Months after winning a $2.6 million legal ruling against him, Kelly Clarkson is suing her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, again.
For context, Kelly and Brandon were married for almost seven years before they separated in June 2020. They share a 9-year-old daughter, River Rose, and a 7-year-old son, Remington Alexander.
Brandon also managed Kelly’s professional career while they were married. His dad, Narvel Blackstock, owns talent agency Starstruck Management Group, which represented Kelly from 2007 to 2020. Starstruck was reportedly paid a 15% commission on Kelly’s gross earnings.
A few months after Kelly and Brandon announced their divorce, Narvel sued her for allegedly refusing to pay the company $1.4 million in commissions.
The suit stated that Kelly had paid the firm $1.9 million but owed a further $1.4 million, with Starstruck claiming that despite their years of “hard work and dedication” to her career, she decided “to stop paying” them for what was “contractually owed.”
However, Kelly wound up countersuing Starstruck in November 2020. She accused the company of violating the California labor code by “procuring, offering, promising, or attempting to procure employment or engagements” without being properly licensed.
It was also then that Kelly accused Brandon of unlawfully securing her contracts — for ventures like The Voice and The Kelly Clarkson Show — that should've been handled by her talent agents at Creative Artists Agency, claiming that he’d wrongfully taken fees in return.
Fast-forward to November of last year, and a California labor commissioner ruled that Brandon had overstepped his managerial role when securing four of Kelly’s business deals, with legal documents stating that he’d taken over $2.6 million in commission.
As a result, Brandon was ordered to pay these fees back. He is reportedly currently appealing that decision.
Now it has been revealed that Kelly is suing Brandon once again.
On Monday, Kelly purportedly filed a new case in a Los Angeles court, accusing Brandon and his father’s firm of violating state labor rules.
According to Billboard, Kelly’s filing seeks “any and all commissions, fees, profits, advances, producing fees or other monies” that she paid to Starstruck, all the way back from 2007 — which is when the firm started representing her.
