Rene Dupree Files Class Action Suit Against WWE Over Unpaid WWE Network Royalties

Original: According to Pro-Wrestling Stats & Analytics guru Chris Harrington, former WWE performer Rene Dupree has filed a class action lawsuit against the WWE. The suit is over unpaid royalties, from both the WWE Network and Netflix.

Plaintiff Rene Goguen (“Plaintiff”) brings this action on behalf of himself and all similarly situated individuals who have not received contractually owed royalty payments from World Wrestling Entertainment (“WWE”) for certain content that has been sold or licensed by the WWE on the World Wrestling Entertainment Network (“WWE Network”) and on Netflix.
You can check out the full filing at this link.

UPDATE: WWE’s Jerry McDevit sent the following statement to sescoops.com…
“Aside from the complete lack of merit, the fact there are numerous decisions precluding the non-contractual claims, and the fact that the contract does not give him any rights that relate to the WWE Network, Goguen signed an agreement in 2011 which we believe precludes these claims. I do not think he told his lawyers about the above agreement, and they were notified of it last night with the obvious demand that the lawsuit be dismissed. They thanked me for telling them, and said they would look into it, which to me confirms he did not tell them.”
Sescoops.com also notes that WWE changed talent contracts in 2004, when the WWE 24-7/WWE Classics on Demand subscription video on demand service was launched. It included the following…
7.5 No Royalties Paid to WRESTLER. Except as specifically set forth in Section 7.1 through 7.3 above, WRESTLER shall not be eligible for any payment or royalties with respect to any other goods, services or otherwise including without limitation to the following: television license fees; television subscription fees; internet subscription fees; subscription video on demand fees; magazine subscription fees and/or advertising; and/or distribution fees of any kind paid to PROMOTER by any entity in connection with the exploitation of the Intellectual Property.

Opinionated View- Well unlike the various concussion lawsuits which I felt had no chance of working this could. Yeah WWE will push the clause they used for 24/7 but the wrestlers will say "We got paid for DVD's and this replaced DVD's."

And let me make this clear the wrestlers should be paid. But we also know promoters won't just hand it over.

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