This kind of theft seems so standard in the industry. It's surprising they get away with it.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/al-pacino-broke-act-bad-f...
Cohen discovered that he had unknowingly paid a credit card bill of Lynch's for $75,000, and that most of the money in his accounts was gone, including money from his retirement accounts and charitable trust funds. This had begun as early as 1996, when Lynch started selling Cohen's music publishing rights, despite the fact that Cohen had no financial incentive to do so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen#Lawsuits_and_fin...
IIRC he did prison time for it and it was in the news again recently as it was made into a documentary.
Wait, like on The Bear?