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Michael Bay found himself at the center of a highly publicized story this past week. It was reported that the veteran film director had been charged with killing a pigeon, an act that reportedly took place in Italy while he was filming 6 Underground (which can be streamed using a Netflix subscription). At the time the news was reported, Bay released a statement in which he denied the allegations, and he now has more to say. Not only is the filmmaker doubling down on his assertion that the story is false, but he’s also gotten a lawyer involved.
The Transformers filmmaker has reportedly made a request of TheWrap, which broke the news of the situation involving the pigeon. Mathew Rosengart, the director’s attorney sent a letter – which was obtained by Variety – to the news outlet. In the message, the lawyer shot denied the trade’s notion that “Michael Bay had been accused or ‘charged’ with ‘killing a pigeon’ in connection with a film he directed. Rosengart also referred to the headline and story as “false, reckless, and defamatory.” With this, he’s asking that the publication retract or correct the story. The note also reads:
As you know, Mr. Bay was never accused, much less ‘charged,’ with ‘killing’ an animal. Indeed, prior to publication, you were placed on notice of the existence of video evidence rebutting these allegations and demonstrating that at no time was any animal harmed, let alone ‘killed.’ Further, as you also know (but failed to publish), the only ‘charge’ at issue in Italy concerns whether, in his capacity as the film’s director, Mr. Bay failed to properly supervise crew members (whom he did not even have the ability to hire) responsible for handling the animals on set. That charge is being vigorously defended — and indeed, Mr. Bay feels so strongly that, to his credit, he refused to settle the case even for the nominal fine that was proposed by authorities to resolve it.
As of this writing, TheWrap has yet to formally respond to Matthew Rosengart’s letter on behalf of Michael Bay. It’s currently unclear as to how this situation might progress and how Bay’s legal situation will pan out.
More to come…
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