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(28 Feb 2019) ABITRATOR ORDERS 21ST CENTURY FOX TO PAY $179 MILLION IN ’BONES’ DISPUTE An arbitrator has ordered 21st Century Fox to pay $179 million in a dispute over profits with the stars of the long-running TV show ``Bones,’’ saying Fox executives engaged in ``intentional fraud and malice.’’   The decision was reached earlier this month and revealed in a court petition from the plaintiffs Wednesday  (27 FEB. 2019) demanding that Fox pay, a decision Fox said it would contest. Arbitrator Peter Lichtman, a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge, rebuked top Fox executives by name for self-dealing and deceit and his decision includes $128 million in punitive damages, calling the sum ``reasonable and necessary to punish Fox for its reprehensible conduct and deter it from future wrongful conduct.’’ The overall figure is among the largest ever for a dispute over a television show and comes in a case that shines a light on finances within Hollywood