The Conjuring lawsuits disappear, probably in a puff of smoke
Warner Brothers’ efforts chanting and burning sage at the United States District Court in Houston have apparently paid off, now that a pair of lawsuits filed against the studio have been sent back to the infernal pit from which they came. Actually, disgruntled The Conjuring rights-holder Tony DeRosa-Grund voluntarily withdrew his most recent lawsuit, which accused Warner Brothers of “money laundering” and “racketeering” and invoked the hellish specter of the RICO Act, usually reserved for busting organized crime rings and making cop-show dialogue sound realistic.