Md. hearing on legal fight between Jon Gosselin, TLC starts without ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8′ dad
By APThursday, December 10, 2009
Reality dad Jon Gosselin a no-show at Md. hearing
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Jon Gosselin, the star of TLC’s hit reality show “Jon and Kate Plus 8,” has not shown up to a hearing in his legal fight with the network. Gosselin’s attorney, Mark Heller, had previously said the celebrity dad would attend Thursday’s hearing in Maryland, but the hearing has started without him.
The judge says Gosselin’s lawyers don’t plan to call witnesses.
The network wants the judge to stop Gosselin from making media appearances that it says violate his exclusive contract. TLC, which is owned by Silver Spring, Md.-based Discovery Communications, says the contract remains in force.
Gosselin says he has a right to earn a living as a media personality. He also claims in a countersuit that TLC violated Pennsylvania’s child labor laws in filming his eight children.
