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====== Former Axanar Director Won't Accept ‘Sweetheart Deal’ ======

**//Peters Says Robert Meyer Burnett is Not Smart Enough to See Peters Has a 'Bulletproof Case'//**

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**Sweetheart deal**: Despite what he called a "bulletproof case," Axanar producer Alec Peters took to Facebook to decry (without naming him) former director Robert Meyer Burnett turning down [[:burnett_settlement|a settlement]] Peters called a "sweetheart deal."

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  * **Don’t owe a dime**: Peters said he doubted Burnett was "smart enough to actually take the deal," in which he said Burnett wouldn’t have to pay a dime.
  * **A setup**: As we reported this week, the sweetheart deal actually [[:settlement_analysis#one-sided_settlement|sets Burnett up]] for a followup suit in which he’d lose a major defense.
  * **Almost no documentation**  backing up his claims was filed along with his legal complaint agains Burnett, especially proving his payments to Burnett were actually loans.
  * **Suing a Californian**  in Georgia: Peters still hasn’t explained how he expects to [[:peters_sues_burnett#jurisdiction|bring suit in Georgia]] state court against Burnett, a California resident.
**A reasonable offer**: Peters confidently predicted a Georgia judge would award him attorneys fees and court costs, in addition to damages, "when he sees the case and how reasonable our settlement offer was."

  * **Not really a settlement**: The Georgia attorney [[:settlement_analysis#one-sided_settlement|we consulted]] with described it as "bullshit from a settlement perspective, obviously meant to make a non-lawyer think it is a settlement, but it really is not." {{page>footer}}{{tag> Peters_v._Burnett lawsuit Axanar Alec_Peters Robert_Meyer_Burnett settlement}}