CBS Faces Lawsuit Over ‘Judge Judy’s’ $47 Million Pay

Deadline: This certainly won’t end up in “Judge Judy’s” court, but a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed against CBS has host has Judy Sheindlin, her syndicated series and its spinoff “Hot Bench” in the legal spotlight. Rebel Entertainment Partners claims that that it has been denied contractually obligated payments since 2010 from the net profits of the 19-season CBS-distributed “Judge Judy” because it supposedly is “losing money,” while paying Judge Judy herself up to $47 million a year.