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Legal
Man sued for posing as Drake’s manager
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 11 August 2010
US promotions company Eagles Entertainment has filed a lawsuit with the Milwaukee County Court accusing local man Joey Turner of impersonating Drake’s manager Cortez Bryant, booking a fake gig for the actor turned R&B star and duping the company out of a large sum of money.
Legal papers state that Turner told Eagles that the booking fee for his ‘client’ was $90,000 and that he then collected a deposit of $9000 for the show, which was planned to take place on 1 Sep. The lawsuit adds: “In making his statements said defendant knew that said statements and misrepresentations of defendant were in fact false and intentionally fraudulent”. The company is seeking $27,000 in damages, plus costs.
This is not the first time this has happened. Someone, it’s not clear if it was Turner, operated an identical scam in a number of cities in February this year. At the time, Drake told AllHipHop.com: “It has been brought to my attention that false promoters and booking agents are illegally using my name and likeness to promote concerts and club appearances for their own financial gain. It is frustrating for me to hear that many of my fans, who like myself are innocent victims in these scams, have been misled due to the greed of these promoters”.
