24 August 2026<\/time>\n <\/p>\nYellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is being sued by a TV writer claiming he stole her idea for the hit show.<\/p>\n
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Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan<\/p>\n
\nThe 56-year-old writer and actor is facing a lawsuit from Lauren J. Salkin in what her attorney has described as a “classic David versus Goliath situation”.<\/p>\n
\nA copyright infringement lawsuit was failed against Sheridan on Friday (21.08.26) in the US District Court for the Central District of California.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the Daily Mail newspaper, Sheridan is named as defendants alongside his management company Elevate Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Paramount and more.<\/p>\n
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\nSalkin has claimed she presented a pilot, concept, storylines and a pitch deck for a TV series, Sovereign Nation, to Sheridan’s reps at Elevate some time between late 2016 and early 2017.<\/p>\n
\nIn the complaint, she described her show as a “dramatic television series centered on tribal governance, casino-driven economic power, and a modern war over land and development”.<\/p>\n
\nSalkin has claimed that her pitch was turned down on February 1, 2017.<\/p>\n
\nShe alleged that the correspondence from the company said: “Taylor thanks you very much for your interest. Unfortunately, he\u2019s unavailable for TV projects.”<\/p>\n
\nIt’s alleged that Paramount greenlit Yellowstone “within month”, while she pointed to several examples – including story mechanisms, character functions and plot devices – to suggest there are many parallels between the ideas.<\/p>\n
\nShe has also alleged that a senior creative executive at HBO has reviewed materials for both projects and recognised similarities.<\/p>\n
\nIt’s claimed that the executive had “terminated Sheridan’s project at HBO for that reason”.<\/p>\n
\nSalkin is seeing damages and profits, plus an injunction which would prevent the defendants from continuing to use her copyright material.<\/p>\n
\nThe complaint argues that Salkin has “received nothing”, despite the Yellowstone franchise generating “billions of dollars” across the original show, plus spinoffs 1883, 1923, Marshals and Dutton Ranch.<\/p>\n
\nHer lead attorney Paul B. Lackey told the Mail in a statement: “This is a classic David versus Goliath situation.<\/p>\n
\n“She spent years putting together the specific and multi-layered framework for a story that has become the biggest streaming success of all time. <\/p>\n
\n“She has watched the vast commercial success of this story that was stolen from her and decided that enough was enough.<\/p>\n
\n“We will do everything in our power to get her justice.”<\/p>\n
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