Re: Joe Jackson On Larry King tonight
Everybody had something to gain from Michael Jackson including AEG, Dileo, Rowe (if he weren't fired), and everybody else in the deal. There were people suing Michael Jackson to get in on this multimillion dollar deal.
Everybody has their own reasons for saying what they're saying.
By the way, Rowe needed to get money himself:
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R. Kelly awarded multimillion dollar judgment against promoter Leonard Rowe
Arbitrator Richard P. Byrne, a retired California Superior Court judge, awarded R&B superstar R. Kelly $3.4 million in damages from tour promoter Leonard Rowe, according to a court document filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Atlanta-based Rowe promoted Kelly's 35-city Double Up tour last fall and winter.
After Rowe failed to pay Kelly several million dollars in tour proceeds that he was owed, Kelly began legal proceedings against Rowe while he was still on tour last February. In essence, Kelly, not wanting to disappoint his fans, performed for free.
"I agreed to let Leonard Rowe promote my tour because he convinced me he was an underdog who deserved a chance to prove himself," Kelly said in a statement. "Like the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished."
Rowe has also been the target of a series of lawsuits filed by investors who accused him of bilking them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling them non-existent shares in the Double Up tour. Kelly's contract with Rowe expressly barred the promoter from selling off shares in Kelly's shows without the singer's permission.
In his ruling, Byrne determined that Rowe had sold shares without Kelly's knowledge or consent. As a result, in addition to awarding Kelly $3,397,410.38 in monetary damages, Byrne also ordered Rowe to take full responsibility for all the lawsuits.
Source:
http://www.ticketnews.com/R-Kelly-awarded-multimillion-dollar-judgment-against-Leonard-Rowe1087402
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Ne-Yo Wins $700,000 In Lawsuit Against R. Kelly Tour Promoter
Rowe Entertainment, which did not answer lawsuit, is ordered to pay R&B singer.
Ne-Yo has settled a $700,000 lawsuit filed in January against tour promoter Rowe Entertainment after he was dropped from an R. Kelly tour in late 2007, according to The Associated Press.
The young singer claimed that he was dropped from the tour after just two shows because he was upstaging R. Kelly; a rep for Kelly denied that claim and maintained that the matter was a contractual issue between Ne-Yo and the promoter. Kelly was not named in the lawsuit.
After Rowe Entertainment failed to respond to the lawsuit, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Malcolm Mackey ordered the company to pay Ne-Yo $700,320 last week.
Source:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593971/20080903/ne_yo.jhtml
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And ultimately this could have been the reason why he was fired and may not have had anything at all to do with AEG or control or whatever.
I'm just gonna say it: Rowe is pissed because he didn't get a chance to stay in there long enough to get as much money as possible off Mike like everybody else.