Gore Sued Over Sale Of CurrentTV To Al-Jazeera

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Al Gore has been sued by TV consultant John Terenzio, who claims that the former vice president and others at Current TV stole his idea to sell the network to Al-Jazeera, and he's now demanding more than $5 million.

It was announced in early January that Al-Jazeera would buy Current TV for $500 million. Terenzio alleges he first brought the idea of Al-Jazeera buying the struggling network to board member Richard Blum in July, and expected to be paid if his plan was used.

The lawsuit claims Blum was open to the idea, but worried that Gore would find a deal with the oil-rich government of Qatar, quote, "politically unappealing."

Terenzio said he believes that Gore, who co-founded the left-leaning news and talk network in 2005 with Joel Hyatt, did turn down the deal in July and was adamant in rejecting it.