A new page in the Runtown vs Eric Many legal battle has been opened.
For the second time in close to two years, Mad Over You crooner, Douglas Jack-Agu popularly known as Runtown has been slammed with a court injunction by his record label (Eric Many owned by billionaire businessman Okwudili Umenyiora) over breach of contract.
According to reports, the entertainment company served Runtown the court papers with Suit No: FHC/L/CS/267/2018 a few days back with a statement that partly reads:” Runtown has been deliberately breaching his contract with us (Eric Many) for a while and despite our many appeals to him he has refused to bulge. He went for a show in Las Vegas since January 13th, 2018 and has since decided to withdraw all obligations of his contract. He has steadily been recording an album without the consent and approval of his record label”.
In the press statement issued by the record label on Monday, it stated that:” He’s recording with artistes like Del B without the written approval of the label and without an Eric Many appointee at the point of recording as agreed in our contract. Runtown has also been appearing in venues and collecting appearance fees without the approval of the label and also performing in private shows without the label’s consent which contravenes clause 4.4.1 of his record deal which states that ‘the Defendant(Runtown) can only engage in recording, collaborating or performing with other artistes for third parties or other record companies upon proper notification in advance to the Plaintiff. Upon this notification, the Plaintiff would then enter into an agreement with the collaborating artiste or his record company to ensure that the Plaintiff and the Defendant receive proper credit, legal/copyright protection and compensation for the collaborative work”.
The label also noted that though his contract with them is due to expire at some point this year, the label disclosed that he still owes the company a lot of money including:”Hundreds of millions in Naira from the Lamborghini Gallardo super-fast car which he still has to pay back to the label and also an album that must be released through the right channels. He has been doing numerous collaborations with several artists without getting the written approval of the label and as a result, no royalties have come back to the label from any of these collaborations. He has been warned severally about this on numerous occasions but he refused to listen, so we as the label had to go to court to stop him from these dubious actions”.
Recall that In May 2016, he was sued by Eric Many based on accusations that he signs up, concludes and attends musical shows without the consent of the label. Back then, Eric Many also secured a court injunction stopping Runtown from performing as an artiste anywhere in the world.
Amazingly,Runtown went back to the label to plead and the case was settled out of court.