Andra Day and her former management are entangled in a legal fight.
Day was hit with a lawsuit by BassLine Management and Buskin’ LLC for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, according to PEOPLE.
Day claims that her ex-manager stole $1.6M from her, leaving her facing eviction from her home in her own lawsuit. She described Jeff Evans, her former manager a “faithless fiduciary” who was “caught red-handed stealing from her.”
“Ms. Day filed a baseless lawsuit against our clients one day after our clients brought an action against Ms. Day for royalties rightfully due to them,” Evans, BassLine and Buskin’s attorney says in a statement, “Our clients categorically deny the allegations made against them and look forward to their day in court.”
Day’s filing also alleged that Evans pocketed “all of the $600,000 that Warner Bros. Records gave her to fund the recording of her album.”
“What is immediately apparent is that Evans abused his role as a fiduciary to scam Day with blindless greed,” the complaint read. “He siphoned so much money from Day — a quadruple-platinum hitmaker and Golden Globe Best Actress winner — that he left her facing eviction, unable to pay the monthly minimum on her credit card debt, and without sufficient funds to tour.”
Day claims that she was “in financial ruins, unable to pay the minimum on her $300,000 plus credit card debt, and on the verge of being evicted.”
“Evans and his companies have woven a web of deceit,” the complaint alleges.
Evans’ companies says Day owes them a minimum of $850,000. The suit says her failure to pay “constitutes breaches” of several agreements made between 2011 and 2023.
Day is seeking a court declaration terminating the 40% to which Buskin is entitled of her net profits. Also, 20% of her gross earnings.