2103).
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Early in his tenure: Bryan Burrough, “Showdown at Fort Sumner,” Vanity Fair, December 2007.
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He had gotten rid: Meg James, “MTV Pioneer Steps Down,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2011.
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MTV’s ratings had since plunged: Christopher Zara, “At Viacom, Ratings Woes Soak Up ‘SpongeBob’ Profits,” International Business Times, April 29, 2015.
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His tone-deaf comments: William Cohan, “Inside the Viacom Brain Drain,” Vanity Fair, April 12, 2016.
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Dauman’s relations with cable operators: cmarcucci, “NCTC Fires Off Letter to Viacom CEO Seeking Blackout Ban,” Radio and Television Business Report, March 31, 2014.
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In October 2014: Daniel Frankel, “Viacom Renews FiOS Deal, Blocks Suddenlink Broadband Subs from SpongeBob and Jon Stewart,” FierceCable, October 1, 2014.
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Sixty small cable companies: Shalini Ramachandran, “Viacom, 60 Cable Firms Part Ways in Rural U.S.,” Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2004.
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“When you don’t like”: Cohan, “Inside the Viacom Brain Drain.”
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“Philippe is my long-time”: Matthew Garrahan, “An Ailing Titan of the Small Screen,” Financial Times, October 10, 2015.
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Sumner was quoted: Keach Hagey and Amol Sharma, “Battle Brews atop Media Giant Viacom,” Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2015.
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Dauman met with Sumner: Complaint in Equity at 15, Philippe Dauman and George S. Abrams, as Trustees of the Sumner M. Redstone National Amusements Trust v. Shari Redstone, Tyler Korff et al. (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) (No. NO16E0020QC).
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But Herzer, who was: Declaration of Manuela Herzer in Support of Ex Parte Application for Discovery in Support of Response to Respondent’s Request to Dismiss Petition at 3, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles) (Case No. BP 168725).
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“was no two-way conversation”: Declaration of Manuela Herzer at 3, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“a monologue” by Dauman: Declaration of Manuela Herzer at 4, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“Sumner did not say”: Declaration of Manuela Herzer at 7, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Two CBS directors: Memorandum Opinion at 12, exhibit D, R. A. Feuer v. Sumner M. Redstone et al. (In the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware) (Civil Action No. 12575-CB).
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Sumner was no longer: Memorandum Opinion at 10, exhibit D, Feuer v. Redstone et al.
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CBS didn’t pay him a bonus: Memorandum Opinion at 11, exhibit D, Feuer v. Redstone et al.
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Viacom similarly paid: Viacom Inc., SEC Form 8-K: Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, January 21, 2016.
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Both companies again: Memorandum Opinion at 16, exhibit E, Feuer v. Redstone et al.
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Jagiello had hinted: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Sumner Redstone vs. Manuela Herzer and Sydney Holland (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, Central District) (Case No. BC638054).
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“become irate,” as Herzer put it: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“He appeared even more”: Declaration of Heidi MacKinney in Support of Petition for Determinations at 2, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“especially cold and aloof”: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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Sumner complained to Jagiello: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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But Sumner was insistent: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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Though Jagiello was still: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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Mazzeo told him Bishop: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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They agreed Bishop: Declaration of Manuela Herzer at 13, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“Since Mr. Redstone had articulated”: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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It was just as well: First Amended Complaint at 13, Manuela Herzer v. Shari Redstone and Tyler Korff (United States District Court Central District of California) (Case No. 2:17-cv-07545-PSG (KSx)).
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In the couple of months since Holland: Trial Brief of Respondent Sumner Redstone at 7, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Just over a week earlier: Trial Brief of Respondent Sumner Redstone at 7, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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That weekend Herzer: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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Despite the growing tensions: William D. Cohan, “Hostage to Fortune,” Vanity Fair, April 2016.
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On tap was the new: Declaration of Carlos A. Herzer in Support of Petition for Determinations at 3, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Sumner fell asleep: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15, exhibit F, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone; Declaration of Carlos A. Herzer in Support of Petition for Determinations at 3, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Later, after the guests left: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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The next morning, October 12: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Jagiello, Octaviano, Tuanaki: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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The group told Sumner: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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They said they’d been afraid: Complaint at 15–16, Manuela Herzer v. Shari Redstone, Tyler Korff, Giovanni Paz et al. (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles) (Case No. BC619766).
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Jagiello described Sumner as “shocked”: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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Bishop and another Loeb & Loeb: Keach Hagey, The King of Content: Sumner Redstone’s Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire (New York: Harper Business, 2018).
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His other lawyer: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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and then “stormed”: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8–9, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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Tuanaki intercepted her: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Bishop looked startled: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15–16, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Herzer went up to Sumner: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15–16, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“He wants you to leave”: Declaration of Jeremy Jagiello at 8–9, Redstone v. Herzer and Holland.
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“But where will I live?”: Reporter’s Transcript of Proceedings, May 9, 2016, at 17–18, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Herzer turned to Bishop: Hagey, King of Content, 264.
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But Bishop had turned cold: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 16, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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When Herzer left, the nurses: First Amended Complaint at 22, Herzer v. Redstone, Korff et al.
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Herzer went to her daughter’s: Cohan, “Hostage to Fortune.”
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She asked to see Sumner: First Amended Complaint at 5, Herzer v. Redstone, Korff et al.
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Herzer tried frantically: Complaint at 16, Herzer v. Redstone, Korff et al.
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In a measure of their close: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15–16, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Dauman apparently made no mention: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 15–16, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“Manuela, now you have”: Cohan, “Hostage to Fortune.”
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“Manuela evicted . . . her family”: First Amended Complaint at 42, Herzer v. Redstone, Korff et al.
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He excised Herzer: Decision Order at 2, Philippe Dauman v. Manuela Herzer (Supreme Court of the State of New York, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone, BP1678725).
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He removed Herzer and her children: Complaint at 15, Herzer v. Redstone, Korff et al.
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The $50 million and the proceeds: Cohan, “Hostage to Fortune.”
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“I threw Sydney out”: Reporter’s Transcript of Proceedings, May 9, 2016, at 17–18, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Season 2, Episode 4: “I’m Not Going to Fire Him”
Shari quickly filled the void: Shari Supplemental Declarations in Support of Motion to Dismiss Petition, exhibit A, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles) (Case No. BP 168725).
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When father and daughter weren’t: Shari Supplemental Declarations in Support of Motion to Dismiss Petition, exhibit A, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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On November 24: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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Describing Sumner as “a tragic figure”: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 2, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“His choice was based”: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 2–3, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“a living ghost”: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 3, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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O’Donnell had gained a national: Kim Masters, “Holy Lawsuit, ‘Batman’!,” Washington Post, March 27, 1992.
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Herzer maintained her motive: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 4, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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It described Sumner: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 9, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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“sex-obsessed” sumner: Page Six Team, “ ‘Sex-Obsessed’ Sumner Redstone Kept Beautiful Women on Retainer,” New York Post, March 21, 2016.
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The New York Times described: Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes, “Court Filing Challenges Competence of Sumner Redstone,” New York Times, November 26, 2015.
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Holland “is absolutely disgusted”: Peter Elkind, “The Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone (Part 3 of 3),” Fortune, May 5, 2016.
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“it was like a switch”: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 9, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
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one was from her paid: Manuela Herzer Petition for Determination of Advance Health Care of Sumner Redstone at 12, In re: Advance Health Care Directive of Sumner M. Redstone.
