AxaMonitor Daily – Feb 22: Peters sues Axanar director Burnett

By CARLOS PEDRAZA | FEBRUARY 20, 2019 | 5 MIN READ

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The legal situation between Axanar producer and former director Robert Meyer Burnett heats up. The Georgia court where Peters is suing Burnett hasn't quite made it to the 21st century yet, so we're waiting for our copy of the legal complaint to come by <fans self>the mail</fan self>. #staytuned

1. Peters Sues Former Axanar Director

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SHOOTING ‘HEROES’ Axanar producer Alec Peters (left) on the bridge of the Enterprise with former Axanar director Robert Meyer Burnett during an October 2015 shoot of the Axanar short, “Heroes.”

Peters v. Burnett: Producer Alec Peters files suit this week in Georgia state court against his former colleague Robert Meyer Burnett, who once was slated to direct Axanar. The suit has been brewing for almost two months since Peters started badmouthing his former colleague on Facebook:

‘I’m going to end this in court and then let everyone know this lying thief screwed us all.’

Legal complaint: An early draft of the complaint has Peters seeking $45,500 in damages, plus interest and attorneys fees for Burnett’s alleged failure to:

Repay a series of loans Peters made to Burnett from October 2014 to March 2015, totaling $31,550.
Complete four videos, behind-the-scenes featurettes about the making of Axanar.

Possible wrinkle — jurisdiction: The lawsuit was filed against Burnett in Georgia, where Peters lives. Burnett, however, is a California resident with no known business or personal ties in Georgia.

Georgia law typically doesn't extend to out-of-state defendants.
Burnett may have to appear in court to argue as a Californian that he can't be sued in Georgia.

Why it matters: If it's not dismissed the lawsuit could reveal much about the opaque financial workings inside Axanar while Peters was in charge of $1.2 million raised from fans for the never-produced feature film.

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2. Peters' Studio Quest Doomed Axanar — Gossett

TREKZONE'S INTERVIEW with Prelude to Axanar director Christian Gossett dropped yesterday. Gossett describes for Trekzone's Matt Miller what Axanar could've been had Alec Peters focused first on making the film instead of building his own studio with fans' money. Watch here »

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3. Burnett Releases ‘Axanar’ Battle Footage

KICKING SOME ASS By contrast with limited footage Axanar has recently released on YouTube, the film's former director, Robert Meyer Burnett, offers many high-resolution clips as mini-documentaries about the making of Axanar. Click the image to watch the 18-minute video, "The U.S.S. Ares Kicking Some Ass."

Once again, even after two years since the @CBS lawsuit settlement, #Axanar's @AlecPeters does everything he can to NOT MAKE his two fifteen minute films, spending money to sue me instead of doing the work he owes his donors. Hardly surprising. His last lawyer quit.
— Robert Meyer Burnett (@BurnettRM) February 22, 2019

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Dragon Ball's Monica Rial releases a statement on Twitter explaining how she witnessed and was the object of Vic Mignogna's alleged sexual misconduct. And she's getting backlash about that from the Star Trek Continues star and anime voice actor. ComicBook.com reports.

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On the other hand, maybe cord-cutting isn't turning out to be as big a deal as we thought it would. Cord Cutters News reports.

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