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Erik Everhard Awarded $141,000 In Red Light District Lawsuit

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Former Red Light District contract director Erik Everhard was awarded $141,000 today by a Chatsworth jury in his lawsuit against the studio claiming breach of contract, conversion, claim and delivery, accounting and unfair competition.

Red Light District was represented in the case by Ray Tamaddon and Larry Isenberg, while Everhard was represented by Sean Macias. The case was presided over by Judge John Ferrell in the Chatsworth Courthouse.

Everhard filed suit against RLD in January 2006, asking for over $400,000. Following today’s verdict, both sides told AVN they were satisfied with the outcome of the suit.

"We're very pleased with the outcome," Everhard told AVN. "We feel that we were vindicated, and essentially, we've proved that Erik Everhard Entertainment will go after anyone that tries to defraud us of any royalties or tries to infringe on our copyrights. I feel very righteous today!"

Meanwhile, Red Light's attorney Tamaddon stressed that he was happy with the verdict.

"It was a two-week trial, and the jury rendered a verdict today with which we're very pleased," Tamaddon said. "We feel that Red Light is vindicated, because we had remained silent up to now."

Tamaddon continued, "We had filed our own cross-complaint against Mr. Everhard, because he owed us money. Over the course of the lawsuit, as we collected receivables, the account turned, and ultimately we agreed that we owed him $52,000. So when we went to trial, we acknowledged we owe him $52,000, and we had always agreed that we'd pay him."

Red Light's cross-complaint against Everhard was later dropped. Everhard's attorney Sean Macias remarked, "I thought the jury sent a nice message and a correct message, and that message was we won on all counts. Of course, we would like to have won more, but we were pleased with the message that it sent, and we have a strong belief in our judicial system."

Everhard is not the only former RLD director pursuing legal action against the company. Another suit filed by former Red Light director Mike John is scheduled to go to trial in January.

Red Light District president David Joseph added, "I'm at the point where I've had it with these accusations and these straight-out lies from people that formerly worked for Red Light District. And anybody that wants to come after us and try to use us as a target, that think I'm just going to settle, I'm not settling. I'm going to take them all to trial. I'm not playing games. I've had it."