AUTHORITIES in the US cannot find chart-topping rap group D12 to serve them with an Australian lawsuit
US authorities to serve its members with Australian lawsuit
D12, famed for its ties with bad-boy rap star Eminem, are being sued by the liquidators of the Heatwave music festival.
The liquidators want the group - whose members have included Kuniva, Bizarre, Kon Artis and the late Proof - to refund a $35,000 fee it was paid to perform in SA last year.
Documents filed with the court allege D12 was contracted to perform at the three-day Heatwave event at
Middleton in January 2012, but were a "no-showed".
At the time, The Advertiser reported the group had "reportedly missed its flight'' and therefore the festival.
In their statement of claim, the liquidators assert D12 breached its contract.
Today, Magistrate Kym Millard said the court had received a letter from the US, informing it that the lawsuit had not been presented to the rappers.
"The server is requesting a fee of $95 ... let's hope they can locate the parties before the next court date."
He adjourned the case until September. D12, also known as The Dirty Dozen, achieved mainstream success after Eminem rose to international fame.
