ATLANTA– The songs musician and enjoyment exec Usher is taking legal action against a team of financiers that have actually been attempting to open up a brand-new dining establishment and lounge in Atlanta.
Usher Raymond IV offered $1.7 million to the capitalist team towards the acquisition of home for the prepared Tribute ATL, his attorneys claimed in a legal action submitted lately in Atlanta.
In late 2024, 3 males came close to Usher with their strategy to open up the dining establishment and lounge, which entailed the acquisition of an industrial home in the city’s Buckhead community, the legal action states. Usher decreased to come to be a financier in Tribute ATL, however he consented to lend the team $1.7 million towards buying the home.
The cash had actually been sent out to the count on account of Atlanta legal representative Alcide Honoré, that stood for a few of the financiers and is called as an offender in the legal action. After the bargain never ever appeared, Usher asked for that his cash be returned. He was paid back $1 million in August, however interaction after that damaged down and he has actually been not able to gather the continuing to be $700,000, the legal action states.
Honoré on Wednesday referred inquiries to his lawyer, Clifford Hardwick IV.
” I have no substantive remark pertaining to an issue that remains in lawsuits,” Hardwick claimed in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “Nonetheless, I am very certain that Mr. Honoré will certainly be justified regarding any kind of civil responsibility in this situation.”
Among the accuseds called in the legal action, document manufacturer and songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox, claimed on Instagram that he is “a passive minority investor” in among the firms entailed. “While I’m not able to share even more information today, I wish to make one point definitely clear: my 27-year relationship with Usher stays totally undamaged.”
2 various other males in the financial investment team, both from city Atlanta, are likewise called as accuseds. No attorneys for them were provided in the court documents at this onset of the legal action.