Disney Sued over Hannah Montana…Again
E! Online is reporting that writer Richard Fronduto claims that he created the premise for Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel. He maintains that he presented a script to Disney in 1990 entitled The Secret Life of Sindi (later renamed Family Business). Reportedly, Disney liked his idea and ordered a two-hour pilot only to scrap it.
Mr. Fronduto seeks unspecified damages, along with a “created by” credit on all future episodes of the series.
In 2007, Netcot reported that Disney was sued by writer Buddy Shefield who claimed to pitch an idea about a boy who’s a student by day and a rocker by night.
Everybody wants a piece of the cake. If it was really his he would of said something like 3 years ago when the show came out.