Guy Sebastian and former agent legal dispute to be heard in 2020
The legal stoush between Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian and his long-time former manager has been set down for June 2020.
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The legal stoush between singer Guy Sebastian and his former agent has finally been given a court date.
The Australian Idol singer sensationally split from his long-time manager Titus Day in late 2017 after the 12-year relationship soured.
Sebastian took the matter to the Federal Court in mid-2018 and it has been working its way through administrative meetings since.
The singer and the agent both allege they’re owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by the other.
Federal Court Justice Tom Thawley, on Thursday, set the case down for three days of hearings in June next year.
Sebastian is seeking $200,000 in performance and other fees.
Day alleged, in mid-2018, his management company 6 Degrees was owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by the singing sensation, his wife and their charity.
“What we are owed is still being calculated but I estimate between Guy, his wife and the Sebastian Foundation 6 Degrees is owed $800,000,” the agent said in August 2018.
Sebastian is seeking $200,000 in performance and other fees.
Sebastian, in an email response to media enquiries at the time he began the legal proceedings, said “divulging sensitive information in a public court case” was not his or his wife’s “style”.