Journey’s Jonathan Cain Again Sues Neal Schon Over Spending
Journey is again in court docket. Stalwart Jonathan Cain has as soon as once more sued Neal Schon, the group’s lone remaining founding member – and, as soon as once more, he is charging him with overspending.
Echoing a 2022 case over a band bank card, Cain’s new court docket submitting accuses Schon of maxing out an American Express account with a $1 million restrict whereas exceeding a day by day resort charge cap of $1,500. Instead, the go well with claims Schon “has spent up to $10,000 per night.”
The lawsuit additionally says debt funds have been blocked. At one level, Journey’s funds had been allegedly in such disarray that the crew and manufacturing firm could not be paid throughout their ongoing stadium tour.
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Cain’s attorneys at Fox Rothschild LLP argue that these “unforeseen strains on cash flow” now “pose a severe threat of harm to the company and to Journey’s storied history of musical greatness.” They say the band is struggling by way of divided loyalties, crew defections and common rigidity.
Elsewhere, the court docket submitting laments what has change into “very much public battle between petitioner and respondent,” however the state of affairs is now “impacting the band’s reputation throughout the music industry. The band’s actual onstage performance is, at the moment, one of the only aspects of the business that has not suffered.”
Cain’s go well with says this “far-reaching” impasse can solely be resolved by way of restructuring Freedom 2020 Inc., which he co-founded with Schon to supervise Journey’s touring operations. The enterprise reportedly has solely a two-seat board, held by Cain and Schon. The new petition is asking for a court-ordered custodian to behave as a 3rd board member in an effort to break tie votes.
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Schon hasn’t but responded to the submitting, made in Delaware’s Chancery Court. He’s been a part of each album and tour since Journey started in 1973 beneath the management of the late supervisor Herbie Herbert. Cain joined in 1980 because the group moved into celebrity standing with the multiplatinum Escape album.
Journey went by way of a protracted collection of authorized battles starting in 2020, however appeared to have resolved issues by creating a brand new organizational construction that concerned each Cain and Schon and their respective wives. Michaele Schon is not named as a respondent in Cain’s newest lawsuit, however this new association seems to be breaking down.
“When the company faces these precarious financial situations,” the court docket paperwork say “respondent (and his wife) begin to accuse petitioner, the band manager, the company’s accountant, and other company personnel of stealing. This conduct further triggers internal strife.”
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They’re seemingly at all times on the street, however the reveals have not essentially been well-documented. So, we took a extra expansive look again.
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