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Mar. 23 2023, Printed 11:30 a.m. ET
Janet Jackson is combating again towards a lawsuit accusing her and her companies of being on the hook for a $200k invoice, RadarOnline.com has discovered.
In line with court docket paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Jackson has requested a court docket to dismiss all claims towards her numerous firms.
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As RadarOnline.com first reported, earlier this 12 months, a collections firm known as Collectors Adjustment Bureau filed a civil lawsuit towards Jackson and her numerous firms.
Jackson was sued personally together with Black Doll Inc, Juggernaut Productions, Rhythm Nation, JDJ Leisure and Queendom Inc.
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The swimsuit stated Jackson owed her ex-business managers, from the agency Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein & Bolno, a complete of $238,593.88. The agency’s web site touts, “We work alongside the world’s high artists, athletes and different excessive achievers throughout our core competencies: Enterprise Administration, Royalty, Tax and Audit.”
The debt was assigned to Collectors Adjustment Bureau which took the matter to court docket.
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Jackon’s powerhouse lawyer Ronald Richards disputed the debt. He advised RadarOnline.com, “We now have been working with a distant former supervisor who referred a invoice to collections that was resolved years in the past due some errors that have been made with Mr. Jackson’s account. If the case was assigned for collections and they’re suing because the assignee, they are going to be in for a giant shock because the declare is previous the statute of limitations and was resolved years in the past earlier than the agency was purchased out.”
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Jackson has but to reply to the lawsuit personally however has filed a response on behalf of her firms.
Within the submitting, obtained by RadarOnline.com, Jackson’s firms deny all allegations of wrongdoing. Richards argued Collectors Adjustment Bureau lacked standing to convey the lawsuit.
Additional, he argued that Collectors Adjustment Bureau, “has refused, failed and/or uncared for to mitigate its alleged damages, and, due to this fact, can not get better towards Defendants, whether or not as alleged or in any other case.”
As well as, he stated, Jackson’s firms argue “that any harm Plaintiff has suffered is a direct and consequence of the actions of Plaintiff’s personal actions or the actions of others not affiliated with these answering Defendants.”
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Jackson demanded the claims towards her firms be thrown out instantly and plans to maneuver for her personally to be dismissed within the close to future. The choose has but to rule.
As RadarOnline.com first reported, Janet’s brother Michael’s property is at present concerned in a bitter warfare with LaToya’s ex-fiancé Jeffree Phillips over claims he allegedly stole the late pop star’s property.