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Legal
Joel settles with litigious drummer
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 22 April 2010
Billy Joel has reached an out of court settlement with his former drummer Liberty DeVitto who accused the singer and musician of failing to comply with royalty commitments.
As previously reported, DeVitto was kicked out of Joel’s band in 2005 after thirty years performing with the piano man. The drummer reckons his surprise dismissal may have come about because he was involved in an intervention to force Joel to get help for his various addictions. That said, the legal action related to allegedly unpaid royalties.
We don’t know what deal has been reached between the former collaborators, but a spokesman for the Joel said yesterday: “The case has been amicably resolved”.
