Summer Walker Sues Label and Management for Fraud

Foto de Getty Images Carregador de comentários Salvar história Salvar esta história Summer Walker, há muito tempo insatisfeita com seu contrato de gravação, tornou‑se envolvida em uma série de disputas legais com seus gravadores, LVRN e Interscope.

The former, which also operates as her management firm, is the subject of a lawsuit from Walker alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, Rolling Stone reports.

Walker signed with LVRN and Interscope in 2017, when they operated as a joint venture. She has since released three albums, including last year’s Finally Over It, which topped the Billboard 200.

Em sua ação contra a LVRN, ajuizada em Atlanta em agosto, Walker alega que a firma ocultou dinheiro de forma fraudulenta ao operar uma página no YouTube em seu nome e vender mercadorias que usavam seu nome e imagem—ambas sem informá‑la ou pagá‑la.

She claims that, before eventually handing the YouTube page to Walker, LVRN deleted its historical data and never paid her the associated revenue. She also argues LVRN failed in its legal duty to act in her best interests and improperly took money from her budgets, including for excessive company expenses.

Walker expressed her intent to exit her contentious record deal in August, invoking California’s “seven-year rule”—a law preventing the enforcement of contracts against employees after seven years.

An Interscope representative told RS, “While we remain hopeful that our ongoing discussions will lead to an amicable resolution, the statutory deadline makes it necessary to file suit in order to preserve the terms of our contract.

Temos grande respeito por Summer e sua música e acolheríamos a oportunidade de continuar nossa parceria bem-sucedida.”.

While Walker is seeking damages from LVRN, her primary goal is to void her contract, her lawyer told RS. Pitchfork has emailed LVRN for comment.