Now Variety has reported that the film adaptation has been dropped, and that Pedretti is no longer involved with the project. According to the entertainment magazine, a source close to the production said it had been abandoned after “losing its financing months ago”. I never, ever, ever thought I would see the day that I would be exonerated,” said Broadwater after the court made its ruling last week.

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