R. Kelly Claims He Is Owed $3.4 Million by Tour Promoter

By Jane Ivory
16:15, October 7th 2008
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R. Kelly Claims He Is Owed $3.4 Million by Tour Promoter

R&B singer R. Kelly not only gets sued, he can sue others as well, such as concert promoter Rowe Entertainment for an allegedly unpaid fee of $3.4 million – and in addition win.

R. Kelly Touring, which represents the singer, filed papers Monday, Oct. 6, in Los Angeles, asking a judge to confirm an arbitrator’s decision last month that R. Kelly is owed and should be given $3.4 million.

Kelly’s company claimed that Georgia-based concert promoter Rowe Entertainment owed the 41-year-old singer that massive amount of money for shows scheduled for late 2007 and 2008.

An arbitrator agreed with Kelly, despite Rowe’s opposition, as shown in documents. Rowe nevertheless failed to bring any valid arguments in its defense.

Rowe Entrainment has not been having the best of luck lately. Last month, it paid singer Ne-Yo $700,000, who sued the company after being dropped from the same tour after only two shows.

Ne-Yo, real name Shaffer Chimere Smith, was very frustrated back in November 2007, when he was fired by Rowe, and told the media that he believed he had been removed from the tour, where he performed as R. Kelly’s opening act, because the latter was not pleased with fans and critics preferring the former.

R. Kelly has of course denied these allegations.

This was an eventful summer for R. Kelly, real name Robert Kelly, who was acquitted in mid-June by a Chicago jury of 14 charges of child pornography. He had been on trial for making an explicit sex video that allegedly showed him engage in sexual acts with a girl as young as 13.

R. Kelly’s career is not all controversy and scandals, as he received three Grammy awards in 1997 for his song “I Believe I Can Fly.” He intends to release a new album by the end of 2008.

 

 



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