Re: Daily Mail: Is Fergie's film deal in jeopardy?
but if she does it now as you suggest with circumstances "outside of her control" we can do damage control. Creditors will probably file legal proceedings for payment soon and then it becomes real messy since there is no money to pay.
Unless Andrew steps in at this point to avoid this publicity which would be a solution in itself.
On 8 Jan 2010, at 11:37, Jeffrey Epstein wrote:
thats fair..
- Date: January 8, 2010
- Subject: Is Fergie's film deal in jeopardy?
- Key entities:
- Fergie (Duchess of York)
- HandMade Films (company behind Withnail And I, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
- Patrick Meehan (former owner of HandMade Films, former manager of Black Sabbath)
- Geir Frantzen (Findus tycoon)
- David Stern
- Jeffrey Epstein
- Key Information:
- HandMade Films, which had an agreement to turn Fergie's stories into an animated TV series, requested its shares be suspended due to financial uncertainty.
- This news comes after Fergie's recent money troubles and a deal for her children's books (Little Red and Tea For Ruby) to be part of a children's TV and merchandise project.
- Fergie was reportedly told she would receive substantial money from the tie-up, but the situation is now unclear, and she is owed money by HandMade.
- Emails between David Stern and Jeffrey Epstein discuss circumstances possibly related to bankruptcy and Fergie's situation.
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It is the fourth time shares in HandMade have been suspended in the past three years.
In July, they were suspended after failing to publish audited accounts for 2008. At the time the company said this was due to it being in talks about 'multiple corporate transactions'.
It also posted a pre-tax loss of £6.4 million for the year to December 2008, down from £8.2 million in the previous year. Staff at the firm found their pay cheques did not arrive on time on several occasions over the past two-and-a-half years.
The company, whose chairman is Richard Northcott, former boss of celebrity jewellers Theo Fennell, has been involved with three films in the past year - Planet 51, the animated sci-fi movie which cost £38 million and has so far taken £25million at the box office, Fifty Dead Men Walking with Sir Ben Kingsley, and Cracks, a thriller starring Bond Girl Eva Green.
According to a spokesman, HandMade is now undertaking a review of its finances. Where this leaves Fergie is uncertain, but I am told she is 'very relaxed' about the situation.
HandMade was founded by Beetle George Harrison, and was sold after his death to Meehan, whose family remains the largest shareholder.
<article-1241479-0204C5F90000044D-448_233x423.jpg> Finance fears: Fergie's books might not become films after all
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