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Ex-Paramount president Jeff Shell personally paid nothing to R.J. Cipriani to settle the scorched-earth lawsuit between the two men, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
”He did not pay a single cent,” said a person familiar with the situation. “Nothing.” A source, however, confirms that Cipriani was paid off, just not by Shell or Paramount.
Patricia Glaser, a veteran industry litigator who had represented both men separately in unrelated matters and arranged a meeting between the two sides in 2024, offered Cipriani $150,000 of her own money to resolve the dispute, according to his lawsuit. He rebuffed that offer. The lawyer, who declined to comment for this story, later offered to pay more than $1 million, said a person with knowledge of the situation. The final settlement figure remains unknown.
At the time of their initial meeting, Shell suspected Cipriani of orchestrating a campaign to undermine his comeback at Paramount. Glaser set up the talks for the two sides to reach a truce.
