David Cassidy in the News
Legal entanglements might snag future staging of 'Rat Pack' show
March 18, 2002
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Co-producer David Cassidy is shopping "The Rat Pack is Back!" after a chilly response during renegotiations with the Sahara.
Sources say the Sahara is gun-shy over potential lawsuit issues and has agreed to only a 30-day extension through April, raising questions about the future of the tribute show based on a "Rat Pack" celebration of Frank Sinatra's 46th birthday on Dec. 12, 1961.
The show hit legal problems shortly after Cassidy and co-producer Don Reo launched it at the Desert Inn in July 1999. Sinatra's heirs filed a trademark infringement suit against the producers and the Desert Inn, and the show closed at the end of 1999.
Steve Wynn, after buying the Desert Inn in May 2000, also sued the show's producers as a spinoff of the Sinatras' lawsuit. That case is pending.
The show landed at the Sahara in March 2000.
