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AFTRA has refused a demand from producer Stanley Brooks to remove his company from the guild's "Do Not Work List" over unpaid residuals and fees from the 2008 Logo TV series "Sordid Lives."

AFTRA also filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court Aug. 30 to confirm an arbitration award against Brooks for $1.2 million, with a hearing set for Oct. 22.

In a letter from attorney Laurence Zakson to Brooks' attorney Arnold Peters, the guild notes that to date Brooks and his companies Sordid Productions and Once Upon A Time have not filed for bankruptcy as his representative had previously said he would after his settlement offer for about 16 cents on the dollar was declined.

The AFTRA letter dated Sept. 10 notes that an arbitrator ruled Aug. 12, and Brooks' reps agreed, that his company was liable for $588,291 in unpaid residuals, $87,067 in unpaid health and retirement contributions and $503,753 in late payment penalties. "In such circumstances,...