R. Kelly has been awarded $3.4 million against promoter Leonard Rowe.
The court ruled in Kelly’s failure, citing Rowe as failing to live up to his obligations and pay the urban music star as the tour was progressing.Kelly started proceedings against Rowe while still on tour. He claimed he was owed millions of dollars.
"I agreed to let Leonard Rowe promote my tour because he convinced me he was an underdog who deserved a chance to prove himself," Kelly said in a statement. "Like the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.
Arbitrator Richard P. Byrne awarded Kelly $3,397,410.38 in monetary damages.
