Chandler Moore Sues Maverick City Music Amid Abrupt Exit, Claiming CEO ‘Abused His Power’

Days earlier Maverick City Music co-founder Chandler Moore announced his abrupt departure from the Grammy-winning worship collective, helium sued the group’s main enforcement for allegedly stealing millions of dollars’ worthy of royalties from him.

The civilian fraud lawsuit, obtained by Billboard, was filed by Moore’s lawyers successful Atlanta national tribunal past Wednesday (Oct. 1). Five days later, connected Monday (Oct. 6), Moore announced connected societal media that helium was leaving Maverick City Music and focusing connected solo projects.

The suit names respective firm entities, including Maverick City Music and the group’s label. TRIBL Records. But the superior people is Norman Gyamfi, who was Moore’s manager earlier buying an ownership involvement successful Maverick City Music and yet becoming the collective’s CEO successful 2023.

“Moore reposed large spot and assurance successful and accepted Gyamfi’s guidance successful his concern and fiscal decisions,” reads the complaint. “Gyamfi, however, abused his powerfulness and the spot that Moore bestowed upon him.”

The suit claims that Gyamfi’s self-dealing began successful 2021, erstwhile helium brokered the merchantability of Maverick City Music’s masters to Sony organisation limb The Orchard without telling Moore oregon disclosing that helium would person a committee from the deal.

Moore past says that successful 2022, Gyamfi secretly directed Essential Music Publishing, Sony’s Christian euphony publishing division, to wage each Moore’s songwriting royalties straight to Maverick City Music. To marque this happen, Gyamfi allegedly forged Moore’s signature connected a co-publishing statement that assigned fractional of each his creation rights to the group.

According to the lawsuit, Moore signed a last declaration with Maverick City Music successful 2024. Moore says helium fulfilled his obligations by penning caller euphony and completing a tour, but that Gyamfi and his associates withheld much than $800,000 successful royalties owed nether the agreement.

Moore yet alleges that Gyamfi stole millions of dollars from him done these assorted forms of wrongdoing. The vocalist is bringing a slew of civilian claims against Gyamfi, including breach of contract, forgery and conversion, and he’s seeking fiscal damages arsenic good arsenic a tribunal bid voiding each his contracts with Maverick City Music.

“Defendants’ greed, exploitation and misappropriation of Moore’s assets and intelligence spot person deprived Plaintiffs of their contractually owed royalties, assets, monies and ownership interests,” reads the lawsuit.

Reps for Moore and Maverick City Music did not instantly instrumentality requests for remark connected Tuesday (Oct. 7).

In summation to Moore’s departure from Maverick City Music, chap subordinate Naomi Raine besides announced connected Monday that she’s exiting the group, though she is not progressive successful Moore’s lawsuit.