Brad Witter,
May 14, 2009
While Farrah Fawcett continues to brave her battle with cancer, her longtime partner, Ryan O’Neal, and close friend, Alana Stewart, now have to combat a foe of their own -- producer Craig Nevius. The writer/director behind Farrah’s 2005 reality show is suing the pair for allegedly interfering with his right to produce Farrah’s Story, the new NBC special that chronicles the former Charlie’s Angels star’s fight for her life. While he has made no attempt to block the documentary from airing on May 15, Nevius is suing for undisclosed damages and to regain creative control of the project, which he says he worked on for 2 years. To add insult to injury, Nevius further contends that O’Neal once “physically threatened him.”
In response to the situation, Farrah’s rep, Paul Bloch stated, “We are shocked by this type of behavior. Here's a woman who everyone knows has been ill and to do something like this is horrific. When you see something like this, you have to question the motives of someone who can be so hurtful during this very sensitive time in a person's life." We couldn't agree more.
