The continuing authorized battle between Megan Thee Stallion and 1501 Certified Entertainment lately obtained one other ruling. The rapper has been hush-hush following Tory Lanez’s conviction, and as she good points assist from her followers, a decide dominated about Roc Nation’s CEO, Desiree Perez.
Based on Billboard, Perez should sit for a deposition within the case. Megan’s authorized workforce tried to have the deposition blocked, citing 1501 was “harassing” the business chief.
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The rapper and her label have been at odds for years. She needs out of her contract and acknowledged she’d fulfilled all requirements to finish her settlement with 1501. Nevertheless, they declare she nonetheless owes them one other file as a result of one among her tasks shouldn’t be counted as an album.
Issues have additionally spilled over onto social media as 1501 boss Carl Crawford usually seems with opinions concerning the Houston Hottie. Following Megan signing a administration take care of Roc Nation, the corporate’s attorneys reportedly advised her that the 1501 deal was “effectively beneath business requirements.”
The label wished Perez to sit down for a deposition as a result of they known as her a key witness. Nevertheless, Megan’s workforce tried shielding her with the apex doctrine.
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The apex doctrine states that “busy high officers solely have to testify after they have distinctive data that may’t be derived from different much less burdensome sources,” writes Billboard.
Nevertheless, 1501 responded by saying Perez was “straight, personally, and considerably concerned within the underlying information of the lawsuit.”
A date hasn’t been shared for the deposition, nor has one been set for the jury trial.
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