Bill Nye files lawsuit against Disney, alleges profits totaling $28 million were withheld from him

Bill Nye, whose Bill Nye the Science Guy live-action science show ran from 1993 to 1998, has filed a massive lawsuit claiming Disney owes him $9 million. According to Vanity Fair , in the lawsuit, Nye has stated that he was entitled to 16.5% of the profits from the show. However, Disney’s Buena Vista Television allegedly withheld profits amounting to a whopping $28 million from Nye. [caption id=“attachment_3982747” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Bill Nye in Bill Nye the Science Guy. Image from Twitter.[/caption] In the 28 page suit, posted online by Deadline , Nye has alleged breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent concealment among other charges. According to the documents, Nye had received a cheque of  $585,000, as part of the profits. However, Buena Vista Television, withdrew its previous compensation, citing an accounting mistake. They went on to ask for another $496,111 from the presenter, in return, for apparently having over-compensated him. Disney has deemed the action a “publicity ploy” in a statement given to Deadline and announced plans to engage in vehement defense of their organisation. Nye has further claimed that he stopped receiving his share after 2008 because the book-keepers of Buena Vista TV insisted he pay up the amount that was wrongly credited to him. Nye has claimed that he was supposed to get $9.4 million as his fare share from the proceeds of his popular show. However, Disney allegedly managed to conceal the actual profits from him, so as to, escape paying him.