"In May 2018, Carrington filed a lawsuit alleging he had been abused by two producers: former entertainment president of MTV and VH1 Brian Graden, who co-created South Park and was partly responsible for VH1's early 2000s pop-culture encyclopedic rebranding; and Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey, whose various companies were behind era-defining movies and television from the 80s on, including The Sopranos, Real Time with Bill Maher and Scary Movie."
"Two and a half years and another lawsuit later, the two producers that he had alleged raped him became four with the addition of notorious abuser Harvey Weinstein and Viacom founder and Paramount honcho Sumner Redstone. Carrington would in a future filing claim that Graden had raped him when he was underage. He would come to implicate famous actors as well: Tom Cruise, Bob Saget and Mark Wahlberg, among them."
"On that day, the aspiring screenwriter told a federal judge that he had altered evidence to support his legal claim of being systematically raped and blacklisted by a bevy of Hollywood powerbrokers. His 11th-hour capitulation came as a shock."
Rovier Carrington, an aspiring screenwriter, filed a lawsuit in May 2018 alleging systematic rape and blacklisting by Hollywood powerbrokers. His initial defendants included MTV/VH1 executive Brian Graden and Paramount CEO Brad Grey, with Carrington seeking over $100 million in damages. Over time, his allegations expanded to include Harvey Weinstein, Sumner Redstone, and actors Tom Cruise, Bob Saget, and Mark Wahlberg. In February 2023, Carrington admitted in federal court that he had altered evidence to support his legal claims. This admission came as a significant shock and fundamentally compromised the credibility of his case during the height of the #MeToo movement.
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