Judge Judy Sheindlin: “CBS had no choice but to pay me”

The Hollywood Reporter

"Their back's to the wall,” Sheindlin says of her $47 million-a-year salary, in a deposition in a lawsuit brought on by a company seeking a share of Judge Judy’s profits. "CBS had no choice but to pay me what I wanted because otherwise I could take it wherever I wanted to take it or do it myself,” she said.