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 Orny Adams Back on Set

Teen Wolf News has confirmed with Teen Wolf Executive Producer Jeff Davis that comedian Orny Adams will return to Teen Wolf for the second half of Season 5.

We’re told the return of Coach Finstock was supposed to be a surprise. Unfortunately, the folks in marketing apparently neglected to tell Arden Cho. She tweeted out, “Orny Adams, good seeing you today!!! Jelly you got wrapped early to celebrate your birthday!!! Have fun! Happy Birthday! 🍻”

Cho and Cody Saintgnue also posted images of themselves in lacrosse gear giving away the fact that the popular sport will return in the upcoming episodes.

Adams had stepped away from the show for the first 10 episodes due to his busy touring schedule. Word of his return spread quickly on Wednesday and the response was overwhelmingly positive.

Teen Wolf returns to MTV in eight weeks. The second half of Season 5 will mark a new night and time for the series. New episodes will air on Tuesdays at 9pm starting on January 5.

 Saintgnue Trial Date Set

It could be a year before Teen Wolf Cody Saintgnue gets his day in court. Saintgnue is suing the Mirage Hotel and Casino and the 1OAK nightclub over an incident in 2014 that the actor says left him handcuffed, beaten, and humiliated.

<span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">A civil trial date is now set for November 18, 2016 in Clarke County District Court. Judge Michelle Leavitt is presiding.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">The lawsuit stems from events surrounding Saintgnue’s 21st birthday party with his family and a few friends in Las Vegas in June of 2014.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">According to the lawsuit, employees approached Saintgnue and asked him to visit a private party in the 1 OAK VIP section. After a few moments in the VIP section, he left to rejoin his friends. That’s when things got hinky according to the lawsuit.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">"As he left the VIP section, it quickly became obvious that this was no mere invitation without strings as plaintiff understood, but rather, plaintiff was apparently expected to remain with the party for the balance of the evening, and possibly thereafter,"

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">Saintgnue now believes the club employees were soliciting him to be “the guest or date of the man in the VIP section.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">The lawsuit alleges that the actor didn’t realize what was happening, "As an aside, plaintiff is straight, young, and again, naive, and completely failed to recognize any such overtones to the invitation or acceptance of the invitation, and thought it was a polite social interchange,"

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">After Saintgnue left the party, he was approached by club employees and told he would have to pay hundreds of dollars for VIP service he had not requested. They then escorted him into a back hallway where security personnel from the Mirage casino restrained him.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">Surveillance footage shows part of the exchange. As Saintgnue tried to shoot a cellphone video, security officers slammed him against a wall and tackled him to the ground. He was held for several hours by those same officers before finally being released.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">WARNING: This video shows real depictions of violence and could be upsetting to some people. <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">Court records show that the actor’s attorney has presented evidence that Saintgnue paid for the services he was actually provided by the nightclub well before the alleged shakedown.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SegoeUISymbol","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"SegoeUISymbol"">The latest action in the case came on Monday. Judge Leavitt denied Saintgnue’s motion for summary judgment. The next scheduled hearing won’t come until October 2016 when the parties will return for a pre-trial conference.