NBC reports extensively in advance on revelations in Sarah Wynn-Williams’s CARELESS PEOPLE, publishing Tuesday. They note that, “Meta filed an emergency request for a hearing before an arbitrator Saturday, arguing that Wynn-Williams had violated a nondisparagement agreement and seeking ‘injunctive relief barring disparagement.’” NBC says Meta lawyer Jonathan Cohn wrote to publisher Flatiron Books on Friday, claiming that the marketing copy suggested the embargoed book featured “overheated, false, and potentially defamatory allegations.” Cohn asked for an opportunity to suggestions revisions. Flatiron Books said in a statement: “This book is a first person narrative account of what the author herself witnessed. […]
