Christina Aguilera Lawsuit for being "underappreciated"
It was reported that
Matt Morris, co-writer of Christina's songs filed suit against Aguilera for
non-payment in full for “Underappreciated”, “Can't Hold Us Down” and “Walk
Away” to name just a few. But comes along Matt's manager to contradict any
lawsuit against the pop star exists.
Morris, a 24 year old independent artist once a Mouseketeer with Justin
Timberlake and Britney Spears, released a debut album “Unspoken” in 2003.
Too bad these bad boys, of dubious fame, weren't more talented to earn a
living. But it seems filing lawsuits pays more.
None of what might be considered her fans had any comments to add to this
article when it was first made known. Could it be that more of the public is
getting tired of their litigious attitudes and absolute lack of talent, and
the public endurance for the subject? I say yes.
Presently Aguilera has a lawsuit pending against Steve Kurtz her
representative for an album she made in 1999. It reached the top of the
Billboard 200 and Canadian Charts selling over 8 million copies in the US
alone.
Aguilera was marketed as a bubblegum pop artist – a creation through the
works of her manager Kurtz. He, however, failed to protect her assets and
made his own plans for her professional direction.
In October 2000 Christina filed a Breach of Duty lawsuit for inappropriate
influence over her activities – and for fraud. He had, in fact, only taken
action to protect his own interests alleged to be at the cost of her income.
Aguilera claimed that Kurtz helped himself to a much higher
commission on her income than he was to receive and had also paid others to
assist him in so doing.
She naturally discharged Kurtz and hired Irving Azoff as her new manager.
Kurtz counter sued for Breach of Contract claiming Aguilera violated an
agreement. He declared that others close to Aguilera sabotaged his business
relationship with her. He singled out Azoff as the one who made Christina
quit the contract with Kurtz.
Azoff went on to put Christina in a more successful light musically, and saw
to publicity in photo shoots for magazines such as Maxmims, Rolling Stone
and Cosmogirl. Notwithstanding his good management Azoff had her featured in
the nude, claiming it better reflected the image of her true personality. He
got that right!
And all along I thought Christina Aguilera was a singer. Just goes to show
even I could be wrong, but I'll bet I'm among a very large crowd.
Nothing yet as to the disposition of any of the pending law suits so it all
seems to be just a game that some lawyer sees as a lifetime income. He
probably isn't that far from wrong at that.
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