Jeremy Piven Wins Sushi-gate
August 28th, 2009
Jeremy Piven has won his case against the producers of the Broadway show Speed-the-Plow, with a professional arbiter ruling that the Entourage star didn’t breach his contract after becoming ill from eating too much sushi.
A statement released by the star said, “I’m pleased with the outcome of the arbitration and to be completely vindicated in this matter based on the facts and the medical evidence.”
Piven claimed that mercury poisoning caused him to pull out of the play last year, with producer David Mamet saying at the time, “So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.”
According to the arbiter there was “sufficient evidence to establish that Piven’s decision was a reasonable one; that it was reasonably based, and that the contrary evidence is insufficient.”
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August 28th, 2009 at 12:10 am
The following statement was released by the National Fisheries Institute in the wake of today's ruling:
Earlier today it was announced that an arbitrator had ruled in favor of Jeremy Piven and the Actor's Equity Association in the dispute over his abrupt departure from the Broadway production of David Mamet's "Speed the Plow."
Despite the fact that the arbitrator ruled in Piven's favor, NFI cautions reporters and editors to continue to treat Piven's statements with skepticism. It is important to note that no peer reviewed medical journal has ever published any evidence of a case of methylmercury poisoning caused by the normal consumption of commercial seafood in the U.S. This ruling does not change that simple scientific fact. It is also important to note that Piven previously claimed to have been diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus during the first week of rehearsals, a claim that has curiously be absent from most news coverage.