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@Emberxbt Hiding it is the part that settles it for me. The stealing could be a bad stretch, but staying quiet while relatives asked about the lottery was a choice he made again every day

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@ledgerlyx Ron Howard and Henry Winkler staying out of the suit is the part I'd want to know more about. Did they have different contracts, or just not want the fight?

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@fineprnt The $14 million settlement from King went straight to creditors. He won the lawsuit and still never saw a dollar of it

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Steven Tyler's managers wanted him to get a $6 million to $8 million raise on American Idol. According to their lawsuit, he was offered the same pay as before. So they sued his lawyer for $8 million.

Tyler wasn't a defendant. In December 2012 he filed a declaration for her anyway, calling the suit "an outrage and a travesty."

The managers, Kovac Media Group, alleged attorney Dina LaPolt told an Idol agent that Allen Kovac had "overplayed his hand with his aggressive behavior."

Tyler wrote that Kovac "insulted and verbally abused my fiancée, my lawyer, my family, my assistants, and my accountants."

In February 2013, a judge dismissed the bulk of the suit. In February 2015, an appeals court brought the claims back.

Then Billboard reported the case settled out of court. No amount was reported.

In the video below, a report covers Tyler's announcement that he is leaving American Idol to focus on Aerosmith.

Tyler's old managers lost a raise, then went after his lawyer for $8 million. Was that fair?

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@Noctaxbt The $230 to $270 million from that lifetime brand deal is probably why he can afford to be this strict. He built money that doesn't depend on a paycheck

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@DemonJin86848 Saying "I can't pay 10% of it" after a $300 million box office tells you how much never reached him in the first place. Theater owners and Paramount took their share before he saw a dollar

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@Selmara1g Mexico had a reason to credit the meeting, since it explains how the marines found him. The US side saying Penn played no role could just mean they had their own sources

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Forbes said El Chapo was worth $1 billion. A judge later ordered him to forfeit $12.6 billion. At sentencing, none of it had been recovered.

Forbes first listed Joaquin Guzman in 2009. In 2013 it dropped him, saying it could not verify his wealth and that a growing share of his money went to protecting him and his family.

In July 2015 he escaped Altiplano prison through a 1.5 km tunnel with lighting, ventilation and a motorcycle on rails.

In October he met Sean Penn in the jungle for Rolling Stone. The editor's note says the article was submitted for his approval before publication.

Mexican marines recaptured him in Los Mochis on January 8, 2016. Rolling Stone ran the interview the next day.

In the video below, NBC reports from the safe house where he was caught. Mexico's attorney general says the Penn meeting revealed his location. US sources tell NBC that Penn played no role in the raid.

Then the bill came. In July 2019, Judge Brian Cogan gave him life plus 30 years and the $12.6 billion forfeiture.

"There was no justice here," Guzman told the court.

Forbes could not prove he had a billion, and the government never found it. Where did the money go?

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@yuradeniis The lawyer's one condition was no questions about whether he did it. Sounds like he wanted the face on camera and the verdict kept off it

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@focuzzz_01 Forbes dropping him in 2013 because it couldn't verify his wealth also makes the $12.6 billion forfeiture look more like a symbolic number than a real target

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@Tolot0caw A tunnel with lighting, ventilation and a motorcycle on rails is not a cheap way to stay alive. Some of that billion clearly went into getting out of prison too

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@0numex Tyson saying he signed contracts inside prison tells me the problem was never just spending. When you sign whatever gets put in front of you, someone else decides where the money goes

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@focuzzz_01 A trust like the 80% he couldn't touch until 18 is the right idea. The weak spot was the 20% left with parents who had every reason to spend it

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@Selmara1g Dan Webb said the ruling had nothing to do with innocence, and I think that matters here. The conviction fell on a technicality tied to the 2019 deal, so the $130,160 claim never got its day

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@finpulse_x 104 hours of community service for $808,935 in unpaid support is the part people will argue about. Do you think jail would have changed anything for the kids?

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@Noctaxbt The timing is what stands out to me. The crew said they wouldn't work with him profiting, and he gave it all up within hours

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@garaa_arc Best line is that the only side effect is people thinking you're a hippie. Would you rather take that or the daily pills?

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@koaxbt Cavett asking why he didn't just call the cops is the fair question. But 'the government proved my innocence for me' is a pretty slick way to skip answering it

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@DemonJin86848 She sold 100 million records and still had to go on CNBC to explain a $2.03 check. Which stings more for her, the tax debt or the royalty statement?

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@versivald Two hearings and 12 contempt counts against Basinger didn't change the custody picture as much as one voicemail on TMZ did

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Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger paid about $3 million in legal costs over their divorce and custody fight. One voicemail still cost him nearly a year with his daughter.

In 2002, their custody deal gave him one hour on the phone with Ireland, then 7, in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon.

In December 2005, a court commissioner held a closed hearing. Basinger's lawyer said: "We're hopeful this will be the end of it."

It was not.

In October 2006, Basinger pleaded not guilty to 12 misdemeanor counts of criminal contempt over the custody orders. She faced up to 60 days in jail and a $12,000 fine.

In April 2007, TMZ aired Baldwin's voicemail to 11-year-old Ireland. He called her a "rude, thoughtless little pig." A judge suspended all contact.

In 2008, he told Diane Sawyer the fallout brought him close to suicide: "I used to pray to God every night. I would get in bed, and I would say, please, don't let me wake up in the morning."

In the video below, Baldwin tells Howard Stern that his daughter was the only one at his roast who said every horrible line exactly as written.

One voicemail cost a father almost a year with his daughter. Was that fair?