Papa John Schnatter Reacts To Attempt By Former Ad Firm To Dismiss Lawsuit, Avoid Accountability After Secret Taping, Set Up, And Alleged Leak To Media

Hollywood Mogul Wasserman threatened to "bury the founder" with $6M alleged extortion attempt

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Aug 13, 2021, 14:58 ET

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- John Schnatter, the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Papa John's International, reacted today to the filing of a Motion to Dismiss his lawsuit against former ad firm Laundry Service and its parent company Wasserman Media, the defendants that submitted the pleading in a federal court in Louisville, Kentucky Wednesday evening.

"Laundry Service and Wasserman Media continue to manipulate the facts surrounding their malicious actions when they set me up to damage our brand though they were contractually obligated to do the exact opposite," said Papa John Schnatter.

"We will pursue this litigation to the very end in order to reveal the truth of what happened and to demonstrate the set up and the cover up enacted by the defendants Laundry Service and Wasserman Media and backed up by the Papa John's board of directors," he concluded.

Discovery in the litigation to date has demonstrated that the defendants allegedly secretly recorded a private media coaching session with Mr. Schnatter in which he expressed his complete disdain for racism, and then they reversed the meaning and intent of his comments when defendants allegedly leaked limited excerpts of the call to the media in 2018.

For more information on John H. Schnatter v 247 Group, LLC d/b/a Laundry Service, and Wasserman Media Group, LLC and to access the audio recording of the conference call, the transcript from the call, and other highlights, go to: thepapajohnschnatter.com/schnatter-v-wasserman-media.

Reference: Civil Action No. 3:20-cv-000003-CHBCHL

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