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“font-family: Verdana;”>A Taiwanese production company has won a $724,000 lawsuit against a U.S. talent agency failed to deliver a concert featuring St. Louis rap star Nelly.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>The Loop production filed a federal lawsuit against U.S. based company, Capitol Connections Agency (CCA). The original lawsuit, which was filed in April of 2010, accused CCA of taking over $40,000 to book Nelly for a New Year’s Eve gig in Taiwan. The lawsuit accused the company of being a criminal enterprise which fraudulently represented a number of celebrities, including Tiger Woods, Bill Gates, Ja Rule and even the Obamas. “After months of investigation and negotiation with CCA in the hope of receiving a complete refund, the LOOP eventually found out from Nelly’s business manager, who denied to have ever heard of CCA,” a rep for the LOOP Production said in a statement. “Even with the official denial from Nelly’s real management, CCA still refused to refund the deposit.” A federal judge has ordered CCA and all other defendants including Escobar Entertainment, Inc., Durbert O’Neal Brandon Jr., Melvin Breeden, and Alisha E. Harris, to pay up to $724,000 dollars in total accumulative damages.
