Hotheaded Hollywood producer Jon Peters‘ tell-all may be shelved, but the book proposal that rocked Tinseltown could be turned against him as evidence at a sexual-harassment trial.
Peters is being sued by his “Superman: Man of Steel” co-producer and former staffer, Brian Quintana, for sexual harassment. A jury trial is slated to start in LA on March 1, just days before the Oscars. Peters strenuously denies Quintana’s claims.
Quintana’s wish list of witnesses he wants to subpoena reads like a Who’s Who of Hollywood, many of whom Peters threatened to dish on in his book. The leading ladies include Barbra Streisand, Salma Hayek, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Lopez and Oprah Winfrey. Male stars include Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio. Among the directors on the list are Bryan Singer, Brett Ratner and JJ Abrams.
Quintana would also like to call Barry Diller, David Geffen, Benny Medina, Peter Guber and three of Peters’ ex-wives. There’s no guarantee anyone on Quintana’s list will have to take the stand unless they have evidence relevant to his case.
But Quintana told Page Six, “Many people are annoyed about what Jon proposed to say about them in the book, so they won’t think twice about testifying against him.”
Meanwhile, Peters is facing a separate police investigation over an allegation of forgery that arose during a lawsuit brought by his Santa Barbara landscaper, Arturo Gonzales, for unpaid bills. In November, a jury in a civil case ordered Peters to pay Gonzales $1.5 million. Gonzales alleged in court that Peters forged a document that the producer claimed freed him of the debt.
Peters’ lawyer, John Gatti, told us he’s appealing the Gonzales ruling and “I have no knowledge of any criminal investigation into any allegations of forgery or perjury.”