Nikademus said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Prince may write his own checks like Oprah does. So since he handles all his own business it just slips his mind. No biggie.. He got it . He can pay it when he wants...

It sure seems to slip his mind a lot...

I doubt it just slipped his mind. Companies don't resort to suing as Plan A when trying to collect money owed. Hell, even the cable company will send out a couple of those "Friendly Reminder: Payment is Past Due" notices before they shut off your cable. I'm sure the firm has, no doubt, made several attemmps to collect--all of which have gone ignored.

Nikademus said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yes, it is quite obvious and very apparent that Prince can make and has made that little bit of a "not big deal for Prince" money without even thinking about it. Since that IS the case, the question that really NEEDS to be asked IS...

Why in the fuck is it...that he has to repeatedly be SUED into paying what he owes?

That's what I'm sayin'! For a guy who's all about getting paid himself, he sure does not like paying other people.

At this point...with over 30 years of active spectating under my belt...the only logical conclusion I can come up with is...basically Prince is just seriously a "do as I say...not as I do" kind of guy.

PicassoFace said:

Nikademus said:

It sure seems to slip his mind a lot...

I doubt it just slipped his mind. Companies don't resort to suing as Plan A when trying to collect money owed. Hell, even the cable company will send out a couple of those "Friendly Reminder: Payment is Past Due" notices before they shut off your cable. I'm sure the firm has, no doubt, made several attemmps to collect--all of which have gone ignored.

For a Law Firm to sue THEIR high profile client for non-payment...you can trust and believe...every other attempt at collection of payment has already been exhausted to no avail.

It would be unfair to expect that a man so gifted in all things music could also be talented in the ways of commerce. They are just polar opposites.

I love P to death, but would never work for him unless it was cash on the barrell head.

2funkE said:

It would be unfair to expect that a man so gifted in all things music could also be talented in the ways of commerce. They are just polar opposites.

I love P to death, but would never work for him unless it was cash on the barrell head.

Then maybe he should hire some competent people to handle his shit then. Until he does that, this will continue to happen.

Nikademus said:

Let me fix that for you...

[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/nik_and_neko/Forum%20Spam/assumethepositionprince.jpg[/img:$uid]

Why does the title of the thread have a thumbs up sign? Is it a good thing to be sued?

802 said:

Why does the title of the thread have a thumbs up sign? Is it a good thing to be sued?

All news articles that get mentioned on the front page get a thumbs up.

V10LETBLUES said:

You would think they would run a credit-check on him before embarking on such an open-ended tab.

I wonder what his credit score is.

319 is his credit score. All those years I thought it was some sexy song, but it is a song about his finances dressed up to be about sex. Damb!

Nikademus said:

2funkE said:

It would be unfair to expect that a man so gifted in all things music could also be talented in the ways of commerce. They are just polar opposites.

I love P to death, but would never work for him unless it was cash on the barrell head.

Then maybe he should hire some competent people to handle his shit then. Until he does that, this will continue to happen.

Sadly...that...little tidbit of wisdom has been circulated for YEARS!

EyeJester7 said:

Eye wonder where this will take him? 700,000 could not be that much for Prince! Lol, Eye mean if the welcome 2 America concerts are still in effect, eye am sure he can whip out that in one day, especialy considering the cost of those tickets! LOL. In all seriousness though, Eye have a feeling this will be resolved quickly! Tme to listen to Resolution! LoL

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I bet you were a member of NPGMC!!!!

It's I not EYE!

Nikademus said:

kewlschool said:

Let me fix that for you...

[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/nik_and_neko/Forum%20Spam/assumethepositionprince.jpg[/img:$uid]

you are sooo getting sued

xt1000 said:

EyeJester7 said:

Eye wonder where this will take him? 700,000 could not be that much for Prince! Lol, Eye mean if the welcome 2 America concerts are still in effect, eye am sure he can whip out that in one day, especialy considering the cost of those tickets! LOL. In all seriousness though, Eye have a feeling this will be resolved quickly! Tme to listen to Resolution! LoL

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I bet you were a member of NPGMC!!!!

It's I not EYE!

I let it go but I'm glad someone mentioned it.

Prince getting sued again.So what else is new?

Nikademus said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Prince may write his own checks like Oprah does. So since he handles all his own business it just slips his mind. No biggie.. He got it . He can pay it when he wants...

It sure seems to slip his mind a lot...

Wouldn't it slip yours if you had thousands of checks to write? I mean he is amazing, but he isn't superman, he is entitled to, more than normal folks, to forget to pay a bill. He's busy!

I'm not rich and definately don't have as many bills as Prince has, but I forget to pay bills all the time! cause I'm so busy! I'm usually on the last day to pay it. I've even woken up with no cell service a few times. Then I realize,"darnit, forgot to pay". Call with CC and pay. Bam, no biggie!

C'mon, if he dooesn't write his own checks, then you can't blame him. If he does, then you can't blame him either really since he is obviously a busy man. It happens, he will pay, when he wants if he feels he owes them..P will take care of this..

Nikademus said:

2funkE said:

It would be unfair to expect that a man so gifted in all things music could also be talented in the ways of commerce. They are just polar opposites.

I love P to death, but would never work for him unless it was cash on the barrell head.

Then maybe he should hire some competent people to handle his shit then. Until he does that, this will continue to happen.

This would be the logical thing to do...except he may not trust anyone with his money. Not to mention, this is another paycheck he'd have to sign. P grew up hard, he is just tight with his cash...except when it comes to his ladies. If its owed, he won't have a choice but to pay up, plus cover court costs. It will be his lost in the end, so I don't see the big deal about it. I'm sure no one at this firm is starving (if they are dealing with a celeb, they are probably overpaid anyway) so they will get their cash.

I gotta say this....all those people saying he's a busy man...yeah ok....how busy? Sure he plays a few shows a year (less lately than ever in his career almost)...but I gotta ask...from day to day what is he doing that makes him so busy...

we all are busy...Does prince go to the supermarket? NO...How often do you see him in the malls shopping and doing the 'normal' day to day stuff? NEVER...well ALMOST NEVER...does Prince have kids to look after/organise/send to school/take to the doctors etc etc? NO... he runs his own business ...yeah, but really is it an everyday thing where he has meetings/time schedules and deadlines etc...NOT REALLY.....rehearsals/recording/writing etc must take a lot out of a guy, but hell, other people do that and keep a day job....he is (or was) always very busy in the studio in th past...but IS HE NOW? EVERY DAY? EVERY HOUR? to the point where he just doesn't have time to pay the bills?

I guess you could argue it takes a while to put on his makeup, do his hair and organise what he and Misty are gonna wear..but really .... why do people think he's just so damn busy...

most other 'stars' either pay their bills or hire good people to do it for them... being busy is definitely not his reason for all these lawsuits..

the reason is simple...it's not that time is a trick - it's cos he doesn't want to part with his money...he thinks that other people don't deserve to be paid for their work... also by holding onto his money for longer he gains interest on it while its in the bank...so the longer he waits the more he'll earn..so when he does finally pay-up it's not costing him so much...

gotta laugh when you think that he covered 'When Will We Be Paid'...hell, he even played it not too long ago!

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TELL THE CAT TO CHILL....WE WILL WORK SOMETHING OUT.....

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The firm represented Prince in a New York case where a perfume company sued him for failing to promote "3121", which was billed as a "sexy scent" packaged in a purple box.

Its lawyers also worked on finalizing his divorce; on suits for concerts he canceled in Dublin and California; and when he sued over a rented Beverly Hills mansion.

The litigious little man also got sued in 2006 by NBA star Carlos Boozer for adding too much purple, '3121' and his famous symbol to the jock's Hollywood home, which he was renting for $70,000 a month.

This law firm apparently represented Prince last year, in some of his worst cases.

He needed to pay up in all of them, but he hasn't paid mr. Desmond for the cancelled 2008 Dublin gig either.

He has gone after him with a European court order.

When will he be paid Prince?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0214/1224289736536.html-

[Edited 3/2/11 3:45am]

jimino1 said:

I gotta say this....all those people saying he's a busy man...yeah ok....how busy? Sure he plays a few shows a year (less lately than ever in his career almost)...but I gotta ask...from day to day what is he doing that makes him so busy...

we all are busy...Does prince go to the supermarket? NO...How often do you see him in the malls shopping and doing the 'normal' day to day stuff? NEVER...well ALMOST NEVER...does Prince have kids to look after/organise/send to school/take to the doctors etc etc? NO... he runs his own business ...yeah, but really is it an everyday thing where he has meetings/time schedules and deadlines etc...NOT REALLY.....rehearsals/recording/writing etc must take a lot out of a guy, but hell, other people do that and keep a day job....he is (or was) always very busy in the studio in th past...but IS HE NOW? EVERY DAY? EVERY HOUR? to the point where he just doesn't have time to pay the bills?

I guess you could argue it takes a while to put on his makeup, do his hair and organise what he and Misty are gonna wear..but really .... why do people think he's just so damn busy...

most other 'stars' either pay their bills or hire good people to do it for them... being busy is definitely not his reason for all these lawsuits..

the reason is simple...it's not that time is a trick - it's cos he doesn't want to part with his money...he thinks that other people don't deserve to be paid for their work... also by holding onto his money for longer he gains interest on it while its in the bank...so the longer he waits the more he'll earn..so when he does finally pay-up it's not costing him so much...

gotta laugh when you think that he covered 'When Will We Be Paid'...hell, he even played it not too long ago!

I agree.There are many celebrities who are probably "busier" than Prince is and they still pay their bills.Some fans on this thread have said that he "has alot of bills" and probably just can't keep up with all of them...LMAO...that's no excuse! He can hire people to do that for him.

muirdo said:

Nikademus said:

Let me fix that for you...

you are sooo getting sued

Prince has to find a new lawyer first

^Of course being busy is no excuse!

Can you see him in court already?

Judge: So why haven't you paid your bills already mr. Nelson?

Prince: Uh, well Your Honor, you see I was too busy to pay!

Some fans will make up any excuse for whatever

I have no doubt Prince is an exceptionally busy man and take issue with the idea that he doesn't have much to do, just a few shows here and there (seriously?!!)

Although I doubt it, I also could believe that he insists on handling certain aspects of his finances himself, for various reasons.

I don't think either of those factors have anything to do with how this situations come to be though.

As has been said, this would be an absolute last resort for any firm, law firms included. The fact that this happens so often suggests that it's actually a business practice of Prince's, not an oversight.

I wonder how long before he runs out of law firms that are willing to represent him (particularly against other law firms) without consistent up-front payment...

Tremolina said:

He needed to pay up in all of them, but he hasn't paid mr. Desmond for the cancelled 2008 Dublin gig either.

He has gone after him with a European court order.

When will he be paid Prince?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0214/1224289736536.html-

SAY WHAT!?

He still hasn't paid for the Dublin Disaster yet?

I mean, after both the 20Ten Euro tours? (which were strictly a money-making effort when you look at ways the tour was organised and the material played)

Is he ill?

Or why is the law so slow in getting around to force him to pay up?

I.e.: Seize the Park?

laurarichardson said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Prince can pay this in his sleep no biggie............Get the purple pocket book out....

He gets 1.5 million a show I cannot figure out why so many people on this board think that P sits around paying his own bills.

That isn't the point. If he makes 1.5 million a show, he should have no problem paying his bills.

Furthermore, he should have no problem hiring someone to pay his bills.

Even FURTHERMORE, should that person happen to let, oh, MOST bills get into arrears then he should have no problem FIRING that person and HIRING someone else.

udo said:

Tremolina said:

He needed to pay up in all of them, but he hasn't paid mr. Desmond for the cancelled 2008 Dublin gig either.

He has gone after him with a European court order.

When will he be paid Prince?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0214/1224289736536.html-

SAY WHAT!?

He still hasn't paid for the Dublin Disaster yet?

I mean, after both the 20Ten Euro tours? (which were strictly a money-making effort when you look at ways the tour was organised and the material played)

Is he ill?

Or why is the law so slow in getting around to force him to pay up?

I.e.: Seize the Park?

In the US, seizing the park would not happen because 1) it wasn't offered up as collateral and 2) his wages would be garnished first. His wages won't be garnished cuz he is Prince. And in the US, a judge can enter a judgment saying you owe someone 5 million bucks, but that doesn't mean you have to pay it. It's just a judgment saying you owe it.

The petitioner can petition to have your wages garnished, but it would need to stand up in court. I doubt a judge is going to garnish a megastar's wages over this stuff.

The telling part for me about his financial problems, is that they are seemingly all based or stem from his egotism. Not because he has fallen on hard times. The concert in Ireland and the ensuing lawsuit, the perfume and the ensuing lawsuit, his *marriage and the ensuing divorce, his battles with Warner Bros, his stance against in the music business...and the related attorney fees related to all of the above.

His ego is not his friend. And it's expensive too.

[Edited 3/2/11 5:33am]

Is Prince losing it? The next time we see him he'll be bangin' 7 gram rocks with Charlie Sheen and be surrounded by nannies and porn stars!!

Seriously, is Prince trying to prove a point or does he not have a responsible team in place to take care of this shit?

If he hates paying bills, taxes, etc. perhaps he should write that damn Mr. Man letter and send it to Obama and see if ol' Barry Soetoro can help him out!!! JUST KIDDING OBAMA LOVERS

Can we be sure that mr P is ware of all of these issues? (I guess so...)

If so: how then can it be that he didn't pay for each of these issues?