Kemo
12-05-2016, 01:09 AM
We’ve got an update on the lawsuit filed by Audience of One Productions against TNA parent company Impact Ventures, TNA CFO Dean Broadhead, production coordinator/former wrestler Ron Harris, and Aroluxe, the production company that owns a minority stake in TNA. As you can tell from the headline, Aroluxe and Harris are moving to dismiss the case. Audience of One filed the lawsuit in late September, during the week where it appeared that TNA would be dead if nobody put in new money by the end of the week. It alleges that TNA has not only been delinquent on payments for Bound For Glory 2015 production work, but was arranging a deal with Aroluxe to replace Audience of One at the same time.
TNA had filed an answer to the complaint a few weeks back.
Aroluxe’s basic reasoning for having the case against the company as well as Harris revolves around Audience of One filing the lawsuit in Virginia, where they’re headquartered, on top of, obviously, denying the allegations against them. That’s strictly legalese that we won’t concern ourselves with today. But in terms of newsworthiness, that’s not what jumps out in what they filed with their motion to dismiss. Supporting the motion were two affidavits: One from Harris, and one from Aroluxe founder Jason Brown.
Curiously, Harris says that At all times relevant to the Complaint,I was not employed by Defendant Aroluxe” and “At all times relevant to the Complaint, I was not employed by Defendant Impact Ventures, LLC f/k/a TNA Entertainment, LLC (“TNA”). My last employment with TNA was almost ten years ago.” Brown added that “Aroluxe does not employ Defendant Ronald Dean Harris” and “Aroluxe has never authorized Defendant Ronald Dean Harris to acton its behalf.”
The affidavits don’t entirely ring true, with Harris not working for TNA for “almost ten years” being the most suspicious part. Audience of One’s complaint specifically alleged that Harris emailed them requesting an itemized invoice for Bound For Glory on December 11, 2015. In addition, the complaint states that both Harris brothers were using “@tnawrestling.com” email addresses and “generally held themselves out as employees of TNA.” It strains credulity to suggest that Audience of One would make allegations about specific emails, quoting them in the process, if they weren’t able to produce them in court.
As for Harris and Aroluxe, we need to look at older versions of the Aroluxe website on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. The “team” listing that was on the site most of 2016 with Harris as a member wasn’t there on the last copy available from before Bound For Glory 2015, but it was added by January 25,2016 at the latest. Audience of One alleges that there was a scheme that went on for months after that. In October, Aroluxe’s “team” listing changed drastically, removing not just Harris, but also his brother Don and even Jason Brown. As of this writing, the site no longer lists any members of the Aroluxe “team.” The Harrises could very well be gone from Aroluxe now, but the company’s own website said that they were still important parts of the company for much of the time that it’s alleged they interfered with Audience of One being paid.
For whatever it’s worth, Ron Harris’s LinkedIn page does not mention Aroluxe at all. However, it does not appear to have been updated in quite some time, as the profile photo is very low resolution. His job is listed as “Operations Manager” for Lime Monkey Entertainment from March 2013 to “Present.” What Lime Monkey actually is or does is unclear, as its website is literally just its name in white on a black background with no content. Googling the name finds nothing of substance other than Don Harris’s LinkedIn, which has a similar photo to his brother’s page and lists him as “Co-Owner/Manager.” Tennessee state records list the company’s status as “Inactive – Dissolved (Administrative).”
source: David Bixenspan
TNA had filed an answer to the complaint a few weeks back.
Aroluxe’s basic reasoning for having the case against the company as well as Harris revolves around Audience of One filing the lawsuit in Virginia, where they’re headquartered, on top of, obviously, denying the allegations against them. That’s strictly legalese that we won’t concern ourselves with today. But in terms of newsworthiness, that’s not what jumps out in what they filed with their motion to dismiss. Supporting the motion were two affidavits: One from Harris, and one from Aroluxe founder Jason Brown.
Curiously, Harris says that At all times relevant to the Complaint,I was not employed by Defendant Aroluxe” and “At all times relevant to the Complaint, I was not employed by Defendant Impact Ventures, LLC f/k/a TNA Entertainment, LLC (“TNA”). My last employment with TNA was almost ten years ago.” Brown added that “Aroluxe does not employ Defendant Ronald Dean Harris” and “Aroluxe has never authorized Defendant Ronald Dean Harris to acton its behalf.”
The affidavits don’t entirely ring true, with Harris not working for TNA for “almost ten years” being the most suspicious part. Audience of One’s complaint specifically alleged that Harris emailed them requesting an itemized invoice for Bound For Glory on December 11, 2015. In addition, the complaint states that both Harris brothers were using “@tnawrestling.com” email addresses and “generally held themselves out as employees of TNA.” It strains credulity to suggest that Audience of One would make allegations about specific emails, quoting them in the process, if they weren’t able to produce them in court.
As for Harris and Aroluxe, we need to look at older versions of the Aroluxe website on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. The “team” listing that was on the site most of 2016 with Harris as a member wasn’t there on the last copy available from before Bound For Glory 2015, but it was added by January 25,2016 at the latest. Audience of One alleges that there was a scheme that went on for months after that. In October, Aroluxe’s “team” listing changed drastically, removing not just Harris, but also his brother Don and even Jason Brown. As of this writing, the site no longer lists any members of the Aroluxe “team.” The Harrises could very well be gone from Aroluxe now, but the company’s own website said that they were still important parts of the company for much of the time that it’s alleged they interfered with Audience of One being paid.
For whatever it’s worth, Ron Harris’s LinkedIn page does not mention Aroluxe at all. However, it does not appear to have been updated in quite some time, as the profile photo is very low resolution. His job is listed as “Operations Manager” for Lime Monkey Entertainment from March 2013 to “Present.” What Lime Monkey actually is or does is unclear, as its website is literally just its name in white on a black background with no content. Googling the name finds nothing of substance other than Don Harris’s LinkedIn, which has a similar photo to his brother’s page and lists him as “Co-Owner/Manager.” Tennessee state records list the company’s status as “Inactive – Dissolved (Administrative).”
source: David Bixenspan