Eric Many Entertainment,
Runtown’s record label, says it has filed a fresh lawsuit against the ‘Energy’
singer for monies owed.
Both parties have been at
loggerheads for the past few months in a tussle over an alleged breach of
contract.
A statement released on Friday by
Johnson Adumike, the label’s general manager, indicated that the initial
injunction filed against Runtown was only for the “unapproved collaboration” he
took part in.
“As you are aware, lately we have
been in court with Runtown over copyrights issues with regards to two collabo
videos he made without our prior approval,” the statement reads.
“Truly, the much-publicized legal
action at the Federal High Court in Lagos was, contrary to what many believe,
not on the entire contract we signed with Runtown. It was only on the
unapproved collabo videos and we claimed general damages of about N65 Million
for the copyright infringement.”
Adumike went on to explain that
Runtown is not free from Eric Many as he has led the public to believe.
Also, like Kiss Daniel who
recently changed his name to Kizz Daniel, the label is claiming rights to the
name ‘Runtown’, saying it is licensed to Eric Many.
“We had thought that Runtown
would see reason to retrace his steps on our contract following the ‘warning
case’ on copyright infringement,” the statement read.
“This was not to be as he took to
the social media, especially Twitter, dishing out insults on our Chairman,
Prince Okwudili Umenyiora, boasting that he was no longer with Eric Many.
“His elder brother joined on
Instagram boasting that his company ‘JSparrowMedia’ is now the person booking
Runtown’s shows and no longer Eric Many.
“Under our contract, the
professional name ‘Runtown’ and other names are licensed to Eric Many. Yet
Runtown went to Trademarks Registry in Abuja and has been working to take the
names from us.
“These and many other issues
thrown up by the copyrights suit confirmed to us that indeed Runtown had walked
out on us. We therefore decided to sue him for comprehensive breach of
contract, to the sum of N266,694,755.”
Acknowledging that the contract
between the artiste and the label is coming to its expiration, Eric Many
insists on recuperating the money Runtown allegedly owes.
The statement also says Runtown
is yet to release an album since he joined the label.
“While our contract is supposed
to fall due for expiration on 22nd June 2018, Eric Many now has an outstanding
balance of about N266,694,755.08 to recoup on our investment and expenses on
Runtown’s career.
“He is also yet to deliver an
album which the contract requires him to deliver to us during the contract
period.
“The contract spells out the
procedure for the production of the album. Runtown is yet to initiate the
procedure, whilst he focuses on Abuja Trademarks Registry scheming on how to
make us lose grip of his professional name.”
Eric Many said it has withdrawn
the case against Runtown at the federal high court, Lagos, following the advice
of its legal team.
“Last Wednesday, 23rd May 2018,
following the advice of our lawyers, we withdrew our case at the federal high
court on the collabos to have more time and focus to pursue the case of breach
of contract,” the label said.
“Our lawyers had advised that
since the breach of contract and recovery of our outstanding sum of
N266,694,755.08 is a bigger picture, it would be more reasonable to drop the
copyright case and focus our energy on the contract case.
“We accepted this advice and gave
a go-ahead for the Lagos case to be withdrawn.”
Runtown is yet to respond to the
fresh lawsuit.
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