Diddy Ordered to Pay $100M, Wasserman Won’t Step Down as Olympics Chair and DirecTV’s Disney Dispute Is Fight for Pay TV Future

Plus: Rainn Wilson quits X over ‘racist’ Haitian immigrant misinformation, ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ 2024 season opener dips to 20.5M and Fox’s Lachlan Murdoch says Venu ‘doesn’t look like a cable service’ [Sean "Diddy" Combs]( [Sean 'Diddy' Combs Ordered to Pay $100 Million in Civil Sexual Assault Case]( By Josh Dickey Sean “Diddy” Combs was ordered to pay a $100 million default judgment from a civil lawsuit filed by a Michigan inmate who says the music mogul drugged and sexually assaulted him during a 1997 party in Detroit. A Lenawee County Circuit Court judge ordered the award to be paid in $10 million monthly installments beginning Oct. 1, according to the Detroit Metro Times. The default judgment came after 51-year-old Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith successfully filed a restraining order. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [casey-wasserman]( [Casey Wasserman Says He Won't Step Down as LA Olympics Chair Amid Cheating Scandal: 'I'm Going to Do My Job']( By Loree Seitz Casey Wasserman said he won’t step down from his role as chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee amid his ongoing cheating scandal. “I’m going to do my job and do it ’til the end,” Wasserman said at the CNBC x Boardroom: Game Plan Summit in Los Angeles on Tuesday when asked by CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin if the scandal might be a distraction from his work with the next Summer Games. “I’m the one who’s got the most invested and the most capable of delivering the [best] result for the city.” [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [DirecTV-Disney]( [Why DirecTV’s ‘Existential’ Carriage Dispute With Disney Is a Fight for the Future of the Pay TV Bundle]( By Lucas Manfredi Disney’s channels on DirecTV, including ABC and ESPN, have been dark for over a week as the two sides continue to trade barbs while trying to negotiate a new carriage deal to end the impasse. Both sides appear to be dug in for the long-term — even with Disney poised to risk nearly $3.5 billion in revenue, or 4% of its total annual sales, and DirecTV to forego at least 700,000 subscribers just from losing the Sept. 9 Monday Night Football game, analysts told TheWrap. DirecTV pays Disney around $2 billion per year for its programming, according to the satellite TV giant’s CFO Ray Spencer. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rainn Wilson in New York City, 2023]( [Rainn Wilson Quits X Over 'Racist' Haitian Immigrant Misinformation Spread by Ted Cruz, JD Vance]( [ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' 2024 Season Opener Dips to 20.5 Million Viewers Amid Disney-DirecTV Carriage Dispute]( [lachlan murdoch]( [Fox's Lachlan Murdoch Says Venu 'Doesn't Look Like a Cable Service,' Reveals It's Organized by Sport]( [Eve Hewson as Amelia Sacks and Billy Howle as Benji Winbury in "The Perfect Couple." (Credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Netflix)]( ['The Perfect Couple' Debuts Atop Netflix Top 10 TV Shows With 20.3 Million Views in Opening Weekend]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WrapPRO logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](