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by Admin on Sep.05, 2010, under Twilight News
If you haven’t followed the Taylor Lautner trailer situation, here is the gist –
Taylor paid to have a trailer customized & tricked out to use while filming Abduction. The company he ordered it from did not make the deadline or provide the customization in the contract. So, Taylor was “annoyed” & “emotionally distressed” & decided to sue. Then, Taylor’s lawyer tried to settle everything for $40,000. The shop owner came back with a ridiculous push-up contest, saying the winner should donate $40,000 to charity.
The Associated Press reported today that the situation is settled & $40,000 will be donated to Lollipop Theater Network in settlement of Lautner’s claim, sans push-up contest.
It looks like it worked out after all. The lawsuit may have seemed silly, but I do think that when a contract is broken, someone needs to make it right. In this case it took getting some lawyers involved, but in the end some money went to charity & maybe now other stars will get their tricked out trailers on time.
As for the beneficiary of the money, the Lollipop Theater Network is a non-profit organization “dedicated to bringing the magic of movies currently in theaters to children confined to hospitals nationwide due to chronic or life-threatening illnesses.” According to their website, the organization’s goal is “to create a fun escape from the daily reality of the illnesses these children face & to offer them & their families a moment of normalcy in an otherwise stressful environment.”
