Nearly one year on from Aaliyah's tragic death the singer’s former label Virgin Records find themselves with more problems. Following lawsuits from the star’s family Virgin are now facing legal action for the funeral home that prepared and transported the bodies of the singer and her crew. Butler's Funeral Home claim they spent $68,000 in completing their work and that at the time former Virgin executives Ken and Nancy Berry agreed to cover all of the costs incurred. But since then the husband-and-wife team has left the company, and the bill has been ignored. "Because Aaliyah was, in their words, 'high profile,' they asked us to expedite things. So we were working over the weekend to get the bodies out as quickly as possible," a spokesperson for the funeral home told reporters. "The deal was all verbal, but the truth of the matter is, they knew they were obliged. They contacted all of the families themselves, sent us all of the necessary information and told us not to deal directly with the family members, that they would be responsible." The home claims they have endlessly tried to contact company executives, but to no avail. Although the funeral home is not currently pursuing legal action, they have forwarded their case to the New York attorney Robert Spragg, who is also representing Michael and Diane Haughton, Aaliyah's parents and the administrators of her estate in other legal matters regarding the accident. Virgin are yet to officially respond.
Aug 13, 2002
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Butler's Funeral Home says Virgin Records owes $68,000 for preparing and transporting the bodies of Aaliyah and her crew, a bill it says former executives agreed to cover.