How Did Kudrow Loses $ 1 Million Lawsuit

The headlines read “Kudrow Loses $1.6 Million Lawsuit”. How could it be when she was at the height of her career? The comedian had millions of people reading and gabbing about her insane salary of $1 million … per episode. Not only her, but each of the cast members of the show Friends was raking in big dollars. On the other side of this scenario is Kudrow's and her former manager, Scott Howard's lawsuit. The two appeared in a civil court hearing over the accusation that she owed Howard money and lots of it. The money came from his stand that Kudrow was liable because she broke her contract. She allegedly owed him $1.6 million of unpaid residuals from 1991-2007. The final decision of 10-2 was in Howard's favor for future and previous monetary losses.

Kudrow reportedly refused to pay him over $50 grand in legal fees which came from her earnings on Friends including reruns and other films, movies, plays, etc. Howard said that the two had a verbal agreement which entitled him to receive 10% of Kudrow's income as her manager. He went on to explain that after many years of working with Kudrow how she just stopped paying him. He rationalized how he helped Kudrow find significant roles during the course of her career and that he was instrumental in salary talks with the key people of NBC, however Howard acknowledges the fact that he was not active in the decision making process relating to her