A Los Angeles County decide handed Kelly Clarkson a key victory because the singer heads to trial towards her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock.
With the date now set for August 27, the trial will focus completely on whether or not Blackstock, 47, collected charges on offers he helped dealer for Clarkson, 42, in violation of California’s Expertise Businesses Act. The regulation prohibits anybody aside from licensed expertise from taking fee on offers procured for skilled artists.
“We are going to litigate whether or not there was a violation of the labor code solely. Any questions as to earnings and damages, all of that can come after,” Decide Wendy Chang dominated.
This trial stems from an attraction Blackstock filed towards a November 2023 ruling that awarded Clarkson $2.6 million. The “de novo” trial means the case will get a recent look in state courtroom.
Blackstock’s attorneys hoped this trial would additionally concentrate on breach-of-contract allegations it filed towards Clarkson in 2020 and on Clarkson’s private funds. Doing so, his attorneys say, would have confirmed that the fee charges have been used to pay joint bills and afforded Clarkson a life-style she “was capable of get pleasure from.”
(L-R) Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson. Frazer Harrison/Getty Pictures
“It’s morally, ethically and legally flawed to aim to get monies again out of your ex-husband who not solely helped her as her supervisor however who used these earnings on their youngsters and Kelly and Brandon’s way of life throughout the marriage,” Bryan Freedman, a lawyer for Blackstock and his administration agency, Starstruck Leisure, wrote in a press release shared with Rolling Stone.
The trial is predicted to final at the very least 5 days and to incorporate reside testimony from Rick Roskin and Darryl Eaton, two brokers with Clarkson’s present company, CAA. Blackstock claims Roskin and Eaton have been with him at The Voice’s studio in Might 2017 simply earlier than he allegedly spoke with the NBC government who provided Clarkson a spot on the present. Blackstock allegedly took a fee when Clarkson was named a decide on The Voice for the present’s 14th season.
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock have settled their divorce — and the musician is getting her emotions in regards to the cut up out through track. Us Weekly confirmed in June 2020 that Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock after practically seven years of marriage. The pair’s authorized battle shortly turned messy as they fought over custody of […]
Courtroom filings obtained by Rolling Stone say that CAA agent Cat Carson testified final 12 months that the 2 didn’t ask Blackstone to barter immediately with the NBC government.
Clarkson’s lawyer, Ed McPherson, argued that if the singer prevails within the de novo trial, then Blackstock will be unable to pursue his further claims.
“If we win every little thing at de novo, they don’t even get a trial. They don’t have any proper to something. There could be no administration settlement, and so they get no commissions,” McPherson defined, in accordance with Rolling Stone.
Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in Might 2020. The 2 have been married for seven years and share two youngsters, River Rose, 9, and Remington, 7.
