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CASE CAPTION: Corrinne Mann v. Alex Baldwin, El Dorado Pictures Inc. and Does 1 through 20, L.A. Superior Court #BC00595.
CAUSES OF ACTION: Breach of contract; an accounting; declaratory judgment; fraud; breach of fiduciary duty; and aiding and abetting.
COMPLAINT ALLEGATIONS: The plaintiff Mann entered into a joint venture agreement with actor Baldwin to produce film, TV and other entertainment projects. The parties were each to receive credits in screen and advertising media, as well as 50% of any producer fees and profits. Baldwin unilaterally terminated the joint venture with the plaintiff and took over control of projects. He also promised, among other things, that as a flat buyout for the time that the plaintiff put into the film project “Second Nature,” she would receive half of the producing fees. The film aired on the TNT cable channel in June 2003 and the plaintiff has been informed that $250,000 in producer fees was paid, but she has received no money.
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