But the lawyer once shared by the executive and rival R.J Cipriani allegedly offered her own money to end the dispute.

R.J. Cipriani said he was told of confidential business dealings at Paramount and rendered high-value crisis communication services to Shell, who maintained that he was being extorted.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A $150 million lawsuit filed Monday against Jeff Shell looks to be putting the Paramount executive in both legal and corporate ...

Robert James "R.J." Cipriani has asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to dismiss the scorched-earth lawsuit he brought ...

Jeff Shell is officially departing his role as president of Paramount Skydance. His exit follows a public dispute and messy legal battle with R.J. Cipriani, a professional gambler who asserts that ...

Paramount President Jeff Shell agreed to exit the company after being entangled in a legal battle with a controversial Las Vegas gambler and self-styled "fixer." Paramount announced his departure ...

Paramount President Jeff Shell has fired back in his ugly feud with a Las Vegas gambler and FBI informant, contending that Robert "R.J." Cipriani has fictionalized the two men's dealings, then spread ...

Jeff Shell’s fight with R.J. Cipriani, a notorious provocateur, may have been the proximate cause for his undoing but ultimately it was David Ellison's call. Cipriani is still going on the offensive.

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime media executive Jeff Shell is leaving Paramount, in a move that arrives amid a messy legal battle and the Skydance-owned company’s ongoing efforts to take over Hollywood rival ...