CBS Studios controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Actress files sexual harassment lawsuit involving The Young and the Restless production
Lawsuit filed
Actress Briana Thomas filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Anthony Morina, CBS Studios, and Sony Pictures Television. She alleges that Morina sexually harassed her and that she was terminated after refusing his advances; these are allegations in the lawsuit, not findings established in the article.
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Briana Thomas, who played a barista in the show's fictional Crimson Lights Coffeehouse, filed the lawsuit on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Anthony Morina, CBS Studios and Sony Pictures Television.
Thomas alleged that she was sexually harassed from 2018 until February 22, 2019 when she claims she was 'illegally terminated' because she refused Morina's advances.
2020
Hollywood Weekly Magazine sues Netflix over Tiger King name
Lawsuit filed
Hollywood Weekly Magazine filed a lawsuit against Netflix and other companies, claiming trademark and copyright infringement, unfair business practices and unjust enrichment over the Tiger King name. The magazine says it coined the nickname and seeks damages and other relief.
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HWM has filed a lawsuit against the streaming giant and CBS Studios, Paramount and Imagine Television for claims including trademark and copyright infringement, unfair business practices and unjust enrichment.
The US magazine claims it coined the nickname Tiger King in reference to Joe Maldonado-Passage, the eccentric big-cat zoo owner who is the docuseries’ protagonist, and therefore owns the trademark rights to the name.