Grammy-winning Christian artistChandler Moore has filed a lawsuit towards his former band, Maverick Metropolis Music, and its CEO, Norman Gyamfi, claiming he was swindled out of tens of millions of {dollars} in fraudulent enterprise offers.

Shortly after the lawsuit grew to become public, Maverick Metropolis Music’s co-founder, Jonathan Jay, launched his personal assertion, fiercely denying the intense allegations leveled towards the band.

In response to a report from Billboard, Moore, who joined the group throughout its inception in 2018, filed a lawsuit towards Maverick Metropolis Music in Atlanta federal court docket on October 1.

In response to the authorized paperwork, Moore’s lawsuit names a number of companies, together with Maverick Metropolis Music, its label, TRIBL Information, and Gyamfi, who served as Moore’s private supervisor earlier than turning into the band’s CEO in 2023.

The lawsuit wastes no time informing the court docket that Moore believes he is been swindled by Gyamfi and that the CEO “abused his energy and the belief that Moore bestowed upon him.”

The paperwork go on to state that issues between Moore and Gyamfi started to bitter in 2021, when the latter allegedly offered Maverick Metropolis Music’s masters to The Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony Music, with out informing Moore that he would obtain monetary compensation from the deal.

Moore claims that Gyamfi directed Important Music Publishing, Sony Music’s Christian music publishing division, to pay everything of Moore’s songwriting royalties to the band as an alternative of him, and additional claimed that Gyamfi allegedly solid his signature to make it occur.

Within the lawsuit, Moore additionally states that Gyamfi and his enterprise companions allegedly withheld greater than $800,000 in royalties attributable to him beneath his new contract, regardless of his success of obligations that included releasing new music and finishing a tour.

Finally, Moore claims within the lawsuit that Gyamfi stole tens of millions of {dollars} from him throughout a portion of his time with Maverick Metropolis Music and in addition accused him of significant crimes, together with “breach of contract” and “forgery and conversion.”

Moore’s lawyer, Sam Lipshie, launched a press release on October 7, saying their agency is “privileged to symbolize Chandler Moore,” later describing him as an “extraordinary artist and human being.”

“Like many proficient creators and performers, Chandler has confronted conditions the place his belief and expertise had been taken benefit of in varied methods,” mentioned Lipshie. “We’re totally dedicated to serving to Chandler recuperate what’s rightfully his, resolve excellent authorized issues, and help him in transferring ahead freely to proceed constructing the even-brighter, impactful profession that lies forward for him.”

Maverick Metropolis Music co-founder, Jonathan Jay, launched a press release on the band’s official Instagram account, fiercely denying the allegations towards himself, the band, and his enterprise accomplice, Gyamfi.

“To be clear: the claims being made towards me, towards Norman, and towards our firms are categorically false,” the assertion learn. “Our enterprise dealings with Chandler had been forthright, generou,s and above reproach. We acted in good religion, gave greater than what was required, and persistently prolonged grace. Any allegations of misdeeds are merely not true, and we welcome a full and trustworthy examination, as a result of the reality will converse for itself.”

In an emotional put up shared on-line, Moore introduced his departure from Maverick Metropolis Music, stating that he has spent the final two years deliberately specializing in his life and profession.