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Saturday 29 August 2015
Texas judge wants $10M set aside in ‘Fifty Shades’ case
DAVID WARREN Random House. Hayward This Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2015 photos shows British author EL James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” and
Associated Press reached a settlement with its two companion novels on a book shelf in Chicago.
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas another woman involved
judge has told lawyers for in the venture. The terms of Associated Press
an Australian woman and that deal were sealed.
her publishing company The trilogy’s first volume and now works at a Fort said she doesn’t have $10 expected to return to court
to set aside $10 million for flew off of the shelves when Worth elementary school. million in cash, and that the in late September, when
a former business partner it was released in 2011, One of Hayward’s attor- judge noted Wednesday McCoy may determine
who says she was defraud- and the three books have neys, Dallas lawyer Robert that Hayward’s most valu- whether to approve of the
ed out of her rightful share sold more than 125 mil- Kantner, said Thursday that able asset is her home in a terms, Farris said.
from the sale of the erotic lion copies worldwide and Hayward plans to appeal Sydney suburb. Farris speculated that any
best-seller “Fifty Shades of spawned a movie starring but he declined to com- Even though Hayward appeal may contend that
Grey” and two companion Jamie Dornan and Dakota ment further about the plans to appeal, her law- The Writers Coffee Shop
novels. Johnson, with two sequels case. The Fort Worth Star- yers must negotiate a judg- wasn’t a partnership and
State District Judge Susan also planned. Telegram reported that ment amount with Pedro- so Pedroza wasn’t a part-
McCoy said Wednesday According to court re- Hayward’s attorneys have za’s side. The two sides are ner eligible for royalties.q
that she wants the money cords, Pedroza says Hay-
deposited in a court regis- ward used “chicanery” to
try by Sept. 25 as attorneys cheat her out of her rightful
seek to negotiate a judg- share. Accountants have
ment amount for Jennifer determined that Pedroza’s
Pedroza, who lives in the 25 percent stake in the on-
Dallas suburb of Arlington. line publishing venture was
A jury earlier this year deter- worth approximately $10.7
mined that Amanda Hay- million. Pedroza’s attorney,
ward, one of Pedroza’s for- Michael Farris, said Hay-
mer business partners in e- ward restructured the ven-
book publisher The Writers ture to effectively make
Coffee Shop, cut Pedroza Pedroza an independent
out of her share of royalties contractor and then fired
from the $40 million sale her. He said Pedroza has
of the EL James trilogy to had to return to teaching,
