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Article: Tae-Bo creator Blanks hit with setback in suit against agent. (Law).(Billy Blanks )(Brief Article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 17, 2003
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BILLY Blanks got a swift kick backward Feb. 27 when an appellate judge threw out the Tae-Bo fitness guru's suit against his former accountant and talent agent.
Blanks, whose combination of Tae Kwon Do and boxing quickly leapt from L.A. gyms to infomercials, videotapes and a book, claimed Jeffrey Greenfield defrauded him by becoming his agent in 1999, even though he was not licensed under California's Talent Agencies Act. Blanks claimed that because of the fraud, a negotiated profit agreement between the two is void.
A lower court agreed with Blanks, but 2nd Appellate District Judge Lawrence Crispo threw out Blanks' claims on technical grounds, finding ...