Robert Murray, CEO of coal corporation Murray Energy, has filed a temporary restraining order against HBO, attempting to prevent the network from rebroadcasting a June episode of Last Week Tonight in which host John Oliver criticized the coal baron for his controversial business practices. The move, as The Hollywood Reporter notes, marks another chapter in an ongoing legal battle, which HBO recently removed to federal court after beginning at the state level.
Murray Energy and several associated coal companies are suing Oliver, the writers of Last Week Tonight, HBO and...
Murray Energy and several associated coal companies are suing Oliver, the writers of Last Week Tonight, HBO and...
- 7/24/2017
- Rollingstone.com
John Oliver and his HBO talk show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” are the subject of a lawsuit regarding the episode he ran last week on the coal industry and supremely litigious Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray. He briefly addressed the suit at the beginning of his June 25 episode, but he wasn’t able […]...
- 6/26/2017
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Robert Murray, CEO of Murray Energy Corp., a mining company based in St. Clairsville, Ohio, filed a defamation lawsuit against John Oliver, the writers of Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight, HBO and Time Warner on Wednesday. The legal action followed Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight, which focused on the struggles of the coal industry and pointed out Murray and his mining company for […]...
- 6/22/2017
- by Aynslee Darmon
- ET Canada
John Oliver took on Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray in the June 18 installment of his HBO show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and taunted him about his company’s coal mining practices. The exec, who is pals with president Donald Trump, was not amused and is now suing Oliver and the show’s writers as […]...
- 6/22/2017
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
A West Virginia coal mogul (who's a friend to Donald Trump) is suing John Oliver, HBO, Time Warner and the writers of Last Week Tonight for defamation after Sunday's episode of the HBO late-night show targeted Robert Murray and the company of which he's CEO, Murray Energy Corporation.
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- 6/22/2017
- by Liam Mathews
- TVGuide - Breaking News
HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” was hit with a defamation lawsuit by Murray Energy Corporation CEO Robert Murray after host John Oliver spent much of Sunday’s show bashing the coal executive. The complaint says the show’s segment was “false, injurious, and defamatory,” and an “attempt to advance their biases against the coal industry and their disdain for the coal-related policies of the Trump Administration,” according to Dan Abrams’ LawNewz. The suit names producer Charles Wilson, HBO, and parent company Time Warner, Inc., according to Law Newz. The sites also reported that the suit claims Time Warner “is widely...
- 6/22/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Coal baron Robert Murray filed a lawsuit against John Oliver, the writers of Oliver's show Last Week Tonight, HBO and Time Warner on Wednesday, The Daily Beast reports.
The legal action came quickly following Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight, which focused on the struggles of the coal industry and singled out Murray for failing to protect the safety of his miners after one of his mines in Utah recently collapsed, killing nine workers. Murray's suit alleges that Oliver and his various accomplices "executed a meticulously planned attempt to assassinate...
The legal action came quickly following Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight, which focused on the struggles of the coal industry and singled out Murray for failing to protect the safety of his miners after one of his mines in Utah recently collapsed, killing nine workers. Murray's suit alleges that Oliver and his various accomplices "executed a meticulously planned attempt to assassinate...
- 6/22/2017
- Rollingstone.com
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