Lisa Kudrow ordered to pay former manager €1.6m

A jury has ordered actress Lisa Kudrow to pay her former manager $1.6m (€1.2m) in residuals from her work on Friends.

The Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found for Scott Howard, who claimed he had an oral agreement with Kudrow and was owed a percentage of her earnings on the hit TV sitcom.

Kudrow argued that she had already paid Mr Howard more than $11m (€8m) before they parted ways in 2007.

City News Service said evidence during the trial indicated that Kudrow, who starred on Friends from 1994 to 2004, was earning more than $1m an episode by the end of the show’s run.

Mr Howard worked with Kudrow for 16 years, beginning in 1991.