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Posted Feb 28th 2009 12:00AM by TMZ Staff
Adam Pascal -- "Roger" from the original cast of "RENT," now at the Pantages in L.A. -- put Jeremy Piven on blast last night for using sushi to bail on his Broadway play, calling Piv's excuse "crap" and total bull.

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Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:50PM by TMZ Staff
Jeremy Piven's reps have just come out swinging, boasting that during the grievance hearing over his aborted Broadway play, the actor's union sided with him. And Jeremy's reps want you to know, a doctor with connections to two hoity-toity colleges backs him up.
Producers for "Speed-the-Plow" will have to now convince an arbitrator Jeremy's doctor's note claiming mercury poisoning was bogus. In the statement, Jeremy's rep says Piven was so sick he could have had a heart attack if he didn't drop out of the play. So Jeremy did, despite "glowing reviews."
Piven's rep says Jeremy was examined by a "Harvard-educated cardiologist affiliated with Yale." End of story!
And there's this. Piven says he is "pleased with the Obama administration" for seeking an international treaty to reduce Mercury pollution.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Jeremy Piven
Tags: broadway, jeremy piven, JeremyPiven, mercury poisoning, MercuryPoisoning, speed-the-plow
Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:29PM by TMZ Staff
The Actors' Equity Association could not reach a ruling today in the hearing involving Jeremy Piven, so now it looks like they might be headed to arbitration.
Piven and the producers were battling over his abrupt sushi-related departure from the Broadway play "Speed-the-plow."
Story developing ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Jeremy Piven
Tags: arbitration, broadway, jeremy piven, JeremyPiven, speed-the-plow