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In reply to the discussion: Actress Cindy Lee Garcia sues over Innocence of Muslims [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)his legal name, so he signed fraudulently and that would void the agreement from the start. I can not claim to be someone else, engage in contracts as a fictional person, and then enforce those contracts as myself. You can not commit fraud to get a contract signed and expect that contract to stand.
I'm almost certain that each and every time you dealt with such an agreement, the producer used their legal name when signing. So of course all the agreements you dealt with could stand. Had they claimed to be Spielberg to the other parties, they have no agreement. That's just the fact.
Personally, I have not seen the agreement, but I do recall that it took the press days to figure out who the guy was. This means he used alias names. If he entered that contract as a person he is not, that agreement is void. Do you know if he was honest and signed his actual legal name? Or are you just assuming that he behaved in the manner you are used to from legitimate producers? I assume the opposite, that he engaged in fraud to gain those signatures. You assume he was fully above board and doing due dilegnece and all that. This was not a Union agreement, obviously, but still, no one gets to claim to be who they are not and then sign contracts as who they are not. That's illegal. And any such contracts are void, for the person who signed them does not exist....