Trey Songz has pulled his lawsuit against Texas promoter Darryl Austin, the case over a Fort Worth concert that never happened as planned. The suit sought more than $500,000, and the dismissal was filed without prejudice, AllHipHop reports, citing MyNewsLA.
What the Case Was About
Trey Songz Productions LLC filed the breach-of-contract suit in Los Angeles Superior Court over an August 8 show at Will Rogers Auditorium. According to the complaint, the deal was finalized April 16. Austin was supposed to pay a quarter of the fee the next day, another quarter on July 8 and the rest before the show, and the fee was fixed no matter how tickets sold.
Songz’s company says Austin paid the first installment but missed the second, then asked to postpone. Songz’s team says it offered to help with promotion, felt not enough was done to sell tickets and refused the delay. The suit says the show was pushed to an undetermined date anyway. The suit sought the unpaid fee, lost meet-and-greet money, damage to reputation and legal costs.
Austin, who is representing himself, filed a motion arguing he lives in Texas, hadn’t been to California in about a decade and handled the deal by phone and email. He called it a “Texas-centered dispute.” That motion is set for a November 19 hearing.
The IAHHM Take
“Without prejudice” is the key phrase. It means Songz can bring the same claims again later, as long as he stays inside the filing deadlines. So this may be less of a white flag and more of a reset, possibly to fight it where the promoter can’t argue about jurisdiction.
Either way, it’s a reminder of how fragile the R&B touring economy is for veteran acts. Guarantees, deposits and payment schedules are what keep a show alive, and when one piece breaks, fans are the ones staring at a postponement notice with no explanation.
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Source: AllHipHop
