Vegas
03-27-2007, 04:26 PM
http://www.nysun.com/article/51214
Two months after risking death by saving the life of an epileptic passenger who fell into the path of an incoming no. 1 train, subway hero Wesley Autrey Sr. is accusing one of his attorneys and a Hollywood agent who promised him movie and book deals of tricking him, making him "act fast" in signing a far-reaching contract giving the duo half the profits from his fame.
"Because he was getting himself and his daughters ready to go to the White House and he did not want to keep the president waiting, he felt that he didn't have time to read" the contract, Mr. Autrey's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, claims.
Mr. Autrey now wants a state judge to nullify the contract, which his suit calls "one-sided," and stop the lawyer, Diane Kleiman, the movie agent, Mark Anthony Esposito, and the agent's production company, SiUNO Theatrical Productions, from exploiting his heroic story.
Ms. Kleiman, a former Queens prosecutor, customs agent, and occasional Fox News Channel commentator who met Mr. Autrey's family at a Waldorf-Astoria banquet last month, said she proposed representing the subway hero because she wanted to make sure no one took advantage of him.
She called the allegations made in Mr. Autrey's lawsuit "nonsense" and "preposterous," adding that she gave the subway hero almost a week to review what she called a typical contract to engage her services.
Two months after risking death by saving the life of an epileptic passenger who fell into the path of an incoming no. 1 train, subway hero Wesley Autrey Sr. is accusing one of his attorneys and a Hollywood agent who promised him movie and book deals of tricking him, making him "act fast" in signing a far-reaching contract giving the duo half the profits from his fame.
"Because he was getting himself and his daughters ready to go to the White House and he did not want to keep the president waiting, he felt that he didn't have time to read" the contract, Mr. Autrey's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, claims.
Mr. Autrey now wants a state judge to nullify the contract, which his suit calls "one-sided," and stop the lawyer, Diane Kleiman, the movie agent, Mark Anthony Esposito, and the agent's production company, SiUNO Theatrical Productions, from exploiting his heroic story.
Ms. Kleiman, a former Queens prosecutor, customs agent, and occasional Fox News Channel commentator who met Mr. Autrey's family at a Waldorf-Astoria banquet last month, said she proposed representing the subway hero because she wanted to make sure no one took advantage of him.
She called the allegations made in Mr. Autrey's lawsuit "nonsense" and "preposterous," adding that she gave the subway hero almost a week to review what she called a typical contract to engage her services.