Damon Sprint has been hit with a default judgment after ignoring a number of courtroom orders in his ongoing battle over “Expensive Frank.”
Damon Sprint was simply handed a serious loss in courtroom in his long-running battle with director Josh Webber over the movie Expensive Frank.
Decide John F. Walter didn’t maintain again and slammed Sprint for repeatedly ignoring courtroom orders, stripping his authorized response from the document and setting him up for a default judgment.
The authorized drama stems from a years-long combat over the film, which Sprint initially labored on however was later faraway from as a result of allegations of unprofessional conduct on set.
Regardless of his ousting, Sprint continued to advertise the movie as his personal, even attempting to promote it underneath the title “The Checklist.”
Webber and manufacturing firm Muddy Water Photos weren’t having it, in order that they sued him for copyright infringement and defamation in 2019. In 2022, a jury ordered Sprint to cough up $805,000 in damages.
Within the newest replace, Decide Walter accused Sprint of failing to observe fundamental courtroom procedures, together with skipping out on submitting key authorized paperwork, dodging court-ordered mediation and flat-out ignoring deadlines.
The ruling makes it clear: Sprint had loads of warnings, however his refusal to take part within the case left the courtroom no alternative however to enter a default towards him.
That opens the door for Webber and his workforce to ask for damages, possible way more than the unique $805,000 when factoring in curiosity and lawyer charges.
The choose has given Webber till March 3 to submit proof of damages, which means Sprint could possibly be on the hook for an enormous payout.
If that wasn’t sufficient, earlier this week, writer Edwyna Brooks sued him for allegedly hiding property to keep away from paying one other $100,000 judgment in a separate case.
Final 12 months, a courtroom pressured him to promote his one-third stake in Roc-A-Fella Data to assist repay his money owed, together with an $8.7 million tax invoice, however the sale solely fetched just a little over $1 million.
