SHEEN SUED BY PRODUCER OVER UNCLE’S REALITY TV SHOW
CHARLIE SHEEN is facing another legal headache - a TV producer is suing him for wrecking plans for a family reality show.
According to a lawsuit Ed Meyer plans to file in Los Angeles later this week (ends04Mar11), Sheen and his parents did "intentionally and tortuously interfere and restrain, and conspire to interfere and restrain" with the plaintiff’s reality TV show Being Sheen, which was to feature the actor’s uncle Joe Estevez.
In the suit, obtained by WENN, Meyer claims he has been trying to get the project off the ground since April 2010 and even started negotiations with the creator of Sheen’s Two and a Half Men sitcom, Chuck Lorre, with a view to landing a role in the show for Estevez - as part of the reality programme.
In the legal papers, the plaintiff claims he has been "damaged" by the defendants’ alleged "wrongful acts", which have prevented him from moving forward with the project.
Meyer is suing Sheen for restraint of trade and interference. He is asking for at least $20 million (£13.3 million) in damages.
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