Gilmore Girls executive producer Gavin Polone has sued WBTV, the WB and the CW, over breach-of-contract related to the series.

The lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses WBTV and the WB of “self-dealing at all levels”, claiming that they purposely defrauded the originator of the Gilmore Girls series “with a scheme that rivals the greed and bravado of any story line defendants could script.”

Essentially, the lawsuit refers to a 2000 agreement between Gavin Polone’s company and WBTV, and a 2002 amendment that would guarantee Gavin’s produing company a percentage of the “modified adjusted gross”. This means Polone would get a percentage of the profits the show made, after costs were deducted.

According to Polone, Gilmore Girls was “in the red” (i.e. not profitable) early on in its production, he’s disputing a claim that WBTV made in 2006 that the show was in the red by a $53 million deficit for the first 6 seasons. Polone audited the books in 2006 and alleges the balance was understated by more than $45 million. He alleges this was done purposefully. WBTV disputed this audit in June, and now it looks like Polone has taken things a step further with the lawsuit.

The lawsuit is seeking millions of dollars in damages.

Thanks Alli! Via hollywood reporter ; image: TheWB.com

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