Jeremy Piven Officially Getting Sued – Defends Himself On GMA.
Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by CSS in Broadway, Entertainment, Health, Legal Drama
Jeremy Piven announced in mid December that he would drop out of the Broadway play Speed
The Plow due to mercury poisoning. Producers expressed doubts that he was being sincere and threatened to sue. Now they’ve gone through with it.
The producers of “Speed-the-Plow” say they have filed a grievance with Actors’ Equity Association, the stage actors’ union, against Jeremy Piven for abruptly leaving the Broadway revival last month.
Piven quit the David Mamet comedy less than two months after it opened to favorable reviews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The actor’s doctor said Piven was unable perform because of high levels of mercury in his system, possibly caused by eating large amounts of raw fish.
No date for the grievance proceedings was announced.
-From Yahoo.com
Here is Piven on GMA defending himself:
