Just when you thought it might be over, the Jay-Z VS R Kelly battle continues but not on wax. This time it’s going to go to court. Hov has filed a countersuit against Kelly in retaliation to the $75 million court action that Kelly originally filed against him.
The fiasco began with the doomed collaboration ending at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Kelly walked off of the stage after telling the audience that a gun was waved at him. Later backstage he alleges that he was pepper-sprayed by a Jay-Z associate.
Jay, in a statement, calls the tour a “nightmarish odyssey fueled by R. Kelly‘s financial woes, insecurities, and unsafe and unpredictable behavior.” Kelly’s lawyer said that he doesn’t take the lawsuit “too seriously.”
R. Kelly‘s spokesperson Allan Mayer said, “Jay-Z‘s response to R. Kelly‘s complaint is remarkable for at least two reasons: First, it is full of factually inaccurate smears of Mr. Kelly that are utterly irrelevant to the issues of the case. Second, it does not deny that after a member of his entourage assaulted Kelly with pepper spray backstage at Madison Square Garden, thus preventing him from performing, Jay-Z breached his contracts by refusing to continue with the tour. It is also notable that the promoter has also sued Jay-Z for these same acts. Mr. Kelly will press on with his case and when the facts are fully laid out in court, it is Jay-Z who will be exposed for his wrongdoing.”
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We’ll see how ugly this one can get.
