€82.4m action against Whitney fails
A judge has dismissed a €82.4m breach of contract lawsuit filed against Whitney Houston by an entertainment company that her late father had founded.
John Houston, who died in February 2003, filed the lawsuit six months earlier, claiming his daughter failed to pay his company for representing her interests beginning in fall 2000.
The lawsuit said the singer was in financial straits and facing marijuana possession charges in Hawaii until her father’s company stepped in.
New Jersey Judge Francine Schott found that Kevin Skinner, who claims to be the current owner of John Houston Entertainment, had refused to provide information to the pop diva’s lawyer. She dismissed the lawsuit on April 5, but her ruling wasn’t made public until this week.
Skinner claimed he withdrew the lawsuit to avoid harming Whitney Houston, who recently entered a drug rehabilitation centre.
He declined further comment after being told that court records made it clear the lawsuit had been dismissed.
