 Netflix described the agreement as "a form of involuntary servitude".Viacom sued Netflix for the same reason in October 2018, over its hiring of Momita Sengupta.In June 2019, judge Marc Gross issued a tentative ruling holding that Netflix "intentionally interfered with Fox's contracts with Waltenberg and Flynn" to "further its own economic interest at Fox's expense", but that Fox had failed to present any evidence of actual damages against the company.