{"id":123965,"date":"2024-03-15T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/just-for-laughs-owes-money-to-comedians-companies-court-documents\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:18:27","slug":"just-for-laughs-owes-cash-to-comedians-firms-courtroom-paperwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/just-for-laughs-owes-cash-to-comedians-firms-courtroom-paperwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Just for Laughs owes cash to comedians, firms: courtroom paperwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted March 14, 2024 3:05 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min learn<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\" data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=beigjoens#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button 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submitting final week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Groupe Juste pour rire inc., the mother or father firm of the competition and several other different comedy-related companies, introduced earlier this month that it&#8217;s bancrupt and searching for creditor safety.<\/p>\n<p>Documents launched this week by insolvency trustee PwC, previously referred to as PricewaterhouseCoopers, present a further $5 million in unpaid money owed owed by the competition and different affiliated companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"nl-region\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBreaking information from Canada and all over the world\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10359917\/just-for-laughs-money-owed\/javascript:void(0)\" 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disclosed in paperwork filed on the Montreal courthouse final week.<\/p>\n<p>Included within the $5 million of newly disclosed money owed is $3.4 million owed by the comedy competition, whose collectors embody lodges, venues and manufacturing firms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As effectively, Just for Laughs and one other affiliated competition, ZooFest, owe greater than $78,000 to a Montreal comfort retailer.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a 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stations and newspapers throughout Canada, that are owed greater than $100,000.<\/li>\n<li>Comedian Mike Ward is owed $301; singer Ginette Reno is owed $2,000.<\/li>\n<li>Big Yellow Taxi Productions, which has produced Australian Just for Laughs tv applications shot in Montreal and Australia, is owed greater than $200,000.<\/li>\n<li>Convenience retailer Depanneur L\u2019distinctive is owed $78,355.<\/li>\n<li>Comedy Gives Back, a non-profit that helps comedians in want, is owed $8,886.<\/li>\n<li>The largest creditor named within the new set of paperwork is Cartier Communication Marketing Inc., a Montreal promoting firm, which is owed $720,347.<\/li>\n<li>Other collectors embody Australian comic Jim Jefferies and Montreal\u2019s ambulance service, Urgences-sant\u00e9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text l-inlineStories--sophi\" aria-label=\"More on Entertainment\" 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