Paramount Chief Under Fire as $150M Suit Targets Jeff Shell

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Deadline reports a $150 million lawsuit against Paramount executive Jeff Shell alleging he shared confidential Warner Bros. Discovery negotiations details and boasted about media influence, with disparaging remarks about rivals; the suit does not name Paramount as a defendant, but it jeopardizes Shell's position as Paramount's WBD deal faces scrutiny and he has been sidelined from a key merger call.
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