Nashville-based management firm Starstruck Management Group has sued Kelly Clarkson in a bid to secure allegedly unpaid commissions and to get court confirmation that the firm is due commissions on the singer and TV host’s future projects too.Although a pretty basic lawsuit over Clarkson’s management deal – which, as is quite common in artist management, was an oral agreement rather than formally written down – there is also a personal element to this dispute.
Until earlier this year Clarkson was also married to her manager, Brandon Blackstock, who – as well as being part of the team at Starstruck – is the son of the firm’s founder Narvel Blackstock.Starstruck has provided management services to Clarkson ever since 2007.
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