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David Lee Roth Sues Van Halen.
12-13-02
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Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth filed
suit against his old bandmates and Warner Bros. Records on Wed (Dec 11).
In the suit, filed in California Superior Court for Los Angeles county,
Roth claims that he has been underpaid royalties.
In 1996 Warner Bros. Records and the members
of Van Halen signed a new contract that raised the royalty rate to be paid
to the group for their catalog of music released by the label.
Roth claims that the 1996 contract was
put into effect without his knowledge and he accused Warner Bros and Van
Halen of executing the new deal as a "plan to divert royalties" due to
him. Roth says that he is entitled to 25% of Van Halen's royalties under
the contract he signed with the band when he left in 1986.
Roth is suing for damages to be determined
at the trial.
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