Fuller House Creator Jeff Franklin Sues “Resentful” EP For Getting Him Kicked Off Netflix Series

April 16, 2019 7:00pm

Fuller House will be ending its run on Netflix with its upcoming fifth season, but a lawsuit today from canned creator of Full House and the reboot could go on long after the show is over.

“Despite hiring and supporting Defendant Bryan Behar, a writer and Co-Executive Producer on Fuller House, Behal was resentful of Franklins success,” says the Intentional interference with prospective economic advantage complaint filed Tuesday in L.A. Superior court by ex-EP and Jeff Franklin against his showrunning successor.

“Motivated by a secret hatred of Franklin and hoping to take his place someday as showrunner, Behar concocted a plan to compile unflattering and distasteful information about Franklin that was either fabricated or twisted versions of events and presented it first to the media and then to Warner Brothers in an effort to get Franklin thrown off Fuller House,” the jury trial seeking suit adds (read it here).

Amid claims that he had been verbally abusive to staffers and made inappropriate remarks in the writers room, Franklin was unceremoniously fired from Fuller House in February 2018. The next month, Behar and Steve Baldikoski were made EPs and co-showrunners for the fourth season of the Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, John Stamos led series.

Which, according to Franklins wide ranging damages seeking complaint, was exactly Behars plan on the WB Horizon Scripted TV and Miller-Boyett Productions produced series after that fourth season renewal from Netflix.

“Franklins unwavering support of Behar was not appreciated, however.” the 12-page filing by Larry Stein and attorneys atRuss, August & Kabat states. “Franklin is informed and believes, and based thereon alleges, that Behar began plotting a scheme against Franklin by secretly keeping a self- described little black book in which he would regularly write down anything Franklin said or did that could possibly be twisted into something negative and unprofessional to use against Franklin,” the suit claims.

“Franklin is informed and believes, and based thereon alleges, that Behar also secretly photographed Franklin and his female friends and female employees at work and at Franklins home, and also took photos of Franklins computer screen at the office, all of which he added to his little black book and showed to others involved with Fuller House in order to paint Franklin in a negative light.”

“Indeed, based on information and belief, it appears Behar took real encounters with Franklin and distorted them to create false narratives that painted Read More – Source

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