Anita bought her husband an International House Of Pancakes franchise in the early 90's, the only "chain" restaraunt within the city limits at the time, except for fast food. She bought him all kinds of real estate, too so he could be seen as having his own income, because people were talking ish about her marrying him. He lost all of it. Now the major assets are her royalties. He's got to be some kind of dirty dog to still want more. If I were in Anita's shoes, I'd make them jail me.

funksterr said:

shorttrini said:

Anytime the court/judge threatens to throw you in jail on contempt charges, it's because they think you are willfully stalling and besides you aren't following the court order/law. Some judges run a very tight ship; if this wasn't Anita Baker her butt would've probably be in the pokey or would've been told to leave the proceedings, with all these emotional outburst. That judge has up-teem other divorce proceedings he has to hear -I'm sure some are just as continuos- and he can't and doesn't have time for Baker to get it together just because she's distraught. If there was anything in the court order her lawyer(s) thought violated her right pertaining to the laws of Michigan, they would have said so. She needs to pull it together read the document sign it and go from there.

Besides, the court/ state laws do have powers at their disposal to start making decisions without her input, if it can be proven (contempt charges is a start) Ms. Baker hasn't act in good faith. I doubt it will come to that.....

shorttrini said:

From what I understood of the article, she refused to even read them in the court in the court's time.
She sounds like she's being deliberately obstructive to me - and for sure that is what the judge seems to think.

Court cases do not happen suddenly and overnight, she will have had plenty of warning about what the court needs.
I think she is misunderstanding what it is she is being expected to sign...but then if she hasn't bothered to read it, what can she expect?

^

funksterr said:

We weren't just talking shit. We were trying to warn her ass!

"Frankly, I haven't heard anything that amounts to an appropriate legal objection to signing these letters," the exasperated judge declared Wednesday. "I'm very upset that we have been here all day saying she isn't going to sign something she hasn't read."

Baker complained that "experts" have dominated court proceedings since her divorce from Walter Bridgforth Jr. in 2007, and she wanted to speak directly to the judge. Detroit entertainment attorney Howard Hertz, who represents Eminem, among other clients, was appointed by the judge as a music contract expert in an effort to settle the dispute.

"I'm being muzzled," Baker complained. "My attorneys agree that I know more about music contracts than they do. But I'm not allowed to talk. I invented my music out of thin air, but they have to talk for me, 'This little woman can't talk.' If I'd invented Ford, they would talk to me.

They need to get Judge Judy on this. She'd end this hearing with a quickness


Are you talking over me? Are you talking over me? Do I look like I can't speak for myself? Do you think I need help from you? LISTEN!!! Speak when I look at you, until then SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!

funksterr said:

That wouldn't be wise.
That's part of the violin story that the court doesn't want to hear and won't. Her reasons where for buying her ex anything (if that was the case) is neither here or there.


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lastdecember said:

Especially #4

She needs to talk to Sylvia Rhone. Sylvia is/was (?) a huge Anita fan and supporter

lastdecember said:

5. Replay it interpolate it but never sample
6. Don't be chipmunkin them vocals
7.Get an ascap or get ya ass capped
8.4 every note you sing or play, 4 every time you tap a snare, put ya foot on the bass pedal on a drum set or drum machine, get it in writing b4 you mix and master it

This sounds like Anita thought the court would allow her to be a "diva" and not read the documents. Well, that's not going to happen.

I see both sides, though. Anita did create the songs and deserves the royalties.

I also understand that during the marriage, the money was equally both of theirs.

With that said, I didn't know she bought him franchises of IHOP and real estate. If that's the case, that means that she deserves half of any profits that he made from the IHOPs during the marriage, as well as half of any money that came from the real estate sales/rentals/whatever.

It also sounds like she could use another legal team.

You know, I don't get why they can't just settle on alimony payments rather than handing over royalties in the form of "assets", if he is entitled to what she produced/earned during their marriage.

diamondpearl1 said:

LMAO.

ABeautifulOne said:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...1s#t=1m04s

Cinnie said:

I don't know Michigan's law on marital property, but he has a good case if they view this as community property.

I wonder if he wants half of the publishing or half of the record royalties?

How much jail time would she get?

scriptgirl said:

I don't understand how she could get jail time for this. Who goes to jail from a divorce settlement? Lawd.

funksterr said:

man i feel for anita....this sad ...she should pack her bags and leave the US after this ...

Cinnie said:

She would get jail time for contempt.

Cinnie said:

Cinnie you are WRONG! lol

Cinnie said:

It doesn't add up to me either.

Another leader in the adult contemporary takeover of the late 1980s in trouble these days.

I think that everyone performers or not should have learned from Melba Moore that love don't love nobody.To my understanding, she also was pre-warned about this cat, and she married him anyway. Well, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. I hope things work out for her.

ABeautifulOne said:

That song is kinda relevant to this thread "I probably make more off yo' album than YOU"

Okay I read the article and this thread but I'm still unclear... He's broke and is trying to get more money because he lost all of his? Is he entitled to any of the royalties?

When you ignore a court order
the judge by law can charge and
hold you on contempt charges. This would
be the same if you didn't show up
to a court hearing. In most states you could
be arrested charged and held until
you've complied with court order. In
some instances the judge can order while
you are jailed that you be fined daily until you comply
with the court order\request.
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JackieBlue said:

We don't know.

In some states, he would be entitled to half of the royalties because the songs were written and released when they were married. That is why Brenda Richie (Lionel's Ex) gets royalties from Lionel's catalog from the Commodores material up to the Dancing On The Ceiling (I believe).

vainandy said:

I knew your tail was gonna show up sooner or later. With Whitney's vocal problems and now Anita's troubles, you must be having a ball.

TD3 said: