UPDATE: After revealing earlier today that veteran CAA lit agent Jay Baker was abruptly let go by the agency after an insensitive joke, Deadline has gotten to the bottom of what happened.
The events of today had to do with an exchange Baker had with manager Jewerl Keats Ross, with whom Baker repped Moonlight director Barry Jenkins.
I got hold of an email from Ross that explains the entire thing. Here is that email:From: Jewerl Keats Ross Date: Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 2:57 PM Subject: Menace 2 Society To: Jay BakerJay,Only because we have worked together so many years and because we have experienced so much together that I am going to take the risk and be really honest with you.I called you yesterday and asked you to attempt to get me an early
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