Prince Ordered To Pay $58,000

LOS ANGELES — A judge has awarded nearly $58,000 to a man who claims Prince failed to pay him for editing work and unreturned equipment.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Alarcon issued the judgment on Wednesday after conducting a brief trial last month that included testimony from the video editor, Ian C. Lewis.

The judgment fell well short of the $1 million in exemplary damages that Lewis was seeking. Documents show Alarcon also denied Lewis' claim that Prince and his company broke a $25,000 computer because no receipts were provided.

Lewis sued Prince and his company, Paisley Park Enterprises, in October 2007.

Prince's attorneys withdrew from the case and he was not represented during the trial.

Comments

[olivesforbreakfast]

The short-changer formerly known as Prince...

[Quotidien]

Greatest musical artist of our generation.

[commonsenselives]

He can afford it.

[Lazycrockett]

Prince has a history of not paying people who work for him.

[Lazycrockett]

Prince has a history of not paying people who have worked for him.

[NeoConDeath]

prince has not been revelant since the 80s.

[Woodn88s]

I beg to differ
Watch the DVD Prince "Live" in Las Vegas.
This guy is a genius and a legend and will always be relevant.
If you describe relevant as being on the charts currently battling the latest American idol star for the top slot................well then I guess you're right.
Sorry, I'm a musician and a huge Prince fan.

[Classof89]

Proud Prince fan since '78.

[gr8abz]

Prince is cool alright. He is also a registered Republican.

[unesupernana]

You're kidding??? I'm shocked... but he is also a rather devout Jehovah's Witness, so I guess I shouldn't be. Rather disgusting all that, but what a fine musician with an incredible body of work.

[Classof89]

I doubt that he's a Republican since Jehovah's Witnesses don't vote.

[harriettubman]

I don't understand some of these lawsuits. Don't people have legal contracts then follow up on them? Duh?!!!

[dac253]

Dam, Prince is good! He didn't even show up for the trial and still saved $942,000

I'm gonna try that with my speeding ticket.

[Harrier]

Totally irresponsible drug induced loser

[OttoMann]

Are you confusing Prince with Pete Doherty? Or is this a self-reference?

[unesupernana]

Prince doesn't even drink... he's a devout Christian. He's no druggie.

[RoXXanne]

LOL, you can say a lot about Prince, but for sure he's not a dru ghead, he doesn't even drink coffee and tea!

[Horus]

Making quick ill-informed judgements is the norm here. This one just happens to be particularly off the mark.

[firewmn]

*******

I LOVE Prince......

Lets go crazy... Lets get nuts...!!

**

[sklfcats]

hahahhahahahah

[johnqsittinzen]

"Prince Ordered to Pay $58,000"

His Royal Purpleness promptly reached into his left pocket and asked, "Does anyone have change of a hundred thousand dollar bill?"

[kellygrrrl]

word

[Sparty1]

Okay! That's like someone telling me that I owe them $500 and they want it right now.