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What happens when you want to take people to court?

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • 1 hour ago
  • 1 min read

In my experience, they laugh you off until the charges are serious and the police are investigating the pattern of harassment and threats. You don't even need a lawyer to attend mediation, yet they'll fob you off so that they can't be caught sitting in a room admitting that they have ignored your refusals to licence the songs which they still can't figure out how to play or sing. All they had to do was: a) take my offer to sell Weeded Out seriously, b) meet in real life to discuss it.

c) proffer an offer. d) review my counterproposal e) find a consensus f) sign the deal and shoot the series. Any other producer would be held to that standard in any country. - Is Steve Barr special? Is the NZ Film Commission above the law? Is Victoria University of Wellington legally permitted to stalk former students? The answer is no. I'm entitled to refuse. I refused. We made The Dakumentary instead. VUW is simply dreading the settlement: they don't want to take responsibility. I'm turning down big money to force a public statement which acknowledges fault. I'm in the right. Mr. Luxon and VUW's overzealous goons need to back down. "goons?" "hired goons" "hired goons??"

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
an hour ago

The negotiation concluded in 2024 when Mr. Barr didn't win a shared script credit. Mr. Barr has to walk away from the film deal. It's the police who will decide whether he faces charges for blackmailing me. It's the police who will decide whether to charge his flunkies. The cops told me that deals without jail time weren't an option. If I hadn't gone to the fuzz, they wouldn't be scared.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
an hour ago
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VUW faculty: don't take their bloody threats seriously. Dave Armstrong has been meeting me during the feud. I'm not interested in feeling depressed thanks to ongoing harassment. If I don't want to sign an NDA for a large settlement, that's my choice.

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