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Hudson Valley Trainer Suing Sylvester Stallone Over Reality Show

The trainer teaches boxing at a gym in Ardsley.

A Hudson Valley personal trainer is suing “Rocky” star Sylvester Stallone and NBC because he said they stole a reality television show he created.

Rob Fletcher of Rockland County teaches at Title Boxing Club in Ardsley and said that he came up with the concept of “America’s Next Great Trainer” in 2009, according to a story on FIOS1 News.

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Fletcher learned that Stallone’s show—“S.T.R.O.N.G.”—had been given the go-ahead and that a personal trainer with whom he had worked and had a confidentiality agreement was involved in the show, lohud.com reported.

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Stallone is listed as an executive producer of three episodes of “S.T.R.O.N.G.”, according to imdb.com.

For more details on this story, go to FIOS1News.com here and access the lohud.com article here.

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