California Attorney General Slams David Ellison’s Plan to Pull Paramount Out of the State as ‘Blackmail’ Attempt That ‘Won’t Work’

California Attorney General Rob Bonta leads a twelve-state coalition lawsuit seeking to block Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. When David Ellison threatened to withdraw Paramount from the state unless Bonta agrees to settlement negotiations, the attorney general fired back, calling the move blackmail that won't work. Variety reports Paramount has agreed to halt the merger.

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