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Sep 28th, 2006, 09:15 AM
Singer Aaron Carter sues Pearlman over contract
Tim Barker | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted September 28, 2006
He has a new reality TV show coming out next month, he recently ended a brief engagement to a Playboy Playmate, and now he wants out of his recording contract with boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman.
Aaron Carter, younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, has filed suit in state circuit court in Orlando, asking for two things: First, he wants the contract he signed as a minor to be tossed out. And he wants a thorough accounting of all the dollars generated by his concerts, records and merchandise sales.
Being sued by his performers is nothing new to Pearlman. Both of his top finds -- the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync -- fought him in court over their recording contracts in the late 1990s. Those lawsuits were settled out of court, and Pearlman says he remains on good terms with those bands.
Attorneys for Carter, 18, say his 2004 contract -- it runs for seven years, including options -- with Pearlman should be set aside because it was never ratified, as required, by a Florida court.
"We don't think it's a valid agreement," said Clay Townsend, an attorney with Morgan & Morgan in Orlando.
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Tim Barker | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted September 28, 2006
He has a new reality TV show coming out next month, he recently ended a brief engagement to a Playboy Playmate, and now he wants out of his recording contract with boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman.
Aaron Carter, younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, has filed suit in state circuit court in Orlando, asking for two things: First, he wants the contract he signed as a minor to be tossed out. And he wants a thorough accounting of all the dollars generated by his concerts, records and merchandise sales.
Being sued by his performers is nothing new to Pearlman. Both of his top finds -- the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync -- fought him in court over their recording contracts in the late 1990s. Those lawsuits were settled out of court, and Pearlman says he remains on good terms with those bands.
Attorneys for Carter, 18, say his 2004 contract -- it runs for seven years, including options -- with Pearlman should be set aside because it was never ratified, as required, by a Florida court.
"We don't think it's a valid agreement," said Clay Townsend, an attorney with Morgan & Morgan in Orlando.
THE REST: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-pearlman2806sep28,0,763644.story?track=rss