Lawyer: Shakira left no choice but $100M NY suit
NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for Shakira's ex-boyfriend Antonio de La Rua says the pop superstar didn't leave his client any other option but to file a New York lawsuit to demand she pay him $100 million in compensation for managing her career.
William T. Reid IV says de la Rua tried to talk to Shakira about what he's owed but the Colombian singer refused. Reid said Monday his client "didn't really want to do this."
De la Rua is the son of former Argentine President Fernando de la Rua. He dated Shakira for more than a decade, and they split last year. He filed the lawsuit Nov. 20.
Shakira's representative at the public relations company 42West and her attorneys at the law firm Fox Horan & Camerini LPP haven't responded to requests for comment.
William T. Reid IV says de la Rua tried to talk to Shakira about what he's owed but the Colombian singer refused. Reid said Monday his client "didn't really want to do this."
De la Rua is the son of former Argentine President Fernando de la Rua. He dated Shakira for more than a decade, and they split last year. He filed the lawsuit Nov. 20.
Shakira's representative at the public relations company 42West and her attorneys at the law firm Fox Horan & Camerini LPP haven't responded to requests for comment.
Sounds a lot like grudge and envy and loss of "benefits". Â Did they sign a contract with a percentage of commission in it? Â If not, he does not have much of a case. Â 100 million is a hell of a lot to demand, especially if they do not have a formal contract.
Wasn't he getting paid all along?
10 million a year, and the only hits she got came through record label promotions.Â
He must've been pretty poverty-stricken if he didn't get any part of it for ten years.
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so, I guess there are male gold diggers as well.
Payback is a MFer
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