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Litigation

Apr. 18, 2009

Jury Rejects Claims in Nasty Hard Rock Sale Dispute

After three weeks, a jury has rejected claims that Peter Morton, well-known celebrity mogul and co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, cheated his ex-wife out of millions of dollars from the $770 million sale of his Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Call it just another cautionary tale of Hollywood love gone horribly - but not atypically - wrong.

Celebrity mogul meets girl, marries girl and seven years later their relationship ends in nasty divorce proceedings, complete with accusations of drug use and infidelity splayed across Page 6 of the New York Post.

But after three weeks of "only in Hollywood" style testimony, a jury ...

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