Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
Lawsuit Against HBO: How Hollywood Cheats Its Creatives
27 Dec 2024
A Hollywood writer and producer has sued HBO after he claims that the network stole his concepts.Jack Piuggi, who owns Flipp Productions claimed that after stealing his concepts, HBO eventually went on to produce two shows for the network called Fake Famous (HBO) and FBoy Island (HBO Max). To book this guest, contact Cricket Public Relations: [email protected], 212-363-0654 Jacks Website https://www.jackpiuggi.com Follow me on all socials! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidetruecrime/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcoxtruecrime Do you want to be a guest? Send me an email here: [email protected] Do you want a custom "con man" painting to shown up at your doorstep every month? Subscribe to my Patreon: https: //www.patreon.com/insidetruecrime Do you want a custom painting done by me? Check out my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/coxpopart Listen to my True Crime Podcasts anywhere: https://anchor.fm/mattcox Check out my true crime books! Shark in the Housing Pool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0851KBYCF Bent: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV4GC7TM It's Insanity: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KFYXKK8 Devil Exposed: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TH1WT5G Devil Exposed (The Abridgment): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1070682438 The Program: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0858W4G3K Bailout: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bailout-matthew-cox/1142275402 Dude, Where's My Hand-Grenade?: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXNFHBDF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678623676&sr=1-1 Checkout my disturbingly twisted satiric novel! Stranger Danger: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSWQP3WX If you would like to support me directly, I accept donations here: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/MattCox69 Cashapp: $coxcon69 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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My attorney goes, stop everything you're doing. Whoever you're working with isn't who they say they are. They're HBO and they're ripping you off. So you pop up the trailer for this thing. The first opening line is, do you want to be famous?
Right.
And then it cuts to an American Idol style casting audition, casting for influencers. I'm like, holy shit. All these guys signed an NDA. I'm going to be rich. So I'm like, I think this guy just commit malpractice. So I was like, holy shit. Like even these, even these attorneys are actors, you know, I'm like, everybody's an actor. Holy crap. My family, friends, JLo's music producer.
And he wants me to come over and hang out. Next thing I know, his friends are putting my stuff on HBO. You know, like, like, I don't know how else to put it, but like, I didn't think they were out to get me. I thought this guy, I looked up to him.
Hey, this is Matt Cox, and I'm going to be interviewing Jack Pugey. And he has a really interesting story about corruption and theft in Hollywood, which I know you guys are saying, stop it. That's not true. I agree that large corporations wouldn't possibly take advantage of anyone, but he insists it's true. So we're here to hear his story and I appreciate it.
And if you like the video, do me a favor and hit the subscribe button, hit the bell so you get notified of videos just like this. Leave me a comment, do all the things that you know you're supposed to do. And I appreciate it. So check out the interview. I typically don't hit them up for a subscription at the beginning, but I really need the numbers.
Yeah. Trust me. I know how it works. So listen, and I appreciate everybody that's stopping to listen and take the time to hear today too, because you know, that's all I'm trying to do is create awareness around this. And it's the sort of story that everybody has heard a million times.
And I mean, you know, they made, there's a movie about that jokes about it called big fat liar, where this like kid gets his homework stolen by a moot by Paul Giamatti. And all of a sudden it turns into like the biggest flick of the season.
Right.
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