CAA settled its lawsuit with tv author John Musero, who accused the company of putting him on an “underperforming” blacklist final 12 months, forward of a scheduled trial this week.
On Monday, the authorized staff for Musero submitted their discover of settlement to the superior court docket of Los Angeles. The doc states that the matter can be dismissed upon the passable completion of specified phrases, which weren’t outlined within the doc, inside 45 days. Musero was initially suing the company for $25 million; a person with information of the settlement advised TheWrap the settlement got here in at $500,000.
“We’re glad to lastly transfer on from this meritless lawsuit, which produced no discovering of wrongdoing by CAA and was resolved for what quantities to nuisance worth,” a spokesperson for CAA advised TheWrap.
Musero, a former employees author for HBO and Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom,” sued the company in June 2025 after failing to show in a separate declare that the corporate stole the premise of his pilot, “Primary Justice,” a present set contained in the U.S. Legal professional Basic’s workplace. He known as the transfer on the time a “whistleblower second for each artist” at present or beforehand affiliated with the expertise company.
Musero first accused CAA of stealing his pilot conceptwhich the company optioned, in 2019. He additionally claimed that he was placed on a listing of “underperforming writers” in 2016 and that CAA hid from him that he was in peril of being dropped. In April 2024, Musero alleged breach of fiduciary responsibility and confidentiality, breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of excellent religion and truthful dealing. Moreover, Musero mentioned his brokers stopped actively representing him and his finest pursuits.
“CAA secretly blacklists its personal shoppers whereas main them to imagine it’s persevering with to signify their pursuits. This case confirms what has been suspected by many within the business for years,” Musero mentioned beforehand in a June 2025 assertion on the matter. “What’s clear is that CAA shoppers — and Guild members — might have had their careers harmed or killed, unbeknownst to them.”
A decide dominated in June 2025 to slim Musero’s declare, discovering that the pilot concept wasn’t stolen however that there’s an opportunity the company blacklisted him.