Even more legal news. A judge has thrown out most of the lawsuit issued against Eminem by his aunt and uncle Jack and Betti Schmitt. They claim their nephew has put them into a financially insecure position by failing to fulfill his promises. They claim Slim Shady urged them to sell their house and to move into a new one he had had built, and that he promised to pay them $100,000 a year for five years. But, they say, the rapper has only paid them $165,000 since 2002, and now he is evicting them from their home. While all of that may or may not be true, the judge at Macomb County Court has ruled that the couple do not have a legal case against their nephew, except for their allegations that he had possibly illegally profited from improvements they had made to the house. All that said, the couple have been offered the chance to resubmit their lawsuit, and Eminem's people have been ordered to then respond within 45 days. So therefore, the case continues.
Oct 26, 2005
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Aunt and uncle have to rethink lawsuit against Eminem
A judge has dismissed most of Eminem's aunt and uncle's lawsuit, but the couple may resubmit, with Eminem's side given 45 days to respond.