March 3, 2004
Seagal's Lawyers Want to Ditch Him.
World Entertainment News Network 2004
Hollywood actor Steven Seagal's lawyers want to be released from representing him - because the movie tough guy has allegedly failed to pay them since May last year.
The attorneys defending the Under Siege star from a $60 million civil suit brought by former business partner Julius Nasso have filed papers in New York asking to be let loose from the case.
Lawyer Martin L. Perschetz states in the motion, "The amount due is substantial, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"I have made numerous attempts to communicate with Mr. Seagal over the last six months, including attempts by letter and by telephone. Mr. Seagal has not responded to any of these."
Last month, a court ordered Nasso - who produced a number of Seagal's early movies - to spend a year in prison, pay a $75,000 fine, and undergo mental health counseling, after he admitted arranging for the film star to be threatened.
Nasso had pleaded guilty last August to extortion conspiracy and later admitted he'd arranged for Anthony 'Sonny' Ciccone, a member of reputed crime family the Gambinos, to confront Seagal.
The court then heard how Ciccone demanded Seagal keep working with Nasso and pay him $150,000 a film.
Nasso, who starts his sentence this August, has filed the civil suit against Seagal for alleged breach of contract, writes website Pagesix.
Seagal's Lawyers Want to Ditch Him.
World Entertainment News Network 2004
Hollywood actor Steven Seagal's lawyers want to be released from representing him - because the movie tough guy has allegedly failed to pay them since May last year.
The attorneys defending the Under Siege star from a $60 million civil suit brought by former business partner Julius Nasso have filed papers in New York asking to be let loose from the case.
Lawyer Martin L. Perschetz states in the motion, "The amount due is substantial, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"I have made numerous attempts to communicate with Mr. Seagal over the last six months, including attempts by letter and by telephone. Mr. Seagal has not responded to any of these."
Last month, a court ordered Nasso - who produced a number of Seagal's early movies - to spend a year in prison, pay a $75,000 fine, and undergo mental health counseling, after he admitted arranging for the film star to be threatened.
Nasso had pleaded guilty last August to extortion conspiracy and later admitted he'd arranged for Anthony 'Sonny' Ciccone, a member of reputed crime family the Gambinos, to confront Seagal.
The court then heard how Ciccone demanded Seagal keep working with Nasso and pay him $150,000 a film.
Nasso, who starts his sentence this August, has filed the civil suit against Seagal for alleged breach of contract, writes website Pagesix.
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