The contract fight surrounding Summer Walker is getting wider. Days after Interscope sued her for more than $50 million over music it says she still owes, a separate lawsuit has surfaced in which the singer accuses LVRN of fraudulently withholding money and abusing the control it gained over her career when she signed with the company at 19.
Walker filed the 10-page complaint against Love Renaissance Records on Aug. 28, though it only became public this week. According to Billboard, she claims the Atlanta label and management company improperly diverted money from budgets tied to her work and concealed revenue generated through platforms that used her name.
“The LVRN Agreement granted particularly oppressive and extensive rights to defendant, and controlling influence over Walker,” the complaint states. Walker alleges that LVRN breached its fiduciary duties so badly that the agreement should no longer be enforceable.
Her accusations extend beyond accounting disputes. The lawsuit claims LVRN sold merchandise bearing her name and likeness through Amazon and other retailers without paying her a share of the proceeds. Walker also alleges the company operated a YouTube page in her name without her knowledge, then deleted historical data before transferring control of the account to her without turning over money it had generated.
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The lawsuit targets the agreement Walker signed with LVRN on Sept. 15, 2017, weeks before she entered her recording deal with Interscope. She is asking the court to declare the LVRN contract void and unenforceable and to award compensatory and punitive damages for breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent concealment.
Her attorney Keith Moten framed the dispute as a breakdown of trust rather than simply a disagreement over royalties. “Summer has given LVRN iconic music, and some of the best years of her life,” he told Rolling Stone. “In return, LVRN has breached Summer’s trust in them and has failed Summer in numerous ways.” Moten added that Walker’s priority is ending the relationship. “Most importantly, we also have very strong legal grounds for the court to order Summer’s release from her deal with LVRN as well,” he said. LVRN had not publicly responded to the allegations when the lawsuit surfaced.
The timing places Walker in two legal fights rooted in the same 2017 chapter of her career. Interscope argues that she still owes two albums and an EP under their recording agreement, while Walker now asks a court to unwind the separate LVRN deal that brought her to the major label in the first place. Her lawsuits are no longer only about whether she can leave. They are also challenging how the business behind her catalog handled the money while she was there.
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