In the early 2000s, Vanessa Amorosi dominated the music charts with hits like Absolutely Everybody and Shine – but 20 years later, the Aussie singer has been dragged into a legal battle with her mother over her missing music earnings!
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The 39-year-old, who has sold more than two million records worldwide, recently filed an action in the Victorian Supreme Court against her mum, Joyleen Robinson, alleging that she engaged in “unconscionable conduct” by depriving Vanessa of touring income and royalties.
The court filing revealed Joyleen established the company Vanjoy Ltd in 1999 and arranged for Vanessa’s music income to be deposited to the business when the then- teenager was on the cusp of breaking into the industry.
The new court claim alleges that Joyleen controlled Vanjoy’s finances and, though she has been paid management fees from the company, the hit songstress is yet to receive the full amount of money owed to her – including $390,000 of Vanessa’s 2000-2001 salary, which was allegedly used by Joyleen to pay off a mortgage on her Melbourne home.
At press time, Joyleen has not publicly commented on the claims.
Vanessa was reliant on her mother growing up and when she was 17-years-old she was living with her as a casual cleaner, in the family home at Naree Warren and she also worked seven days a week while she was at school, which was revealed in the court documents.
It appears Vanessa had pulled the plug on her mother after a stressful 19 years under her mother’s control to reclaim her hard work as per News.com.au.
News.com.au also reports that her mother did not allow Vanessa’s husband to have access to any money because she claimed that he would “waste the funds.”
Vanessa now lives in California, and in a 40-page statement, she claims all the allegations of mismanagement need to be fixed.
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