Disney Must Pay $319 Million ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ Verdict:

There is no honor among thieves!

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $319 million verdict over profits from the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and rejected Walt Disney Co.’s request for a new trial.

The ruling comes more than two years after the jury ruled in Celador’s favor after a lengthy trial that featured testimony from several top Disney executives. The company sued in 2004, claiming Disney was using creative accounting to hide profits from the show, which first ran in the United States from August 1999 to May 2002 and was a huge hit for ABC.
The jury found that Celador was owed $269.2 million, and a judge later added $50 million in interest to the judgment.

One would think that of all the companies in the country that is supposed to espouse honesty and integrity it would be the Walt Disney Co.

It seems that the leaders of the pack at Disney tried to bamboozle their stockholders by trying to conceal the profits that “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” made and got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. It cost them a pretty penny for their attempt at this deceitful act.

Needless to say; Walt would turn over in his grave knowing that his namesake was being abused by some modern day Bonnie and Clyde that are running the company.