NE-YO & BOOKING AGENT ORDERED TO PAY OVER MISSED SHOW
R&B singer NE-YO and his booking agent have been ordered to pay over $156 ,000 (GBP104,000) in damages to a disgruntled concert promoter after the star missed a scheduled show in America’s Washington state in 2008.
Promoter Kenyohn Clark sued the Closer hitmaker, real name Shaffer Smit h, and his promoter Mike Esterman after the singer was a no-show at the p lanned 2008 New Year’s Eve concert.
Clark claimed that Esterman misled him and failed to return a $95,000 ( GBP63,330) deposit.
The case went to trial last month (Jul10) and Maryland judge Philip Car oom ruled in favour of Clark on Tuesday (24Aug10), ordering Ne-Yo and his associate to pay up.
Ne-Yo testified that he knew in his "heart of hearts" the deposit shoul d have been returned.
Clark and bosses at Wet Entertainment LLC were initially seeking $500,0 00 (GBP333,300) from Ne-Yo and a further $1 million (GBP666,600) in damag es from Esterman.
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