From TMZ:

The artist known as Prince will also be known as defendant -- accused of some seriously cutthroat business tactics in a book deal gone sour.

According to a lawsuit filed yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, a literary agency claims Prince chose them as their "exclusive agent with respect to the negotiations of a publishing deal" for a book called "21 Nights" and a special limited edition version.

In the documents, the agency claims in the final stages of the deal, Prince stopped calling them back -- and then went behind their back to finish the negotiations -- thus screwing the company out of it's 15% commission.

The agency is now suing for it's 15% -- about $200,000. Practically chump change for the Purple One.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/0...ok-people/

Is anyone shocked at this?

Give them their cash P and move on...

2020 said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

No.

$ indeed. Must be giving alot to his church, who have nothing against his all too obvious greed, which is strange, seeing as it's a sin.

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that's our Princey, always trying to be #1 at the bank.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

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Well if the deal was in the final stages and no contracts were signed he is in the clear. Some of you are really naive

laurarichardson said:

Naive to Prince's ways? Keep making excuses for more of his fucked up business pracices, congresswoman.

NoVideo said:

nothing wrong with trying to be #1 at the bank as long as its done the right way.

now, gosh Prince, , so now we have the perfume company, the dublin incident and now this.

wonder505 said:

surely there are bodies we haven't discovered yet

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

i know right! those are the ones that have been reported.

So he went in 2 close the deal himself.

Maybe he felt they couldn't?

No big deal really.

Whenever big business is happening, there R oftentimes legal challenges, lawsuits, etc. It happens all the time in the entertainment world... This just leaked, as many do these days of the bored and ill-qualified media. As many as they report, there many times more than that happening regularly.

He closed the deal. They'll probably get their cut.
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Hummmm.....

mine mine mine mine

Sue Me Baby (again)

The man can make millions and has done these last few weeks, yet will screw folks over for a couple of hundred grand, if i or you were in this publishers employ, you'd be pissed.

Why is he such a greedy selfish ass? he appears to be. Damn sad.

Where is the humanitarian Prince that used to do food drives at his concerts? where'd he go?

Marrk said:

Especially since he probably purposely seeks out smaller outfits who are

1 - Hungry for the opportunity to work with him

2 - Not as able to use monetary leverage to fight him.

This is why some long timers have zero respect for him. He'll shut down the websites for having picture appreciation threads and demand money for such threads but turn around and screw someone royally. How can anyone respect this? I sure can't.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

as much as i love prince i agree

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

i continue to give him a pass for all the great music and performances he's given me over the years, and i am grateful, but he seemingly becomes a more wretched person by the year, he's not a likeable person at all, on the face of it.

there is a massive list that could be put together of Prince acting like an ass in recent yrs. I still think about his goon snatching that camera off a kid in an airport somewhere, he really is the vainest, saddest and greediest man around.

"keep the lights off!"

Marrk said:

And the exact reason why people are so repulsed by the fake religious crap. A sincerely religious person strives to live ethically, especially in business.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Precisely. He's no different to any 'Fat Cats on Wall St' he has the temerity to sing about on 'Old Skool Company'.

I could screw everyone in the ass for less than $77 dollars and i'd guarantee it'd be a better experience than Lotu$flow£r.com so far!

Marrk said:

Made me laugh out loud.


VIVA la .org

Makes me wonder when the scandal behind the new albums will be coming. And is further evidence that he's not always the nicest person to make friend with.

I'm suprised he made 3 million off the book.

Browzer said:

Boo freaking hoo thats life he found a better deal happens all the time in Buisness

cream72 said:

I am sure this happens all the time in this business.

wonder505 said:

Back in the 90s it was reported that the people that were making his "pimp" canes didn't get paid, and also a company that was doing video work from him hadn't got paid either. I think the company was called Point Of View. I think they were both Minneapolis based companies. So long ago it's hard to remember. LOL

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Which begs the question: Who doesn't yet know that Prince is unethical when it comes to business practices? The trail of businesses being ripped off is far and wide.

Randee St Nicholas & all the lackeys are not going to say it, but the local businesses got ripped off, clubs got ripped off etc 1800 New Funk was akin to a quasi mailorder con man operation. Remember the lucite canes he ordered customized from a business in MPLS? He didn't pay them either. This is why I dont have respect for the dude. You can't even have a discussion nor can these past businesses contact him. Thank god for the internet, alot of businesses know how unethical he is regarding business and services.