2nd Circuit Threatens to Dismiss ‘Nicole & O.J.’ Filmmaker’s Appeal vs. NBCUniversal
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will dismiss the appeal of British filmmaker Joshua Newton against NBCUniversal Media and its former Vice Chairman Ronald Meyer, effective Nov. 14, if Newton doesn’t file his appellant brief and any required appendix…
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by then, said a signed clerk’s order Tuesday (docket 23-994). Newton missed his Monday deadline for filing those submissions, after being granted a one-month extension on Sept. 28, and so the case now “is deemed in default,” said the order. No additional extension of time to file will be granted, it said. Newton is seeking to reverse the district court’s March 17 dismissal of his complaint against Meyer and NBCUniversal for breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent inducement and negligent misrepresentation. The complaint alleges Meyer used his Hollywood connections to help Newton raise funding for the feature film he wrote, directed and co-produced, Nicole & O.J., about the O.J. Simpson murder case. All the while, said the complaint, Meyer was allegedly hiding inappropriate relationships that he and other Hollywood executives had with an actress who was the film's anticipated star. After details of those relationships became public, it said, all investor interest in Nicole & O.J. vanished, and the film remains unfinished and unreleased to this day.