Pasadena City College paid Oscar-winning screenwriter not to sue
Pasadena City College leaders agreed to pay Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black nearly $26,000 not to sue the school after it rescinded an invitation for him to be the commencement speaker earlier this year, according to copy of the settlement agreement obtained by The Times.
A college trustee originally asked Black, who graduated from the school in 1994 and wrote the screenplay “Milk,”to address graduates during their May 9 graduation. But other college leaders later withdrew the invitation, saying they were concerned that images from a stolen sex video with Black that had been posted on the Internet could harm the school’s reputation, according the school’s student newspaper.
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