Arts Huh? Chihuly Case Not Settled, Actually, And Even Less So After This Morning’s Story in the P-I
A few posts ago I gave Regina Hackett of the P-I props for reporting that the Chihuly lawsuit has been settled.
Turns out it hasn’t been settled.
And Chihuly speaking out in a statement released last night to the Times and P-I about the ongoing negotiations has jeopardized the negotiations, says Scott Wakefield, attorney for Bryan Rubino, Chihuly’s former glassblower. The two sides had a handshake deal not to talk publicly while talks were ongoing toward the settlement, Wakefield says.
I have a call in to Chihuly’s publicist, Janet Makela, to get the artist’s side.
In a phone interview just now, Wakefield says he would have told Hackett the whole story—if she had called him for comment while putting the story together. (Can it possibly be true that she didn’t?)
Wakefield says the Times did call him last night. Ironically, he didn’t get the message until this morning, because he was at the movie “Scoop.”
Chihuly's lawyer needs to get controll of his client. Dude doesn't do his own art work-he certainly shouldn't be his own publicist.